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Jessica Pilnas: Norma Deloris Egstrom – A Tribute To Peggy Lee
by Bruce Lindsay
Peggy Lee is not an artist who is usually associated with Sweden, but as Norma Deloris Egstrom--A Tribute To Peggy Lee indicates, her real name comes straight from her family's roots in that Scandinavian country. Singer Jessica Pilnäs is Swedish, although this link is of relatively little importance to the music on offer here. More vitally, ...
Jacob Karlzon 3: More
by Bruce Lindsay
Pianist/composer Jacob Karlzon--Swedish Radio's 2010 Jazz Musician Of The Year--is difficult to pigeonhole. He's an improviser, a solo artist, a composer and an accompanist, with a longstanding musical relationship with singer Viktoria Tolstoy. In his 20-year career he's released half a dozen albums under his own name and appeared on around 40 others. The Jacob Karlzon ...
Adam Baldych And The Baltic Gang: Imaginary Room
by Bruce Lindsay
Despite the perceived similarities between musical groups and gangs, there are surprisingly few examples of bands with a “gang" appellation. There's American rockers the James Gang, Brit-punks the Tyla Gang and of course there's the Purple Gang (although that was just a rhythm section). Imaginary Room, the debut release from violinist Adam Baldych and The Baltic ...
Esbjörn Svensson Trio: 301
by AAJ Italy Staff
Sidney, gennaio 2007. Svensson, Berglund e Öström si ritrovano allo studio 301 a improvvisare una jam session che durerà ininterrottamente per due giorni interi, registrando circa 9 ore di musica. Quella sarà l'ultima seduta di registrazione degli E.S.T. perché nel giugno dell'anno successivo Svensson ha un incidente durante un immersione subacquea nel mare intorno a Stoccolma ...
Ulf Wakenius: Vagabond
by Ian Patterson
Swedish guitarist Ulf Wakenius is perhaps best known for his ten year stint in pianist Oscar Peterson's trio, following in the footsteps of guitarists Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis and Joe Pass. Wakenius clocked up enough road miles with Peterson to have traveled to the moon and back, and he also toured extensively and recorded with bassists ...
Jazz Bigband Graz: Urban Folktales
by Bruce Lindsay
Despite the inherent problems of managing large numbers of musicians, funding their activities, and finding venues large enough to host ensembles of 15-plus players, the jazz big band is undergoing something of a revival. Jazz Bigband Graz, from Austria, is yet another fine ensemble from Europe, and Urban Folktales shows that imaginative new directions in big ...
Leszek Mozdzer: Komeda
by AAJ Italy Staff
Ha atteso due decenni, il pianista Leszek Mozdzer, prima di affrontare la prova del disco in solo. E nel farlo s'è ispirato a Krzysztof Komeda, il compositore più rilevante e il nume tutelare del jazz polacco. Un debutto che giunge dopo esperienze con prestigiosi connazionali come Zbigniew Namyslowski (Secretely & Confidentionally), Tomasz Stanko (A Farewell to ...
e.s.t.: 301
by Bruce Lindsay
Australia in January 2007, the height of summer, a time for relaxing on the beach and for taking it easy in the post-Christmas comedown--but not for the Esbjörn Svensson Trio. Hiring Sydney's Studio 301 for a couple of days, the band spent its time jamming and improvising, yielding what would seemingly be the groundbreaking trio's final ...
Simcock Garland Sirkis: Lighthouse
by John Kelman
With Lighthouse, saxophonist Tim Garland, pianist Gwilym Simcock and percussionist Asaf Sirkis make the move to completely egalitarian collective. It's also the first album to feature the trio without any additional guests. Garland's Lighthouse Trio first came together on the saxophonist's If the Sea Replied (Sirocco, 2005), an ambitious song cycle that--in addition to including mates ...
Michael Wollny's [em]: Wasted & Wanted
by Bruce Lindsay
Michael Wollny's sleeve notes for Wasted & Wanted are emphatic: “MAKE YOUR OWN DAMN RULES. This is Jazz." Back in the day, this German piano trio used to be plain old [em]. Some re-branding has taken place, and now it's Michael Wollny's [em]. According to Wollny, the change is intended to help people who have been ...
