Jazz Articles about Bruno Raberg

Bruno Raberg: Lifelines

by Eyal Hareuveni
October 23, 2008

The sixth recording of Swedish Boston-based bassist Bruno Raberg is a generous presentation of his compositional prowess, inventive improvisation skills and musical leadership. Raberg began his professional career more than thirty years ago when he relocated to Stockholm in order to play in the band of Swedish trombone virtuoso Eje Thelin. In 1981 he moved to America and studied with bass master Miroslav Vitous at the New England Conservatory. He is currently a Professor at Berklee College of Music.

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Bruno Raberg: Lifelines

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
October 22, 2008

Producer George Martin famously advocated a single LP release of the Beatles' epic White Album, culling the best tracks from the sessions; the Fab Four prevailed and released the sprawling, chaotic double LP we know today. Since then, many a double album has inspired skeptics to ask, like Sir George, “Might not a single disc have sufficed?"Raberg's would-be White Album, released on the fortieth anniversary of the Beatles' magnum opus, uses color labels in a playful ploy to ...

Bruno Raberg: Lifelines

by Jerry D'Souza
September 18, 2008

Bassist Bruno Raberg seems to have a restless sense of adventure. He has profiled this over the course of his recordings as a leader where he has shown his ability in making both composition and improvisation relevant to his cause. Both have taken a forward trajectory through his choice of band mates that in the past have included Donny McCaslin, Allan Chase and Ole Mathisen. The tradition continues on Lifelines where Ben Monder (guitar), Chris Cheek (soprano and tenor saxophones), ...

Bruno Raberg: Chrysalis

by Jim Santella
January 9, 2005

Jazz's modern mainstream combines intricately composed works of art with free-flowing improvisation. The music must swing, and yet it must remain free from cliches. Tradition should remain a part of every project, but it must show evidence of growth. The title object for this album, the hard-shelled cocoon of a moth or butterfly, represents fully the kind of growth that we expect.

The all-star nonet led by double bassist Bruno Raberg on Chrysalis interprets his compositions with authority. ...

Bruno Raberg: Chrysalis

by Jerry D'Souza
December 13, 2004

There is truth in clich's, so pardon this one. The music that Bruno Rïberg creates on Chrysalis is a tone poem. Each verse casts a hue bathed in warm colours. Adding to the ode are the players who daub and splash, coat and swipe and emphasize the dimension. What results is music that captivates with its immediacy, yet is deep enough to create a spell that will linger in the mind.

If composition is the key to success ...

Bruno Raberg: Chrysalis

by John Kelman
December 1, 2004

On Ascensio , bassist Bruno Råberg's previous record, the Swedish ex-pat now living in Boston and working as a professor at the Berklee College of Music delivered a quartet album that combined the rich groove of Dave Holland with the harmonic openness of Dave Douglas' Magic Triangle quartet. Reconvening the same group--trumpeter Phil Grenadier, saxophonist Allan Chase and drummer Marcello Pellitteri--Råberg fleshes things out to a nonet including guitarist Mick Goodrick. Goodrick, a Boston legend whose influential style has helped ...

Bruno R: Ascensio

by Dan McClenaghan
July 25, 2003

The bottom end is a big presence on Bruno Råberg's Ascensio, fitting for a bassist-led quartet... a solid, emphatic heartbeat for the rest of the band to contend with. Bassist Bruno Råberg, the Swedish-born Berklee educator, incorporated a foundation of Scandinavian folk tunes in his previous Orbis outing, Presence ; as he does here. Shifting meters, unusual time signatures, a muscular rhythmic pulse behind the front line horns, combined with a drummer (Marcello Pelitteri) who divides the spaces ...