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Article: Album Review

Wolfram Trio: Wolfram

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by Eyal Hareuveni

Wolfram Trio is a new Norwegian outfit that adds its own version to the existing European mix of acoustic free jazz and free improvisation. The trio claims its roots in the pioneering work of saxophonists Peter Brötzmann and Evan Parker, as well as bassist Barry Guy--saxophonist Albert Ayler, even--but does not demonstrate any overt reverence to ...

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Simetrio: Simetrio

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by Eyal Hareuveni

The debut release from Chilean piano trio Simetrío has its own fresh aesthetic. This trio does not want to be cornered as another Latin jazz outfit but seeks to create its own repertoire free of any genre boundaries. The trio have been working since 2009 but bassist Marcelo Córdova and pianist Lautaro Quevedo, ...

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Article: Live Review

Frode Gjerstad & Ståle Liavik Solberg: Jerusalem, Israel, June 28, 2012

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by Eyal Hareuveni

Frode Gjerstad & Ståle Liavik Solberg Uganda Jerusalem, Israel June 28, 2012 The best way to experience free improvised music is live, close to the musicians--and if possible, in small places. The Uganda club in Jerusalem turned out to be a perfect space for Norwegian reed player and ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Wadada Leo Smith: Ten Freedom Summers

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by Eyal Hareuveni

Wadada Leo SmithTen Freedom SummersCuneiform Records2012Music--protest songs or extended compositions--have long been to be an integral part of human rights struggles. Suffice to mention such canonical musical statements as drummer Max Roach's We Insist! Freedom Now Suite (Candid, 1960) and Lift Every Voice and Sing (Atlantic, 1971), saxophonist ...

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Article: Album Review

Samuel Hallkvist: Variety of Loud

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by Eyal Hareuveni

Copenhagen-based Sweish guitarist Samuel Hällkvist, winner of the prestigious 2010 Jazz In Sweden award, demonstrated his eclectic tastes on his 2010 debut as a leader, Samuel Hällkvist Center (Caprice), albeit still rooted in the jazz legacy. On Variety of Loud he even goes further, blurring genre boundaries between improvised jazz and his primary love for the ...

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News: Festival

Countdown to All About Jazz Presents at 2012 Kongsberg Jazz Festival Starts Now!

Countdown to All About Jazz Presents at 2012 Kongsberg Jazz Festival Starts Now!

With just ten more days until All About Jazz's first-ever curation, in collaboration with the Kongsberg Jazz Festival and Music Export Norway, we're going to rerun a series of CD reviews and interviews with artists who will be participating in the seven-show, two-day event, on July 5 and 6. AAJ will also publish a brand new ...

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Article: Album Review

Ferner/ Juliusson: Undertowed

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by Eyal Hareuveni

The duo of Norwegian guitarist Per-Arner Ferner and Swedish pianist Per Gunnar Juliusson was established in 2008 and already in 2010 was awarded the title Young Jazz Musicians of the Year in the JazzIntro competition in Molde Jazz Festival. This award led to a series of promoted performances in the next two years, culminated in this ...

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Article: Album Review

Alexandra Grimal: Andromeda

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by Eyal Hareuveni

French saxophonist Alexandra Grimal composed this symphony of minimalist chamber music while watching a starry night at the MacDowell Colony, the United States' oldest arts enclave. For this ambitious composition, she enlists guitarist Todd Neufeld, bassist Thomas Morgan and drummer Tyshawn Sorey, the trio that recorded Sorey's majestic Koan (482 Music, 2009) three years ago.

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Article: Album Review

Niklas Barno / Joel Grip / Didier Lasserre: Can't Stop Snusing

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by Eyal Hareuveni

The sophomore release of this Swedish-French trio is powerful as its excellent debut from two years ago, Snus (Ayler, 2010). Can't Stop Snusing, named after the Swedish moist-powder tobacco, is an infectious, raw and direct set of free jazz improvisations by fearless musicians. The trio is comprised of Swedish trumpeter Niklas Barnö and bassist Joel Grip, ...

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Sylvain Rifflet: Alphabet

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by Eyal Hareuveni

There is no suitable title for French composer/reed player Sylvain Rifflet's uartet other than Alphabet, a name that begins to describe the rich contemporary language of this unique quartet. Rifflet mixes influences, from Tom Waits' use of junk percussive instruments and Captain Beefheart's anarchistic sound collages to the sound designs of film composer Cliff Martinez (known ...


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