Results for "Bergen"

News: Obituary

Bo Gronningsaeter: In Memoriam

November 19, 2012

Bo Grønningsæter died on Wednesday, the 14th of November, 2012 at the age of 61. The jazz community has lost an innovative organizer and profiled personality. He grew up in Molde, Norway and became acquainted with jazz as a teenager through the jazz festival. After graduating from Molde gymnas he went to study film in Stockholm ...

Article: Album Review

1982 + BJ Cole: 1982 + BJ Cole

Read "1982 + BJ Cole" reviewed by John Eyles

by John Eyles
November 14, 2012

For its third album, following 1982 (NORCD, 2009) and Pintura (Hubro, 2011), the trio now known as 1982 decided, after much discussion, to invite a guest musician to join the recording. A few years earlier, the group had met pedal steel guitarist B.J. Cole at a BBC radio program, and so decided to enlist him, even ...

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Article: Live Review

Norwegian Road Trip, Part 7: Molde Jazz, Days 5-6

by John Kelman
July 27, 2010

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Article: Live Review

Norwegian Jazz 101b: JazzNorway in a Nutshell 2010

by John Kelman
June 8, 2010

2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 Norway may be a country that, more than most, aims to expose people from around the world to its culture through annual events like JazzNorway in a Nutshell, but as rich an experience as attending that junket is, returning to it on a regular basis is an ...

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Bergen

By Frode Gjerstad

Label: Circulasione Totale
Released: 2009

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Article: Live Review

Punkt Festival 2009: Day 4, Kristiansand, Norway, September 5, 2009

by John Kelman
September 7, 2009

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 For its fifth year, Punkt Festival's evening programming was, more than any other, organized around clearer thematic lines, although that still meant a considerably broader purview than most other festivals--and, of course, there was the occasional exception. The first day spotlighted up-and-coming talent; ...

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Article: Live Review

Punkt Festival 2009: Day 3, Kristiansand, Norway, September 4, 2009

by John Kelman
September 6, 2009

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 With the musical laboratory that's Punkt Live Remix, it's sometimes possible for a remix to actually surpass its source performance. With (for the most part) Punkt Co-Artistic Directors Jan Bang and Erik Honoré listening to each performance while it's in progress ...

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Article: Live Review

Punkt Festival 2009: Day 2, Kristiansand, Norway, September 3, 2009

by John Kelman
September 5, 2009

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 One of Punkt's many definers is its fearless avoidance of stylistic boundaries. Some festivals are expanding their stylistic purview out of necessity; Punkt has always been style-blind by definition. So it's not uncommon to find a program where some of today's greatest experimentalists ...

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Article: Live Review

Molde Jazz: Day 3, July 15, 2009

by John Kelman
July 17, 2009

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 Christian Wallumrød Ensemble with Arve Henriksen / Kristin AsbjørnsenMolde Jazz Molde, Norway July 15, 2009Located on a large fjord, Molde's weather is moderated by its proximity to the ocean, ...

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Molde Jazz: Day 2, July 14, 2009

by John Kelman
July 16, 2009

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 Arve Henriksen / Marilyn Mazur / Tomasz Stańko Molde Jazz Molde, Norway July 14, 2009 For the uninitiated, it can be somewhat disorienting to leave a concert at 10 at night ...