Jazz Articles about Johan Lindvall

About Johan Lindvall

Album Review

Dreamlike in construction and execution, Norwegian saxophonist Mette Henriette's second distinctive statement for ECM exudes a warm, innate ability to imbue the everyday and the invisible with a sense of calm that neither sedates nor fatigues. A quiet triumph, Drifting fashions fifteen soft, safe places for her wandering kin to take their rest. Akin in lineage to her wide ranging, two disc debut, Mette Henriette, (ECM, 2009), Drifting takes the concept from thirteen players to a trio and ...

Album Review

Mette Henriette: Drifting

Read "Drifting" reviewed by David Bruggink

by David Bruggink
March 29, 2023

With her self-titled double album debut in 2015, Norwegian saxophonist Mette Henriette arrived on ECM Records, and the international jazz scene, with an impressively assured artistic statement. On it she introduced her versatile technical skills, running the gamut from untamed skronk to near-silent breathing, all presented with her wintry perspective--a perfect fit for the chilly atmospheres that have become a trademark of ECM Records. Beyond the stock-in-trade chill of Nordic jazz, Henriette has a particular interest in the textures ...

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Mette Henriette: Drifting

Read "Drifting" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
January 5, 2023

Norwegian saxophonist and composer Mette Henriette established herself as a major talent while in her teens, becoming a vital member of the country's creative music community. She was in the Aello trio and the Torg ensemble and worked with a broad array of artists including Sidsel Endresen, Karin Krog and Tim Berne. In 2015 Henriette released her self-titled debut on the ECM label. The highly praised double album featured a trio on one disc and a large orchestra on the ...

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Johan Lindvall Trio: This Is Not About You

Read "This Is Not About You" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
March 20, 2022

If you ask a jazz fan to name the greatest piano trio albums ever made, the probability is that their top twenty choices will include Erroll Garner's Concert By The Sea (Columbia, 1955), Ahmad Jamal's But Not For Me (Argo, 1958), Bill Evans' Sunday At The Village Vanguard (Riverside, 1961), Keith Jarrett's Standards Vol. 2 (ECM, 1985) and Brad Mehldau's The Art Of The Trio Vol. 1 (Nonesuch, 1997). Sweden's Esbjörn Svensson's From Gagarin's Point Of View (Superstudio Gul, 1999) ...