Jazz Articles about Hans Olding

About Hans Olding

Album Review

Hans Olding & Sigurdur Flosason: Projeto Brasil!

Read "Projeto Brasil!" reviewed by Budd Kopman

by Budd Kopman
May 27, 2016

Projeto Brasil!, from saxophonist/flutist Sigurdur Flosason and guitarist Hans Olding, when compared to the authentic and stunningly beautiful Porto da Madama, seems rather tame. But, one cannot fault a project for not being what it cannot be, and never tried to be. What Flosason and Olding have created is a tribute to the music of Brazil which put it on the map -that from the '60s and '70s. The songs of the giants of that era, Antônio Carlos ...

Album Review

Hans Olding & Sigurdur Flosason: Projeto Brasil!

Read "Projeto Brasil!" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
November 12, 2015

The bossa nova, samba and popular Brazilian music of the 60s and 70s are the main theme on Projeto Brasil!, a stylish collaboration from Swedish guitarist/composer Hans Olding and Icelandic saxophonist Sigurdur Flosason as the duo pay tribute to the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim, Milton Nascimento and Vinicius de Moraes. The two co-leaders provide innovative arrangements to seven Brazilian standards and include two original homages to Jobim and Nascimento in the mix using a non-standard piano-less quintet to interpret ...

Album Review

Hans Olding: No Place Like Home

Read "No Place Like Home" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 16, 2013

Il chitarrista svedese Hans Olding si sta avvicinando alla soglia dei quarant'anni (è nato a fine febbraio del 1975) e dimostra di aver raggiunto una maturità ben evidente. In questo album le sette composizioni eseguite sono tutte scritte da lui e mostrano quanto sappia coordinare le linee melodiche con le armonie raffinate e moderne del jazz del nuovo secolo. I brani sono affrontati in quartetto con l'aggiunta in un paio di brani di vibrafono e di clarinetto. L'esecuzione è elegante ...

243

Album Review

Hans Olding Quartet: No Space

Read "No Space" reviewed by Matthew Warnock

by Matthew Warnock
June 28, 2009

No Space is an energetic modern jazz album from Swedish guitarist, Hans Olding and his quartet consisting of saxophonist Linus Lindblom, bassist Par-Ola Landin and drummer Sebastian Voegler, with special guest trumpeter Nils Janson. The album has a modern vibe that melds together compositional elements from the likes of Kurt Rosenwinkel and Adam Rogers with the tonal and improvisational qualities of a John Scofield record, without sounding like an imitation of either. Olding's playing and writing is solid ...