Eirik Hegdal

Gard Nilssen's Supersonic Orchestra: Family

by Mark Corroto
September 30, 2023

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 ...

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Mats Eilertsen: Rubicon

by John Kelman
July 29, 2016

It's no news to learn that we're the confluence of our many experiences: life, love, music....everything that we are comes from where we've been, what we've done, what we've experienced. That said, it doesn't mean that we can't move in completely new directions or try something completely foreign to us. Still, it's almost impossible to do anything--even things that are intentionally new and different--without there being some inescapable links to our past. With Mats Eilertsen's evocative Rubicon, the double bassist ...

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Exclusive Documentary Featuring Eirik Hegdal and Joshua Redman at All About Jazz!

Source: All About Jazz
October 13, 2010

All About Jazz, in conjunction with What's Going On, is excited to provide the exclusive international debut of Triads and More: A Documentary, a 26-minute video that chronicles the making of Norwegian saxophonist Eirik Hegdal's exciting new collaboration with the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra and guest saxophonist Joshua Redman. This documentary coincides with the release of the album, Triads and More, and is a terrific opportunity for an advance listen, and an inside look at the recording, made at Oslo's legendary ...
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