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Jan Bang & Arve Henriksen: After The Wildfire
by Nenad Georgievski
Commissioned by the Skopje Jazz Festival and premiered at its 42nd edition in 2023, After the Wildfire was performed live in an evening marked by the dim glow of the stage, an orchestra breathing with the electronics, the wealth of sounds conjured by sampler Jan Bang, and Arve Henriksen's trumpet cutting through the hall like a quiet flame. The premiere offered an immersion into a unique sonic world. Now released as a physical album, the recording feels both familiar and ...
Continue ReadingJan Bang - Arve Henriksen: After The Wildfire
by John Eyles
Jan Bang is a musician, composer and record producer who was born in August 1968, in Denver, Colorado, but grew up in Kristiansand, Norway. Arve Henriksen is a trumpeter, vocalist and composer who was born in March 1968, in Stranda, Norway. For the 42nd Skopje Jazz Festival in 2023, Bang and Henriksen were commissioned to work together on new music. The result was After the Wildfire. It was first performed at the Festival with Bang on live sampling and electronics, ...
Continue ReadingEivind Aarset e Jan Bang al Roma Jazz Festival 2023
by Mario Calvitti
Eivind Aarset, Jan Bang Roma Jazz Festival 2023 Teatro Studio, Parco della Musica Roma 12.11.2023 Il chitarrista norvegese Eivind Aarset dopo una iniziale gavetta si è fatto notare dal grosso pubblico verso la fine degli anni '90, con la partecipazione a due album pubblicati da ECM, Small Labyrinths del gruppo Future Song di Marilyn Mazur e il seminale Khmer di Nils Petter Molvaer, che mettevano in mostra (soprattutto il secondo) le sue particolari ...
Continue ReadingBilly Cobham, Markus Reuter, Mark Lettieri and Eivind Aarset
by Len Davis
Spanish guitarist Chema Vilchez, Billy Cobham, Serbian band Bosque and German touch guitarist Markus Reuter. Jordan Rudess, Mark Lettieri and Hungarian band European Mantra then Norwegian guitarist Eivind Aarset.Playlist Chema Vilchez “Lost In The Labyrinth" from The Dream of the Navigator (Enfasis) 00:00 Billy Cobham “Mirage" from Compass Point (Purple Pyramid)07:11 Bosque “Escape From Urumchi" from Escape From Urumchi (Metropolis) 14:31 Markus Reuter-Asaf Sirkis “Power Series" from Truce (Moonjune) 21:42 Jordan Rudess “Faceless Pastiche" from Prime Cuts (Magna ...
Continue ReadingStephan Thelen: Fractal Guitar 3
by Mark Sullivan
Guitarist/composer Stephan Thelen presents the third installment of his Fractal Guitar series. Like the previous albums, the emphasis is on multiple guitars, layered in kaleidoscopic arrangements based on his compositions and guitar playing, but significantly colored by the contributions of his collaborators. This edition was also influenced by the other albums that he was working on simultaneously: Transneptunian Planets with J. Peter Schwalm, Eivind Aarset, Tim Harries and Manuel Pasquinelli (RareNoiseRecords, 2022); Fractal Sextet with Jon Durant, Fabio Anile, Colin ...
Continue ReadingFano Jazz by the Sea 2022
by Libero Farnè
Fano Varie sedi 22—31.7.2022 Fano Jazz by the Sea, giunto al traguardo della trentesima edizione, ha confermato un impianto organizzativo ormai collaudato, messo a punto negli anni dal suo storico direttore artistico Adriano Pedini. Concentrato nel centro storico della cittadina marchigiana, il festival ha ruotato soprattutto attorno al nucleo formato dal main stage, all'interno delle possenti mura della Rocca Malatestiana, e dal vivace e polifunzionale Jazz Village allestito all'esterno della Rocca stessa. Uno degli obiettivi della ...
Continue ReadingEivind Aarset: Phantasmagoria, or a Different Kind of Journey
by Mario Calvitti
Dopo aver collaborato negli ultimi anni come creatore di alchimie sonore per vari progetti musicali in compagnia di musicisti come Jan Bang, Arve Henriksen, Sly & Robbie, Michele Rabbia, Bendik Hoffset e altri, ritroviamo il chitarrista norvegese Eivind Aarset alla guida di un proprio quartetto con il quale ha pubblicato qualche mese fa questo Phantasmagoria. Al proprio fianco Aarset ha richiamato il bassista Audun Erlien e i due batteristi Erland Dahlen e Wetle Holte, già insieme a lui nella Sonic ...
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