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Jazz Eyes: Eyes and Ears Wide Open
by Jakob Baekgaard
In jazz, spontaneity is essential. It can also be useful when setting up a label. So it's no great coincidence that, once the Italian jazz enthusiasts Paolo Siculiana and Toti Cannistraro realized they both loved the production and distribution of records, their Jazz Eyes label rapidly became a reality. “The story starts on a dark night," ...
Krzysztof Komeda: Poet of the Piano
by Jakob Baekgaard
To this day, the influence of Polish composer and pianist Krzysztof Komeda (1931-1969) can be felt in the works of contemporary artists like Marcin Wasilewski and, of course, in the music of his former trumpeter, Tomasz Stanko. It isn't too much to say that Komeda transformed the landscape of European jazz by the way he re-conceptualised ...
Oren Neiman: Frolic and Detour
by Jakob Baekgaard
Sometimes, the best way to renew tradition is to go back to it, which is exactly what Oren Neiman has done on Frolic and Detour, an album that finds the guitarist digging deep into his Israeli roots while still remaining true to the instrumental voice he established on First Of All (Self Published, 2007). Neiman still ...
Auand: A Matter of Trust
by Jakob Baekgaard
To collect music is a path and a passion that sometimes can lead into an unexpected profession. The founders of some of the most famous labels in jazz history; people like Bob Weinstock (Prestige), Alfred Lion (Blue Note), Norman Granz (Verve) and Orrin Keepnews (Riverside) were listeners, who felt the need to document the new sounds ...
The Big Four: The Congregation Sessions
by Jakob Baekgaard
The idea of postmodernism has become associated with the death of history, pastiche, playfulness and the breaking down of genres as we know them. To characterize The Big Four as a postmodern R&B band would be no exaggeration. Here is a group with five members that name themselves The Big Four and sports a musician by ...
Hans Tammen Third Eye Orchestra: Hans Tammen Third Eye Orchestra
by Jakob Baekgaard
In jazz circles, New York is known for cultivating the sounds of the cutting edge; club Roulette has shown a particular seismographic ability to know what's happening at the fringes of jazz. If anything, the release of Hans Tammen Third Eye Orchestra underlines this with striking clarity. An innovative avant-garde guitar guru, Hans Tammen is mostly ...
The New Quartet: Blue Rhizome
by Jakob Baekgaard
While it is etymologically implied that the avant-garde looks ahead, being the vanguard of musical development, composer and guitarist Karl E.H. Seigfried and his New Quartet emphasize the many traditions that melt together in the creation of new music. Siegfried's idea of the avant-garde is not that of a radically new beginning, but rather a refined ...
John Schroder: Sir Lemuel's Dance
by Jakob Baekgaard
The cover of pianist John Schroder's Sir Lemuel's Dance showcases a peculiar detail that somehow makes perfect sense: a close-up photo of the leader's staring eye. It's far from unusual to have portraits of jazz musicians grace their album covers, but normally they're shown in full figure or at least with the whole face in front. ...
Peloton: Selected Recordings
by Jakob Baekgaard
There's a common perception of Norwegian jazz that links it to the Nordic sound: a cool, melancholic aesthetic propagated by the likes of Jan Garbarek, Helge Lien and Tord Gustavsen. The Rune Grammofon label has, however, brought a new strain into Norwegian jazz that has made it possible to disturb the image of icy mountain music ...
Trombone Trilogy: Bill Cantrall, Marshall Gilkes and Steve Wiest
by Jakob Baekgaard
Among the brass family, the trombone hasn't won as prominent a position in jazz as has the trumpet. The stereotypical image of a jazz musician could, until very recently, be said to have been that of a trumpeter in a dim-lit bar shrouded in smoke--a signature of film noir. The trombone isn't steeped in the same ...
