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Molde Jazz: Day 1, July 13, 2009
by John Kelman
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 Arve Henriksen Cartography / Bugge Wesseltoft Molde Jazz Molde, Norway July 13, 2009 Descending by plane into Molde airport, it's difficult not to be in awe of the geography surrounding ...
Meanderthals: Desire Lines
by John Kelman
While music of the dance floor is often mistakenly considered as lacking in substance--great beats, but nothing more--electronica artists and even cross-pollinating jazzers like Nils Petter Molvær, Bugge Wesseltoft, and Eivind Aarset are proving that it's possible to make music equally engaging for the mind and body. Certainly Wesseltoft's New Conception of Jazz Box (Jazzland, 2009) ...
Andratx: Live
by Mark Corroto
The Nordic jazz trio of Jonas Kullhammar, Kresten Osgood and Ole Morten Vågan is the type of super group that keeps the jazz tradition alive, not in the sense of an institution as much as a provocateur praxis. Andratx Live is its second release following a self-titled record on Moserbie in 2007. The three ...
Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense - Episode Four: Everything Everywhere
by John Kelman
Episode One | Episode Two | Episode Three | Episode Four --->Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present TenseEpisode Four: Everything Everywhere The Documentary ChannelMay 11, 2009, 09:00-10:00PMParadigm Studio2009Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense, the weekly television series that's been ...
Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense - Episode Two: 12 Notes in Real Time
by John Kelman
Episode One | Episode Two | Episode Three | Episode Four ---> Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present TenseEpisode Two: 12 Notes in Real Time The Documentary ChannelApril 27, 2009, 09:00-10:00PMParadigm Studio2009After a promising launch on April 20, 2009, with ...
Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense - Episode One: The Quiet Revolution
by John Kelman
Episode One | Episode Two | Episode Three | Episode Four --->Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present TenseEpisode One: The Quiet Revolution The Documentary ChannelApril 20, 2009, 09:00-10:00PMParadigm Studio2009Many still look back at Ken Burns' Jazz (2001) as the documentary that ...
Geir Lysne Ensemble: The Grieg Code
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 ...
Bugge Wesseltoft: Playing
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 ...
Bugge Wesseltoft: New Conception of Jazz Box
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 ...


