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Album

Bølge

Label: Odin Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: Hounds Of Winter; Maetrix; XIII; Bølge; Tredje; Cadae; For Now; Bridges; Skoddefall; Climbing.

Article: Album Review

Anders Lønne Grønseth: Multiverse

Read "Multiverse" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
November 28, 2018

Built and fully realized in its moment of fruition, Norwegian saxophonist and bass clarinetist Anders Lønne Grønseth's Multiverse lays waste to the tired notion that music from the Scandinavian hinterlands has to bear the mark of chilly emotion. The musical flow and invention heard so immediately on Multiverse is a restless wonder, resulting in ...

Article: Live Review

Hong Kong International Jazz Festival 2018

by Rob Garratt
October 18, 2018

Hong Kong International Jazz Festival Hong Kong City Hall Theatre; Hong Kong Cultural Centre October 7-13, 2018 “There are so many beautiful players in the world... and so few listeners," announced Jerry Bergonzi somberly from the stage, to a smatter of chuckles. That punchline might be flipped on its head ...

Article: Album Review

Espen Berg Trio: Bølge

Read "Bølge" reviewed by Gareth Thompson

by Gareth Thompson
June 12, 2018

The highest wave ever measured by a fixed installation hit a Norwegian gas transporter in the North Sea. The wave was marked at 25.6 metres high. Award-winning pianist Espen Berg would probably approve such statistics, having named his trio's second album Bølge--the Norwegian name for wave. Berg is also keen to point out the many levels ...

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Andreas Loven e il Questionario di Proust

by AAJ Staff
July 13, 2016

All About Jazz: Il tratto principale della mia musica. Andreas Loven: Come compositore, aspiro a creare delle melodie forti. E penso che la musica sia una chiara estensione della mia vita e dei due paesi in cui ho vissuto (Sud Africa e Norvegia). “Il calore e i ritmi polverosi dell'Africa, filtrati attraverso il freddo e ...

Article: Album Review

Hildegunn Øiseth: Time Is Coming

Read "Time Is Coming" reviewed by Mark Sullivan

by Mark Sullivan
June 13, 2016

Norwegian trumpeter/composer Hildegunn Oiseth has been a full time professional player since age 24, beginning with the Bohuslän Big Band. She has been featured in several projects with the Trondheim Jazzorkester, and can be heard hosting national radio shows. In addition to trumpet and flugelhorn she has been fascinated with more ancient instruments, including the “bukkehorn" ...

Article: Live Review

Vossa Jazz 2016

by Ian Patterson
April 1, 2016

Vossa Jazz Various venues Voss, Norway March 18-20, 2016 Perched high on the mountain side, the weather-beaten wooden farm houses of the Voss folk museum command a truly impressive view of the town below, ringed by snow-capped mountains, interlocking valleys and ice-covered fjords that stretch to the four points ...

Album

Acres of Blue

By Espen Berg

Label: Atterklang
Released: 2014
Track listing: Continuation; Frédéric; Brooklyn; Hounds of Winter; Five Mile Shoes; Til Eline; Sprites of Time; Acres of Blue; Nardis; Bokeh; Inevitable.

Article: Album Review

Marius Neset/Trondheim Jazz Orchestra: Lion

by Ian Patterson
August 30, 2014

Lion is a good name for Marius Neset's first recording with the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, for like a great cat, the Norwegian orchestra purrs and prowls, roars and pounces. Regardless of tempo--whether cruising or charging--there's majesty in the collective voice. Commissioned for the Molde Jazz Festival in 2012, the momentum from that performance took Neset and ...

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Lion

by John Kelman
July 25, 2014

Despite having yet to make a breakthrough in North America, in the space of less than five years Marius Neset has gone from virtual unknown to one of Europe's hottest properties, gigging with his quartet all around the continent, including an incendiary showcase at the 2012 Jazzahead! trade show in Germany and an even more searing ...