Results for "Bernt Moen"

Bernt Moen

Norwegian pianist/composer.

The Storm

By Bernt Moen

Label: Losen Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: A Sense of Urgency; Majestic; The Search for Absolution; Relentless; In Retrospect; Leisurely; The Storm Intro; The Storm; Ode; Floating; Passing By, Not Too Fast, Not Too Slow; Sakral.

3x3: Piano Trios: January 2022

by Geno Thackara
February 3, 2022

Little North Familiar Places April Music 2022 While Little North's elegant variety of Scandinavian not-really-abstract impressionism stays as Northern as ever, their musical landscape is anything but little. Their second outing keeps all the strengths of their evocative debut Finding Seagulls (Self Produced, 2021) and expands in ways big and small. ...

Second Time's The Charm

Label: Losen Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: The Intro; Solar; A Foggy Day; Bemsha Swing; The Scenes; Autumn Leaves; Giant Steps; The Ballad.

3x3: Piano Trios: February 2021

by Geno Thackara
March 2, 2021

It's a European batch of trios for this month, showing all kinds of local roots and with a fascinating knack for subverting expectations. Fergus McCreadie Cairn Edition Records 2021 Scotland's tourist organization could do a lot worse than hire Fergus McCreadie for a little PR. The Jamestown-born pianist offers ...

Johnsen / Sahlander / Moen: Second Time's The Charm

by Friedrich Kunzmann
February 11, 2021

Bernt Moen's second trio strike with bassist Fredrik Sahlander and drummer Geir Age Johnsen is a balanced set of a few atmospheric Moen originals and well-known standards. Like on predecessor 1+1=3 (Losen Records, 2020), Second Time's The Charm sees the players interpret standards loosely, adding modern influences and physical interplay to popular melodies that sometimes venture ...

1+1=3

By Bernt Moen

Label: Losen Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Isotope; Lament; Naima; Interplay; Things Ain't What They Used to Be; All Blues; When All Is Said and Done.

Losen Records' Winning Formula?

by Friedrich Kunzmann
December 4, 2019

No formula at all. The only thing that remains constant from release to release on Norwegian label Losen Records is the fact, that no album will sound anything like the last. Home to young talents, such as the Icelandic pianist Ingi Bjarni Skúlason or the Russian saxophone virtuoso Masha Art, as well as old hands along ...

Nypan: Stereotomic

by Geno Thackara
April 18, 2017

You have to give people a chance to miss you sometimes. Øyvind Nypan certainly seems to understand the idea of spacing visits apart in order to have something to bring back to the table each time. His second Losen Records outing took four years to follow on from Republique (Losen, 2013), and the entire backing cast ...

Nutshell e Nattjazz 2016

by Luca Vitali
June 10, 2016

Visitare Bergen in maggio è sempre un terno al lotto: il clima, spesso piovoso, condiziona l'umore, ma quando è il sole ad accoglierti, l'incanto è assicurato. È da qualche anno che mancavo da Bergen e non facevo visita all'USF (United Sardine Factory), antica fabbrica di sardine convertita in tempio della cultura di quella città, e come ...