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by Ian Patterson
A terrific year for new jazz releases, the breath and depth of the music from all corners of the world underlining the robust health of jazz a quarter of the way into the 21st century. Northbound Pernille Bevort Gateway Music “There is a poetic economy, a focused intensity, to these intimate, moving narratives. But do not be fooled, for when the siren calls her, Bévort leads this rhythmically ...
Continue ReadingPernille Bévort: Curious Explorations
by Ian Patterson
A veteran of the Danish jazz scene since the '90s, saxophonist/reeds player and composer Pernille Bévort has built an impressive discography as a leader. With the moveable feast that is Radio Bévort, she has demonstrated the depth and range of her musical palette, marrying jazz and tango on Perfect Organisation (Gateway Music, 2011) with bandoneon player Marcelo Nisinman. Bévort 3, her chordless trio with bassist Morten Ankarfeldt and drummer Espen Laub von Lillienskjold has produced a string of fine acoustic ...
Continue ReadingBévort 3: Northbound
by Ian Patterson
The seven-year itch between Bévort 3's debut recording, Trio Temptations (Gateway Music, 2014) and On Fire (Gateway Music, 2021) thankfully seems to have been a one-off. Just two years after Live 2020-2021 (Gateway Music, 2022), the trio led by renowned Danish saxophonist Pernille Bevort is back with Northbound. Once again, Bévort is joined by bassist Morten Ankerfeldt and drummer Espen Laub von Lillenskjold on a set that showcases the leader's distinctive compositions and the trio's vibrant interplay. Bévort's ...
Continue ReadingBévort 3: Live 2020-2021
by Ian Patterson
Twenty-five years on from her debut, A Live (Music Mecca, 1997), recorded at Copenhagen's Jazzhaus, Danish saxophonist Pernille Bévort returns with another live outing. Live is only her second live recording as leader in that time, though 2021 did see the archival releases, in EP format, of a quartet performance from 1999 and another of Bévort heading a septet from 2002-2003. Live also marks the second release in fairly swift succession from Bévort 3, following 2021's self-produced On Fire, which ...
Continue ReadingBévort 3: On Fire
by Ian Patterson
After a recording hiatus of seven years, Bévort 3, the trio led by Pernille Bévort, is back. Not that the Danish saxophonist-composer has been idling. Since the release of Trio Temptations (Gateway Music, 2014), Bévort has dedicated most of her energy to expanded line-ups. Which Craft? (Gateway Music, 2016) for octet and BLIK (Self Produced, 2020) for her Radio Bévort septet highlighted Bévort's penchant for arranging multiple voices—a fact recognized by the Danish Conductor's Association, which honored Bévort's achievements in ...
Continue ReadingRadio Bévort: Which Craft?
by Ian Patterson
Pernille Bévort, the Danish saxophonist/composer and singer, has been quietly working her musical charms for over twenty years, as both a mainstay of the Danish big-band scene and leader of impressive small ensembles. Following the stripped-down, straight-ahead Trio Temptations (Gateway Music, 2014), Bévort rekindles her Radio Bévort project, whose Perfect Organisation (Gateway 2011)--with bandoneon player Marcello Nisinman--explored the confluence of jazz and tango nuevo. For Which Craft?, Francesco Cali features on accordion, as Bévort steers her highly attuned octet through ...
Continue ReadingRadio Bévort: Which Craft?
by Jakob Baekgaard
Music has a strange power to enchant us. In fact, it is unbelievable that vibrations and patterns of sound are able to move our emotions. Danish saxophonist and composer, Pernille Bévort, has captured the mystery of music in the poetically playful title of her latest album Which Craft? It can both be read as a reference to the strange witchcraft of music and a question that asks where music comes from. Bévort herself is firmly planted in ...
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