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Erik Honore: Small Sonic Postcards
by Nenad Georgievski
Compared to the rest of Europe, Norway's thriving music scene--be it jazz, pop, electronic or in-between genres--seems to be the most varied. Since1996/97, with the release of a number of seminal recordings including trumpeter Nils Petter Molvær's Khmer (ECM, 1997), keyboardist Bugge Wesseltoft's New Conception of Jazz (Jazzland, 1996) and noise improv quartet Supersilent's triple-disc debut, ...
Songs
Label: Jazzland Recordings
Released: 2012
Track listing: Darn That Dream; My Foolish Hear; How High the Moon; Moon River; Chicken Feathers; Lament; We'll Be Together Again; Like Someone in Love; Giant Steps.
Last Spring
Label: ACT Music
Released: 2012
Track listing: Blåmann (melody by Anna Haavie); Om Kvelden; Margit Hjuske; Stevtone;
Hei Hu; Jeg lagde meg så slide; Lilja (Øyonn Groven Myhren); Last
Spring (based on Edvard Grieg); Den fyrste song (melody by Lars Søraas
Senior); Gjendines Bådnlåt; Maria durch ein DOrnwald ging;
Sæterjentens Søndag (based on Ole Bill / Johann Svendsen); La Folia
(improvisation); Til Unfdommen (melody by Otto Mortensen); Wiegenlied.
Eivind Aarset: Dream Logic
by John Kelman
With the exception of trumpeter Nils Petter Molvær and singer Sidsel Endresen--who each left the label after contributing two fine albums as leaders--there seems to be an increasing number of Norwegian artists who, after establishing themselves on smaller labels, are gaining greater international exposure by moving to the venerable ECM label. Trumpeter Arve Henriksen and Cartography ...
Sidsel Endresen @ 60: Oslo, Norway, November 8-9, 2012
by John Kelman
Sidsel Endresen @ 60: A Special Birthday CelebrationNasjonal Jazzscene VictoriaOslo, NorwayNovember 8-9, 2012Turning 60 can mean different things to different people: for some, it's a time to think about slowing down, and for others, it's a time to kick into higher gear. In the case of jazz and improvising musicians, age ...
2012 Umea Jazz Festival: Umea, Sweden, October 24-28, 2012
by John Kelman
Umeå Jazz Festival Umeå, Sweden October 24-28, 2012 Nestled about 20 kilometers from the coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Sweden, connected by the Ume River, sits Umeå (pronounced: ooo-me-oh), a town of about 120,000 (including the surrounding region). Small it may be, but since 1968 it has hosted an annual ...
Enjoy Jazz 2012, Days 1-14, October 2-15, 2012
by Adriana Carcu
Enjoy Jazz 2012Heidelberg / Mannheim / Ludwigshafen, GermanyOctober 2-November 10, 2012Expressed in numbers, the 14th edition of Enjoy Jazz, advertized as a Festival for Jazz and Other Things," brings up an impressive count: 59 concerts performed in 32 locations, with 265 musicians from 24 countries. Put into words the numbers reveal a most ...
ACT: 20 Years of Magical Music
by Jakob Baekgaard
Nowadays, creating a record label is closer to the norm than the exception. The real sign of success in a fleeting music business, where the sale of records constantly declines, is staying power. This year, 2012, the German record label ACT Music is able to celebrate its 20th anniversary. Not a mean feat for a company ...
Kjetil Husebø: Contradictions
by Eyal Hareuveni
Known previously as the mastermind behind the Optical Substance jazz-electronica outfits, Contradictions is Norwegian pianist Kjetil Husebø's third album and first solo recording. Here, Husebø distills his piano playing and use of electronics into a personal music universe. In his most lyrical moments, references to fellow countrymen, pianists Bugge Wesseltoft and Jon Balke, and Polish pianist ...
Bugge & Henning: Last Spring
by John Kelman
With such a focus on jazz, it's easy to forget that, at the end of the day, all music is--or, at least, comes from-- improvised music. Whether drawn from the ether and performed in real time or written down on manuscript, it's still drawn from the ether. Classical music has its own history in improvisation, ranging ...


