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Article: Album Review

Geir Lysne Ensemble: The Grieg Code

Read "The Grieg Code" reviewed by John Kelman


The Norwegian aesthetic for large ensembles is often considerably distanced from the American tradition, though there are mid-Atlantic meeting points, with Mariah Schneider and Darcy James Argue finding some common ground with Jon Balke, Trygve Seim and Geir Lysne. Lysne, in particular, has managed to combine a greater predilection for overt soloing within oftentimes expansive, detailed ...

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Article: Album Review

Bugge Wesseltoft: Playing

Read "Playing" reviewed by John Kelman


As a successor to the impressive IM (Jazzland, 2007), pianist Bugge Wesseltoft continues to explore the powerful potential of solo performance. Like IM--and no surprise to those familiar with his seamless integration of technology into real-time performance on his New Conception of Jazz series--Wesseltoft uses sound processing and real-time looping to create a modernistic successor to ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Bugge Wesseltoft: New Conception of Jazz Box

Read "Bugge Wesseltoft: New Conception of Jazz Box" reviewed by John Kelman


Bugge Wesseltoft New Conceptions of Jazz Box Jazzland Records 2008 While the Norwegian jazz scene has been pursuing its own course for decades, the period of 1996-1997 represented a significant watershed, a milestone where an entirely new kind of music emerged, linked to jazz but distanced considerably--some might say completely, but ...

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IM

Label: Jazzland Recordings
Released: 2008
Track listing: 1. Black Pearl Makes Dream - 06:08; 2. Wy - 05:58; 3. Delmager - 05:24; 4. Yoyk - 05:04; 5. Hit - 02:25; 6. Min By - 05:54; 7. Vidde - 04:00; 8. Fot - 04:11; 9. Im - 07:28; 10. Road Home - 03:28. Tutte le composizioni sono di Bugge Wesseltoft.

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New Conceptions Of Jazz Box

Label: The ACT Company
Released: 2008

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Article: Live Review

Bugge Wesseltoft at the London Jazz Festival 2008

Read "Bugge Wesseltoft at the London Jazz Festival 2008" reviewed by Marcus O'Dair


Bugge WesseltoftLondon Jazz Festival 2008King's PlaceLondon, EnglandNovember 15, 2008 Having attended the Peter Brotzmann gig earlier the same night, I arrived at Bugge Wesseltoft's show a little late. It's a surprise to see the Norwegian--best known for the embrace of electronics in so-called nu-jazz, or what he terms his ...

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Article: Album Review

Bugge Wesseltoft: IM

Read "IM" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Il fondatore dell'etichetta Jazzland, dopo anni di album collettivi basati su elettronica e tastiere, ritorna, con questo IM, a sonorità più intimiste, solitarie ed acustiche. Non si tratta però di un disco rigorosamente acustico, ma di accurate e raffinate sequenze al pianofotorte alternate a registrazioni sul campo (l'Africa e le sue guerre sulle frequenze della BBC ...

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Article: Interview

Bugge Wesseltoft: dieci anni di Jazzland e New Conception of Jazz

Read "Bugge Wesseltoft: dieci anni di Jazzland e New Conception of Jazz" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Norvegese, pianista e tastierista di assoluto valore, figura di spicco del jazz contemporaneo, è tra i padri fondatori del “NuJazz". Dieci anni fa, con la creazione della Jazzland, Bugge Wesseltoft offriva alla musica scandinava un canale di divulgazione alternativo alla ECM, e con l'uscita di New Conception of Jazz indicava nuovi scenari per il jazz europeo. ...

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Melange Bleu

Label: ACT Music
Released: 2007
Track listing: Mélange Bleu; Makro; Les Coulisses; Ironside; Judas Bolero; Minor People; Sketches of Twelve; Naive; Bacchanalia; After Zero.

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IM

Label: Jazzland Recordings
Released: 2007
Track listing: BLACK PEARL, makes dream; WY; deIMAGER; YOYK; HIT; MIN by; vide; FOT; IM; ROAD HOME.


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