Jazz Articles about Stein Inge Braekhus

Cirrus: Chorale

by Ian Patterson
April 19, 2022

It has taken eight years for Cirrus to produce a follow-up to Méli Mélo (NORCD, 2013), the Norwegian quartet's highly impressive debut. The long hiatus merely reflects the multiple projects that have steered vocalist/pianist Eva Bjerga Haugen, tenor saxophonist Inge Weatherhead Breistein, double bassist Theodor Barsnes Onarheim and drummer Stein Inge Braekhus in all manner of different directions. In the intervening years, Haugen, for example, has recorded with Liv Runesdatter's experimental chamber ensemble Song Circus, paid tribute to ...

Mark O'Leary: St Fin Barre's

by AAJ Italy Staff
August 18, 2009

La maestosa cattedrale di Cork fa da perfetto fondale per questo album del chitarrista Mark O'Leary, un esponente un po' defilato dell'avanguardia musicale che trova spesso rifugio nelle produzioni della coraggiosa Leo Records. Per questa avventura, piuttosto difforme rispetto ai suoi album precedenti, O'Leary sceglie come compagni di viaggio gli scandinavi Stale Storlokken e Stein Inge Braekhus, rispettivamente all'organo e alla batteria. Il primo è noto per la sua attività nel gruppo norvegese Supersilent e nel trio di Terje Rypdal. ...

Mark O'Leary: St Fin Barre's

by Glenn Astarita
February 9, 2009

This trio outing, recorded live with no rehearsals at St. Fin Barre's Cathedral, Cork City, Ireland, would signify a new chapter in Irish guitarist Mark O'Leary's rapidly expanding discography. However, the session took place in 2002 featuring Norwegian keyboardist Stale Storlokken performing on church organ and drummer/percussionist Stein Inge Braekhus. On a side note, the session offers an absolute contrast to the guitarist's striking, free-jazz/fusion 2008 FMR release with Storlokken and drummer John Herndon, Ellipse.

The cathedral acts ...