Results for "Eivind Aarset"

Lars Danielsson: Signature Edition 3

by John Kelman
April 7, 2010

That Swedish bassist Lars Danielsson is a pliant, flexible player who's worked with American artists including John Abercrombie, Pat Metheny, and David Liebman, and notable European names such as Eivind Aarset, Ulf Wakenius, and Nils Petter Molvær isn't much of a secret--at least, not to audiences on the east side of the Atlantic. In North America ...

Norwegian Guitarist Eivind Aarset Interviewed at AAJ...And More!

March 29, 2010

In a time when the interactive video game Guitar Hero is selling in the millions, Eivind Aarset is, in many ways, the Guitar Anti-Hero. Despite making music that could easily lend itself to the kind of guitar pyrotechnics that are so often the litmus test of a good player, Aarset's emphasis is on texture, on melody, ...

Eivind Aarset & The Sonic Codex Orchestra: Electromagnetic

Featuring the music of Eivind Aarset
Duration: 10:02
March 29, 2010

Jan Gunnar Hoff: Magma

by John Kelman
February 19, 2010

Keyboardist Jan Gunnar Hoff may not have the international visibility of fellow keyboardist Bugge Wesseltoft, but with a growing discography dating back to the mid-1990s and including, most recently, the powerfully fusion-esque Jungle City (Alessa, 2009), with fellow countryman/bassist Per Mathisen and ex-Weather Report percussionist/drummer Alex Acuna, that deserves to change. At the core of the ...

Nils Petter Molvaer: Hamada

by Chris May
February 13, 2010

Despite ample evidence to the contrary, for many people trumpeter Nils Petter Molvær is synonymous with understated, electronica-drenched, ambient music. The perception gets stronger the further the Norwegian's name travels from its home turf, despite his record company's best efforts. In 2006, Sula Records released the fierce, high temperature An American Compilation, partly to increase Molvær's ...

Mike Mainieri: Man Behind Bars

by John Kelman
January 11, 2010

It's hard to imagine vibraphonist Mike Mainieri in his seventies. Not only does he look and sound like a man 10 years (or more) his junior, but a quick look at the projects he's been involved in over the past few years sound like anything but a septuagenarian resting on his not inconsiderable laurels.

AAJ's Top 15 Interviews of 2009

by AAJ Staff
December 31, 2009

With nearly 150 interviews published in 2009, AAJ continues to provide the most extensive jazz coverage on the web. We also expanded our interview coverage to include, for those surrounding new CD releases: associated Daily Download tracks; accompanying CD reviews; contest giveaways; and more. As always, AAJ provided coverage of well-known artists ...

Hamada

By Eivind Aarset

Label: Sula Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: 1. Exhumation – 01 :26 ; 2. Sabkah – 05 :20; 3.Icy Altitude – 04 :30; 4. Friction – 05 :38; 5. Monocline 03 :08; 6. Soft Moon Shine – 06 :46; 7. Monocline Revised - 03 :09; 8.Cruel Altitude – 08 :40; 9. Lahar – 01 :50; 10. AnticlineHumidity - 06:50. Tutte le composizioni sono di Nils Petter Molvaer.

Punkt in Mannheim: Enjoy Jazz Festival: Days 11-12, October 30-31, 2009

by John Kelman
November 2, 2009

Days 1-2 | Day 3-6 | Days 7-10 | Days 11-12Since its inception in 2005, the Norwegian Punkt festival has been gaining an international reputation for innovation and creativity. With a founding premise of Live Remix--where individual concerts, crossing the breadth of jazz but also beyond, are remixed immediately following the performance with other ...

Enjoy Jazz Festival: Days 7-10, October 26-29, 2009

by John Kelman
November 1, 2009

Days 1-2 | Day 3-6 | Days 7-10 | Days 11-12 The main purpose of visiting the Heidelberg/Mannheim/Ludwigshafen region may be for the music, but during the day there's plenty to see and do. Wandering around the old part of Heidelberg, it's difficult not to be moved by the profound sense of age, especially coming ...