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Take Five With Andreas Ulvo
by AAJ Staff
Meet Andreas Ulvo: Despite his young age, Andreas Ulvo (b.1983), from Eidskog in Hedmark, has already made a mark for himself on the Norwegian and European jazz scenes. His main projects are his own solo piano project and Eple Trio. Together with the two other members of Eple Trio, he has a Masters degree ...
Punkt 2011: Kristiansand, Norway, September 1-3, 2011
by John Kelman
Punkt Festival 2011 The Agder Theatre Kristiansand, Norway September 1-3, 2011It was almost not meant to be. Plagued by a combination of airline snafus and the residual effects of Hurricane Irene--which had hit the northeast coast of the United States a few days earlier, creating (amidst other much more serious results) a ...
Ricardo Villalobos / Max Loderbauer: Re: ECM
by David McLean
Over the past decade or so, the ECM label has been flirting with elements of electronic music in varying degrees. Evan Parker's Towards The Margins (1997) introduced electronic manipulation in the live processing of sound as a new improvisational tool, embellishing the saxophonist's already avant-garde collection of instrumentation. Since then, subtle machinations have crept into other ...
Ricardo Villalobos / Max Loderbauer: Re: ECM
by John Kelman
The concept of remix-- using studio technology to deconstruct, reshape and reconstruct extant recordings--is far from new, but the past decade has seen a considerable expansion of purview. Once more closely aligned with the club scene, remixes are no longer solely about relentless beats for dancing; instead, as Norway's Punkt Festival has been demonstrating for seven ...
Norwegian Jazz 101c: JazzNorway In A Nutshell 2011
by John Kelman
2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 It may be true, at least most of the time, that familiarity breeds, if not exactly contempt, then certainly complacency; but that simply doesn't apply if subject is Norway--and, in particular, its disproportionately large and vibrant music scene. Suffering from an epidemic that most folks would ...
Polar Jazz: Longyearbyen, Svalbard, February 3-7, 2011
by John Kelman
Polar Jazz / Arctic MoodLongyearbyen,Svalbard, Norway February 3-7, 2011 Flying into Longyearbyen is a surreal experience. It's a two-day trip from North America--one day to get to Oslo, Norway, and the second to make the final trek above the Arctic Circle to the islands of Svalbard, about halfway between the ...
Dans les arbres: Dans les arbres
by John Kelman
When French clarinetist Xavier Charles, pianist Christian Wallumrød, guitarist Ivar Grydeland and percussionist Ingar Zach appeared at Norway's Punkt Festival in 2007, they'd yet to take the name Dans les arbres, which would also become the title of this freely improvising unit's 2008 ECM debut. It's taken two years for the album to find Stateside release--anomalous ...
Christian Wallumrød: Fabula Suite Lugano
by AAJ Italy Staff
Jazz, minimalismo, barocco e musica contemporanea sono alcune delle componenti che si fondono nell'universo musicale di Christian Wallumrød. Improvvisatore colto e raffinato caratterizzato da un autentico senso del suono e della struttura, da anni con le sue produzioni incanta per sintesi ed equilibrio nei contrasti. Questo ensemble, è un sestetto che nasce dall'incontro del leader con ...
Intervista con Christian Wallumrød
by AAJ Italy Staff
Nato nel '71 e cresciuto a Kongsberg, nell'entroterra a sud della Norvegia, ha iniziato a studiare pianoforte a dodici anni e scoperto il jazz a 15, grazie al maestro Egil Kapstad. È Christian Wallumrød, raffinato e colto esponente della scena contemporanea norvegese. Ha debuttato nel '98 per la ECM con No Birch assieme ai connazionali Arve ...
