Jazz Articles about Anton Eger

About Anton Eger

Album Review

Dopo tre dischi con ampi organici (London Sinfonietta, Norwegian Radio Orchestra e Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra) e il progetto cameristico condiviso col pianista classico Leif Ove Andsnes, il sassofonista norvegese riporta in vita il quintetto che nel 2022 ha realizzato Happy. Da allora l'organico s'è esibito più volte, sviluppando una fusion avanzata che trae linfa dalle estetiche di Weather Report e Steps Ahead. Se la seconda parte di Happy optava per caratteri contemplativi e suggestioni cameristiche, qui siamo sul ...

Album Review

The Action 4S: The Action 4s

Read "The Action 4s" reviewed by Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan
May 16, 2025

This is the debut album from The Action 4S, a quartet comprising Scandinavian and British musicians. Their music is a powerful combination of jazz, fusion and electronica built on a rock-solid rhythmic foundation. The quartet is made up of acclaimed musicians, none more celebrated than multi-award-winning harmonica virtuoso Mathias Heise. A true virtuoso of the chromatic harmonica, Heise became a world champion harmonica player when aged 20 and has since been expanding the confines of jazz improvisation on ...

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Marius Neset: Cabaret

by Neil Duggan
February 26, 2025

Norwegian saxophonist and composer Marius Neset first captured the imagination with his 2011 album Golden Xplosion (Edition, 2011). Since then, his creative impetus has seen him release numerous albums, write pieces for large ensembles including the London Sinfonietta and Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, collaborate with classical pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and fulfill a busy touring schedule, winning multiple awards along the way. In 2022, he formed a quintet and released Happy (Act Music). The quintet featured one of the ...

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Iiro Rantala HEL trio: Tough Stuff

Read "Tough Stuff" reviewed by Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan
August 20, 2024

There has always been a hint of playfulness evident in the work of Finnish pianist Iiro Rantala. That was clear in his much-admired recordings with Trio Töykeät. That trio called it a day in 2006 after multiple worldwide tours and 20 years together. Since then, the multi-talented Rantala has been involved in a range of activities, including orchestral recordings, presenting TV comedies and music programs, pop, opera, rock, podcasts and a variety of jazz formats. He has now ...

Album Review

Marius Neset: Geyser

by Chris May
October 13, 2023

Geyser is Norwegian saxophonist Marius Neset's third album with new-music ensemble London Sinfonietta. The piece was commissioned for the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, where this recording was made on September 3, 2022. As on the two previous albums, the Sinfonietta are joined by Neset's high-voltage jazz quintet with pianist Ivo Neame, vibraphonist Jim Hart, bassist Conor Chaplin and drummers Anton Eger. Geyser is a striking wide-screen work that justifies the use of the frequently ...

Album Review

Anton Eger: AE

by Roger Farbey
January 27, 2019

On first listen, Anton Eger's eponymously titled debut album shares similarities in its execution with the some of the recordings of Joe Zawinul and Django Bates, and Frank Zappa's Jazz From Hell Synclavier phase. Despite the irritating hieroglyphically devised song titles, there is actually real substance to the ten compositions. For over ten years Eger has been the backbone of Jasper Høiby's extraordinary trio Phronesis but now it's his turn to lead. For the purposes of this review (and brevity) ...