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Oscar Andreas Haug: Memoirs

by Daniel Mège
November 12, 2026

“You know, there is an extraordinary young trumpet player in Norway..." All About Jazz (Pavlovian, naming the first young Norwegian trumpeter that came to mind): “Oscar Andreas Haug?" “Yes, Oscar Andreas Haug. He is truly incredible!" This statement was from Nils Petter Molvaer, met on the bus in Oslo a ...

Article: Live Review

Floating with Emile Parisien at 1000jazz 2026

by Daniel Mège
November 8, 2026

Emile Parisien FloatingThéâtre de l'heure bleue1000Jazz, Third EditionLa Chaux-de-Fonds, SwitzerlandOctober 25, 2026 “If you did not like this, the record is really different!" quips Emile Parisien in a mock-desperate attempt to promote Floating (ACT Music, 2026), released the month before (reviewed by AAJ). Fair enough, but what if we did ...

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OJKOS plays the Music of Tuva Halse at the Victoria Nasjonal Jazzscene

by Daniel Mège
November 3, 2026

OJKOS Plays: Tuva HalseVictoria Nasjonal Jazzscene OsloOctober 21, 2026 Mountain Jazz: Identity and RootsIn the steep valley of Eikesdalen, in the Norwegian municipality of Molde, wild hazelnuts fall from the tree in September or October. Every hazelnut is destined to fall once it is ripe, and the same holds true for ...

Article: Interview

David Six: Making Music Out Of This World

by Daniel Mège
October 27, 2026

In 2026, Austrian pianist and composer David Six released the last volume of his trilogy Dance With The Ghosts III (Sessionwork Records, 2026), a good opportunity to discover this musician who defies classification. From jazz to classical, contemporary, Indian and Middle Eastern music; from improvisation to composition and from music to dance and light; from the ...

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David Six: Dance With The Ghosts III

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by Daniel Mège
October 17, 2026

On the Greek island of Lesbos, Moria was the largest refugee camp for those crossing the Mediterranean toward Europe, and one of the most sinister, before its destruction by fire in 2020. Shortly before, at the beginning of the pandemic, David Six, a composer, pianist and also percussionist, composed and recorded Moria (feat. Saied Silbak) (Self ...

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Science Fair: Sugar in the Morning

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by Daniel Mège
October 8, 2026

Listening to Anna Ueland amounts to turning a question mark into an exclamation mark. Heard at the Trondheim Jazzfestival in 2026, when elected Ambassador of the University of Trondheim, she presented her string-dominated group Populærmusikk for likesinnede (Popular music for like-minded people), joyful experimental jazz-pop with first-rate soloists. She had just released Music For A Noisy Environment (Sonic ...

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Vamze Wybrańczyk: Akvæn

by Daniel Mège
October 7, 2026

For some time, the name of Patrycja Wybrańczyk (drums) has been travelling from Poland (she lives in Gdańsk) to Denmark and Norway. It was in 2022, at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, that she met the Latvian tenor saxophonist Inga Vamze (who lives in Copenhagen). Wybrańczyk has collaborated on around 20 albums ...

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Jazz Out of Norway: 12th Set 2026

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by Daniel Mège
September 28, 2026

Jazz Out Of Norway is a collection on Odin Records that compiles tracks drawn from some of the most emblematic albums released in Norway since 1989. The 12th Set is a valuable document that takes stock of the situation in 2026. This edition is remarkable for its musicality, its diversity of styles, but also ...

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Amalie Dahl's Dafnie: Live at Kafé Hærverk

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by Daniel Mège
September 25, 2026

There is a strange relationship between alto saxophone and marine biology. Akira Sakata, the breathtaking yet unsung altoist of torrential intensity and a marine biology researcher, specialized in daphnia (dafnie in Scandinavian languages), those tiny, endearing-looking crustaceans, as early as 1969; Amalie Dahl made them her orchestra. She knew nothing of this weighty legacy.

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Den Andre Festivalen #9

by Daniel Mège
September 22, 2026

Den Andre Festivalen Oslo, Norway September 4-5, 2026 The Other Festival, The Other Collective, The Other Ensemble, Other Records: a unique binational initiative L'Autre Festival/Den Andre Festivalen (in French and Norwegian; The Other Festival) is a unique jazz festival that grew out of a master's project at the Norwegian Academy of Music ...