Frode Gjerstad / Paal Nilssen-Love

Frode Gjerstad / Paal Nilssen-Love: Gromka

by Mark Corroto
August 1, 2010

It is hard to choose which duo partner of drummer Paal Nilssen-Love to favor over another, as there are simply so many to pick from. There are his collaborations with Ken Vandermark, heard on their Chicago Volume and Milwaukee Volume (Smalltown Superjazz, 2009); the fine Peter Brotzmann session, Woodcuts ((Smalltown Superjazz, 2010); Mats Gustafsson's Splatter (Smalltown Superjazz, 2007); or, a personal favorite, Joe McPhee's Tomorrow Came Today (Smalltown Superjazz, 2008). Nilssen-Love can also be heard with Magnus Broo, ...