Results for "Jo Skaansar"

Jo Skaansar

Kindred

By Melanie Scholtz

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2022
Track listing: I'm Old Fashioned; Danny Boy; Throw It Away; You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To; J'oublie; Yakhal' Inkomo.

Melanie Scholtz & Jo Skaansar: Kindred

by Dan Bilawsky
May 5, 2022

It only takes a few seconds to recognize the strong musical bonds linking South African-born, New York-based vocalist Melanie Scholtz and Norwegian bassist Jo Skaansar. Having worked together for years, these two tend to operate on a higher plane. That's been made perfectly clear on stages throughout the world and with Skaansar's appearances on Scholtz's Connected ...

Six Commissions

By Hayden Powell

Label: Periskop
Released: 2018

Circadian Rhythm & Blues

By Hayden Powell

Label: Periskop
Released: 2015

Nutshell 2015

by Ian Patterson
June 15, 2015

Nutshell 2015 Bergen, Norway May 27-30, 2015 For a decade now, Nutshell has been an important engine in promoting Norwegian jazz talent abroad. This year, Nutshell's four-day program presented nine acts of quite diverse stripes to an audience of festival directors, radio programmers, booking agents and journalists from fifteen European countries.

Hayden Powell: Roots and Stems

by John Kelman
April 17, 2014

For those who think the Norwegian jazz scene is all about electronics, sampling and processing (not that there's anything wrong with that), one look at Hayden Powell, born in England but relocated to Norway as a young child, and any such accusations and generalizations are quickly put to rest. A trumpeter on the ascendance with Magic ...