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Gard Nilssen's Supersonic Orchestra: Family

Read "Family" reviewed 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 ...

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Fredrik Ljungkvist - Kris Davis - Ole Morten Vågan - Øyvind Skarbø: Inland Empire

Read "Inland Empire" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Rising star American pianist Kris Davis aligns with A-list Scandinavian progressive jazz artists for a semi-structured program that, among numerous positives, highlights the ensemble's persuasive interactions amid a capacious soundstage, spanning sublime progressions, angular unison choruses and geometrical paradigm shifts. But the musicians unrelenting creativity and thoughtful improvisations spark a winning formula not always easily attainable in these unions, where spontaneous breakouts and plot redevelopments yield significant rewards. “Truffle Pigs and Katmandu Stray Dogs" is a prime ...

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Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Frozen Silence

ECM Records
2023

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Family

We Jazz Records
2023

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Inland Empire

Clean Feed Records
2020

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You Taste Like a Song

Clean Feed Records
2011

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Frozen Silence

From: Frozen Silence
By Ole Morten Vågan

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