Results for "Edition Records"

Neck Of The Woods

By Daniel Herskedal

Label: Edition Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Neck of the Woods; Preludium; Lutra Lutra; Eg Er Framand; The Shepherd; Ara's Dance; The Christmas Song; Dragon's Eye; Introduction to Swan Island; Swan Island; The Wedding.

Daniel Herskedal and Marius Neset: Neck Of The Woods

by Ian Patterson
December 26, 2012

Saxophone and tuba duos have something in common with hens' teeth, so tubaist Daniel Herskedal and saxophonist Marius Neset's collaboration is already noteworthy for its pioneering spirit alone. Herskedal and Neset--former students of Copenhagen's Rhythmic Conservatory and band mates in pianist Django Bates StoRMChaser--have, however, crafted music so sublime that it's a wonder tubiasts and saxophonists ...

Chris May's Best Releases of 2012

by Chris May
December 20, 2012

Christian ScottaTunde AdjuahConcord RecordsIn 1959, when Whitney Balliett, the New Yorker's jazz critic, published a collection of his columns, he titled the book The Sound of Surprise. The promise of the unexpected, wrote Balliett, was jazz's most precious quality. In a year which went on to include the release of ...

Rarebit

December 12, 2012

Album: Label Love Vol. 5: The Jazz Edition
By Troyka
Label: Edition Records
Released: 0
Duration: 5:11

Daniel Herskedal and Marius Neset: Neck Of The Woods

by Bruce Lindsay
August 23, 2012

Saxophonist Marius Neset and tubist Daniel Herskedal have crafted an unusual and fascinating debut album, combining their chosen instruments and occasionally, the human voice, to create some atmospheric and intriguing sound-worlds on Neck Of The Woods.Although both musicians are Norwegian, the pair met while studying at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen, an institution ...

Troyka: Moxxy

by Bruce Lindsay
June 6, 2012

The three young British players who constitute Troyka--guitarist Chris Montague, keyboard player Kit Downes and drummer Joshua Blackmore--keep many things simple on their second album, Moxxy. One-word band name, album title and song titles keep things nice and easy. The album cover--a faux '50s Russian propaganda poster and a departure from Edition Records' usual visual style--maintains ...

Dave Stapleton: Flight

by Chris May
May 1, 2012

Dave StapletonFlightEdition2012Dave Stapleton is a multi-tasker of Olympian energy and talent. That is not a new observation, but as the pianist and record company director's outputs increase, it bears repeating. As well as operating the Edition label, which has released 30 albums of immaculately-recorded British and European jazz ...

Phronesis: Walking Dark

by Bruce Lindsay
March 30, 2012

As the pile of talented and exciting piano trios continues to grow ever higher, it takes a very talented and exciting threesome to rise to the top and stay there. Enter Phronesis. Up on the peak with its third album--the award-winning Alive (Edition Records, 2010), Jazz Album Of The Year in both Jazzwise and Mojo magazines--the ...

Places And Other Spaces

By Jason Yarde

Label: Edition Records
Released: 2011

Five Countries

Label: Edition Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Flutter and Flight; Snowdonia / Sail The Sky; Frozen Forest; Dustfall / Spin The Sky; Freedoms Lost; Izabella's Dream; Slipreel; Storm on the Irish Sea; Rainy Harbour; Seventh Sense / Waterman's.