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Soren Kjaergaard / Ben Street / Andrew Cyrille: Syvmileskridt

by Jakob Baekgaard
The relationship between stillness and movement is something that has occupied pianist Søren Kjærgaard for a long time and with bassist Ben Street and drummer Andrew Cyrille, Kjærgaard has found the perfect vehicle to explore the essence of musical creation. Syvmileskridt is the fourth album from the trio. Each musician is a master ...
Christian Vuust: Urban Hymn

by Jakob Baekgaard
As the jazz capital of the world, New York holds a special fascination for musicians around the world. One of them, the Danish saxophonist Christian Vuust, got the chance to fulfill his dream of living and working in the city and also recorded an album of his own music while he was there. The result is ...
Hot Tone Music: Creating Great Music of Today

by Jakob Baekgaard
There was a time when the only possibility for an artist was to record for a major label, but nowadays things have changed. While major labels are struggling to make the money they used to do, many of them have also stopped being innovators. Instead, they churn out repackaged product and focus on new music that ...
Sonorama: Putting the Past in the Future

by Jakob Baekgaard
It takes a collector to know what a collector wants. Ekkehart Fleischhammer who runs the German reissue label Sonorama has been in the record business since 2004, but he has spent far more time enjoying and searching for music. His own expertise and sense of quality is the foundation for Sonorama Records whose specialty is the ...
Unseen Recordings: Copenhagen Jazzhouse Launches New Web Channel for Experimental Music

by Jakob Baekgaard
There was a time when MTV was the place to discover new music, especially in the world of pop, but since the heyday of MTV a lot of things have happened. Nowadays, web channels like YouTube and Vimeo are the places to discover new music and both listeners and artists upload their own videos.
Samo Salamon & The Slovene Philharmonic String Chamber Orchestra: Free Strings: Orchestrology

by Jakob Baekgaard
It's not a new thing that jazz musicians like to record with strings. Legendary alto saxophonist Charlie Parker lamented the loss of his string section after he had the thrill of touring and recording with strings and fellow saxophonists Stan Getz and Art Pepper both picked an album with strings, Focus (Verve, 1961) and Winter Moon ...
Kasper Staub Trio: Havnepladen

by Jakob Baekgaard
There is no doubt that nowadays there is an increased focus on ecology and recycling, but Danish pianist Kasper Staub has gone the extra mile with his record Havnepladen (the harbor record). The album is pressed in 100 copies and each album has a sleeve that has been recycled from another record. Every cover was dampened, ...
Rita Lovise: Craving Coffee

by Jakob Baekgaard
The Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer once wrote a beautiful poem about coffee called Espresso." In the poem, Tranströmer noticed the ambiguities about the drink, which looks like drops of black melancholy captured by the soul" and yet, at the same time, is able to give: a beneficial kick: Go. Inspiration to open your eyes."
Jan Gunnar Hoff: Fly North!

by Jakob Baekgaard
Norwegian pianist Jan Gunnar Hoff has had the honor of being the first artist on Losen Records to release an album recorded at producer and label owner Odd Gjelsnes' studio Berxeta, in sunny Spain. It was fitting that the name of that album was called Berxeta (Losen Records, 2012), and its sound was influenced by the ...
Hildegunn Oiseth: Valencia

by Jakob Baekgaard
A name is sometimes able to conjure a whole world. In the case of Norwegian trumpeter Hildegunn Øiseth, the name of the Spanish city Valencia embodies a wealth of associations and feelings, which find their way into her music. Her album Valencia was recorded in producer Odd Gjelsnes' Studio Berxeta and the contrast ...