Jazz Articles about Håvard Volden / Carlo Costa

Håvard Volden / Carlo Costa: In the Wake

by Jakob Baekgaard
May 28, 2018

How would it sound if the American primitive guitar of John Fahey met the avant-garde of abstract jazz improvisation in the wilderness? Guitarist Håvard Volden and drummer Carlo Costa give the answer on their album In the Wake. The cover by Brooke Herr is an image of an abstract seascape that resides somewhere between the referential image and a manipulation that goes beyond the image. The same thing goes for the music that uses the recognizable sounds ...