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Jazzfestival Saalfelden 2025
by Vincenzo Roggero
Jazzfestival SaalfeldenVarious venues Land Salzburg, Austria August 21-24, 2025 One hundred and ninety artists from twenty-six countries, nearly thirty thousand attendees, eight different venues, more than sixty concerts, and a record number of tickets sold. These are just numbers, but they confirm how the Saalfelden Jazz Festival--now in its forty-fifth edition--draws audiences from across Europe, remains deeply rooted in its territory, and channels resources and energy thanks to the active participation of the entire ...
Continue ReadingMette Rasmussen, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Scheen Jazzorkester, Mulatu Astatke & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
Another delicious slew of new albums, for a playlist with a definite Scandinavian bent.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Mulatu Astatke, Hoodna Orchestra “Hatula" Tension (Batov) 0:16 Host talks 5:56 Sandman Project “Karnataka" Where Did You Go? (Batov) 7:04 Host talks 12:16 Ingebrigt Håker Flaten Knaar “Dylar" Breezy (Sonic Transmissions) 14:42 Scheen Jazzorkester, Cortex “Hoo-Hah" Frameworks (Clean Feed) 22:19 Hedvig Mollestad, Trondheim Jazz Orchestra “Little Lucid Demons / ...
Continue ReadingIngebrigt Håker Flaten (Exit) Knarr: Breezy
by Rob Garratt
When news of Jaimie Branch's passing broke in 2022, there was an understandably huge outpouring of tributes from different corners of the jazz community. While an eternal punk rocker at heart, Branch was also a distinctly millennial musician, and a fitting figurehead for the recent wave of borderless improvised music that came out of Chicago's International Anthem label that she called home. For all the deliberately ragged edges, Branch's vision was clear, her delivery fierce, and her inclusive message inarguable. ...
Continue ReadingSüdtirol Jazzfestival Altoadige 2024
by Libero Farnè
Südtirol Jazzfestival Altoadige 2024 Varie sedi Bolzano e provincia 28.6-7.7.2024 Sempre più il festival altoatesino si qualifica come una palestra di sperimentazione, tesa a favorire aggregazioni inedite fra improvvisatori prevalentemente giovani ed europei, ma non solo, proponendo alcuni dei musicisti in diversi contesti. Nei 54 concerti che si sono susseguiti in più parti della provincia (Merano, Bressanone, Brunico... ma anche nei rifugi d'alta quota, oltre che nel capoluogo) molti gruppi si sono esibiti in varie ...
Continue ReadingGard Nilssen's Supersonic Orchestra: Family
by Mark Corroto
Why can't all music be supersonic? That does not mean supersonic as in a speed exceeding that of sound, but sound that is sonically superlative. Drummer, composer, and bandleader Gard Nilssen's music is seemingly always sonically superb. His 17-piece Supersonic Orchestra was captured in 2022 at the Mondriaan Jazz Festival in Den Haag, Netherlands, for Family, his follow-up to If You Listen Carefully The Music Is Yours (Odin 2020). The Supersonic Orchestra is made up of seven saxophones ...
Continue ReadingGlass Triangle: Blue and Sun-lights
by John Sharpe
The transatlantic trio of electric harpist Zeena Parkins, saxophonist Mette Rasmussen and drummer Ryan Sawyer, working under the moniker Glass Triangle, reunites for Blue And Sun-Lights. It is the second release as a group following an eponymous debut recorded in 2019. The band brings together a unique set of experiences--downtown sass from Parkins, European free jazz from Rasmussen and post-punk attitude from Sawyer--and from them generates something beyond category in a program of ten off-the-wall studio encounters. Rasmussen ...
Continue ReadingRasmussen, Flaherty, Rowden, Corsano: Crying in Space
by Mark Corroto
The question to be answered during this live performance was, “Will there be enough space for all the musicians' voices to be heard?" Recorded at Firehouse 12, in June 2019, this new ensemble is an adaptation of various duos and familiar trios. Saxophonist Paul Flaherty and drummer Chris Corsano have performed and recorded numerous discs together since the late '90s, releasing high-octane free jazz. The same can be said of the drummer's duo work with Danish saxophonist Mette Rasmussen; their ...
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Mette Rasmussen
Instrument: Saxophone, alto
