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Paal Nilssen-Love & Mats Gustafsson: I Love It When You Snore
by Glenn Astarita
Norwegian drummer/percussionist Paal Nilssen-Love is a young firebrand who has been gaining recognition in rapid fashion! Nilssen-Love has emerged as one of the top improvising drummers on the Euro-jazz circuit. Here he teams with veteran Swedish reedman Mats Gustafsson.
The duo bobs and weaves through seven improvisational works. The musicians patrol through a sequence of multifarious, free-form grooves where Gustafsson performs solely on baritone sax in concert with Nilssen-Love’s renegade polyrhythmic endeavors. However, the artists sustain constant ...
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by Mark Corroto
Together they make two-thirds of the Scandinavian creative music trio The Thing (with bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten). Apart they both have established careers in adventurous jazz making. Percussionist Paal Nilssen-Love is a member of Ken Vandermark’s School Days and Raoul Björkenheim’s Scorch Trio and Mats Gustafsson has ascended to the throne of free-jazz saxophone royalty with the likes of Peter Brötzmann and Evan Parker.
Gustafsson realized his musical vision in bands from Gush and the AALY Trio ...
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