Jazz Articles about George Graewe

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Album Review

Georg Graewe, Kjell Nordeson, Jon Raskin Trio: Live at NIR Studios

Read "Live at NIR Studios" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
May 15, 2021

In 2009 the innovative saxophonist Jon Raskin teamed up with like-minded pianist Georg Graewe and drummer Kjell Nordeson for an electrifying concert which, in a curious foreshadowing of 2020, was live-streamed online. This was Raskin's third performance on internet radio, and he released the resulting recording, the provocative Live at NIR Studios, as a digital download in March of 2021. The five interconnected, spontaneous compositions, each bearing a mysterious and intriguing title, brim with vibrant and dramatic tension. ...

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Album Review

George Graewe / Ernst Reijseger / Gerry Hemingway: Continuum

Read "Continuum" reviewed by Marc Medwin

by Marc Medwin
December 16, 2006

This trio of pianist Georg Graewe, cellist Ernst Reijseger and percussionist Gerry Hemingway was an active aggregate in the early '90s. They slowed down towards the end of the decade and, prior to this album, had not released anything since 1999. Graewe's pianism is as protean as it is beautiful, and he does much to make this seminal trio's return the undeniable success that it is. He doesn't so much helm or control the group as he allows his multifaceted ...