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Nypan: Big City

Read "Big City" reviewed by Friedrich Kunzmann

by Friedrich Kunzmann
January 30, 2019

Norwegian guitarist and composer Øyvind Nypan had a special project and, accordingly, special musicians in mind when conceptualizing his newest and third record for Losen Records, Big City. After contacting pianist Taylor Eigsti and receiving his positive response, Nypan was able to rally together the rest of the cast and shortly afterwards ended up recording this ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Ben Wendel Live At BIMHUIS Amsterdam

by BIMHUIS
January 28, 2019

Ben Wendel, saxophonist of Kneebody and forerunner of the current jazz generation, presents music from his YouTube project Seasons, a remarkable video series on YouTube: 12 duets, composed for and dedicated to 12 musicians he admires, released over 12 months. The project was inspired by the eponymous series of piano duos by Tchaikovsky. Ben ...

Album

The Seasons

By Ben Wendel

Label: Motéma Music
Released: 2018
Track listing: January; February; March; April; May; June; July; August; September; October; November; December.

Article: Year in Review

Friedrich Kunzmann's 2018 Top 5: A fine year for the ECM catalogue

by Friedrich Kunzmann
December 11, 2018

When looking back at the year one won't find more peace or joy than on the musical side of things. For in this realm there are nor real losers. Here, disappointment is relative and success is all over the place because everyone is trying to be their best possible selves, constantly on a path of self-improvement ...

Article: Album Review

Ben Wendel: The Seasons

Read "The Seasons" reviewed by Friedrich Kunzmann

by Friedrich Kunzmann
December 5, 2018

For many centuries composers have set to music the different seasons each new year has to offer (lately, some show the tendency of disappearing more and more. Seasons, not composers). Baroque composer Vivaldi's very straightforward division in four on “Le Quattro Stagioni" has to be one of the most prominent examples. Saxophonist and composer Ben Wendel ...

Article: Album Review

Ben Wendel: The Seasons

Read "The Seasons" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
December 2, 2018

Stepping out as he occasionally does from the genre-mashing ensemble Kneebody, Grammy-nominated saxophonist / bassoonist Ben Wendel takes up the challenge of interpreting the seasons as they exist in this time of climate upheaval and delivers the dynamic, visceral The Seasons. In 2015, inspired by Tchaikovsky's “The Seasons," Wendel set about writing and performing ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Art Ensemble of Chicago, Federica Michisanti and other great new releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
November 13, 2018

Sometime ago everybody kept saying that the CD was dead. Judging by the growing number of new records that keep coming out at an increasing pace, the CD is still alive and kicking! Intrestgingly, as the number of new jazz albums continues to grow, this has not been at the expense of the average quality of ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

All Over the Map with Losen Records

by Geno Thackara
November 2, 2018

Here's a quick trivia tidbit for the day: Losen is the Norwegian word for 'pilot.' See, you never know what you're going to learn clicking around the web. This Oslo-based label is so named for its forward-thinking dedication to exploration, and the stream of offerings only seems to get more wide-ranging and inventive every year.

Article: Live Review

Festival Jazz International Rotterdam 2018

by Jakob Baekgaard
November 1, 2018

Festival Jazz International Rotterdam LantarenVenster Rotterdam October 26-28, 2018 As a jazz enthusiast strolling along the beautiful waterfront of Rotterdam, encountering the name Van Gelder almost seems too good to be true. Even though in this case, the name is found on a truck and refers to a corporation that sells ...