Thomas Johansson/Øyvind Storesund/Paal Nilssen-Love

Thomas Johansson/Øyvind Storesund/Paal Nilssen-Love: Revolution Before Lunch

by Mark Corroto
June 2, 2016

There is probably no way to avoid the parochial mindset of the American jazz listener. Take the release Revolution Before Lunch by the Scandinavian trio of Thomas Johansson, Øyvind Storesund, and Paal Nilssen-Love. You might listen to a few notes of Johansson's trumpet as “Close As Hail" opens the affair and think, oh yeah, it's Magnus Broo performing. Well, no, Broo is Swedish and Johansson--Norwegian. Mistaking a Norwegian for a Swede is just about as wrong as assuming a New ...