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Anton Eger

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Anton Eger (born 9 December 1980) is a Norwegian-Swedish jazz drummer, known from a series of recordings and collaborations with musicians like Django Bates, Marius Neset, Daniel Heløy Davidsen, Ivo Neame, and Jasper Høiby.

Eger studied jazz at the Copenhagen Rhythmic Music Conservatory under the guidance of Django Bates among others, and played drums on Bates' album Spring is Here (Shall We Dance?) (2008). 

Within the Scandinavian quintet JazzKamikaze, he participates on several album releases and appeared at various international jazz festivals Kongsberg Jazzfestival, Moldejazz, North Sea Jazz Festival, Bangkok Jazz Festival, Rochester Jazz Festival, as well as being part of the opening of the annual Rio Carnival in Rio de Janeiro.

Album

The Action 4s

Label: April Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: The Mikster; Sugaruzd; Drømmeland; Smoothie; IOEDWLTO; Searchlight Theory; Rough Patch; SXL; Eclectic Horizons.

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Cabaret

Label: ACT Music
Released: 2025
Track listing: Cabaret; Hyp3rsonic Cabar3t; Song for Maja; P11; Midsummer Beats; The Ocean; Quantum Dance; Forgotten Ballet; Lizarb; Wedding in Geiranger.

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Article: Album Review

Jasper Høiby: Fellow Creatures: We Must Fight

Read "Fellow Creatures: We Must Fight" reviewed by Andrew Hunter


Fellow Creatures is the band that bassist Jasper Høiby has assembled around himself and they are clearly a talented bunch. They would have to be, to revisit material from Høiby's previous band, Phronesis. That trio of Høiby, Anton Eger and Ivo Neame were almost hyperbolically highly regarded. A quick internet search will show how well reviewed ...

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Article: Album Review

The Action 4S: The Action 4s

Read "The Action 4s" reviewed by Neil Duggan


This is the debut album from The Action 4S, a quartet comprising Scandinavian and British musicians. Their music is a powerful combination of jazz, fusion and electronica built on a rock-solid rhythmic foundation. The quartet is made up of acclaimed musicians, none more celebrated than multi-award-winning harmonica virtuoso Mathias Heise. A true virtuoso of ...

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Article: Album Review

Marius Neset: Cabaret

Read "Cabaret" reviewed by Neil Duggan


Norwegian saxophonist and composer Marius Neset first captured the imagination with his 2011 album Golden Xplosion (Edition, 2011). Since then, his creative impetus has seen him release numerous albums, write pieces for large ensembles including the London Sinfonietta and Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, collaborate with classical pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and fulfill a busy touring schedule, winning ...

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Tough Stuff

Label: ACT Music
Released: 2024
Track listing: Tough Stuff; Tae Kwon Don't; Second Date Waltz; Will You Be My Bop?; Stockholm Syndrome; Cabaret Perdu; Tee Four Three; Das Handtuch; Country and Eastern; A Lotta Love; Liberty City.

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Article: Album Review

Iiro Rantala HEL trio: Tough Stuff

Read "Tough Stuff" reviewed by Neil Duggan


There has always been a hint of playfulness evident in the work of Finnish pianist Iiro Rantala. That was clear in his much-admired recordings with Trio Töykeät. That trio called it a day in 2006 after multiple worldwide tours and 20 years together. Since then, the multi-talented Rantala has been involved in a range of activities, ...

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Geyser

Label: ACT Music
Released: 2023
Track listing: Part 1 Waterfall; Part 2 On Fire; Part 3 Out Of Sight; Part 4 Under The Surface; Part 5 Lava; Part 6 Flow; Part 7 Meeting Magma; Part 8 Outbreak.

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Article: Album Review

Marius Neset: Geyser

Read "Geyser" reviewed by Chris May


Geyser is Norwegian saxophonist Marius Neset's third album with new-music ensemble London Sinfonietta. The piece was commissioned for the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, where this recording was made on September 3, 2022. As on the two previous albums, the Sinfonietta are joined by Neset's high-voltage jazz quintet with pianist Ivo Neame, vibraphonist Jim ...


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