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1982 + BJ Cole: 1982 + BJ Cole
by John Eyles
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 ...
Norwegian Road Trip, Part 7: Molde Jazz, Days 5-6
by John Kelman
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 [Editors Note: From July 6 to July 26, 2010, All About Jazz Managing Editor John Kelman will travel throughout Norway to cover both the Kongsberg Jazz Festival (also participating in Silver City Sounds) and ...
Norwegian Jazz 101b: JazzNorway in a Nutshell 2010
by John Kelman
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 ...
Punkt Festival 2009: Day 4, Kristiansand, Norway, September 5, 2009
by John Kelman
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; ...
Punkt Festival 2009: Day 3, Kristiansand, Norway, September 4, 2009
by John Kelman
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 ...
Punkt Festival 2009: Day 2, Kristiansand, Norway, September 3, 2009
by John Kelman
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 ...
Molde Jazz: Day 3, July 15, 2009
by John Kelman
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, ...
Molde Jazz: Day 2, July 14, 2009
by John Kelman
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6Arve Henriksen / Marilyn Mazur / Tomasz Stańko Molde Jazz Molde, Norway July 14, 2009For the uninitiated, it can be somewhat disorienting to leave a concert at 10 at night ...
Norwegian Jazz 101a: JazzNorway in a Nutshell 2009
by John Kelman
2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 One of the challenges of any organization or festival is to find ways to top past performances, and certainly the breadth of exposure to Norwegian music, culture and geography at JazzNorway in a Nutshell 2008 (JNiaN) would be hard to beat. A junket where approximately 40 people ...
