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Norwegian Jazz 101a: JazzNorway in a Nutshell 2009
by John Kelman
2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 One of the challenges of any organization or festival is to find ways to top past performances, and certainly the breadth of exposure to Norwegian music, culture and geography at JazzNorway in a Nutshell 2008 (JNiaN) would be hard to beat. A junket where approximately 40 people ...
Torben Snekkestad: Conic Folded
by Mark Corroto
Patient jazz can be both restrained and determined. But, maybe the best word to describe the jazz of saxophonist/clarinetist Torben Snekkestad is persistent. The thirty-something Norwegian reeds man is both a classical and jazz composer playing in the Copenhagen Saxophone Quartet, London Improvisers Orchestra, Trygve Seim Ensemble, and Among Machines with Thomas Stronen. Conic ...
Jon Hassell: Fourth World and Balancing the North and South of You
by John Kelman
He may well be one of the most insidious influences in modern music. Trumpeter, composer and deep thinker Jon Hassell may not have the same name recognition as, say, Miles Davis, but his unmistakable approach to music—he calls it Fourth World music—has affected musicians around the globe, ranging from now friend/co-conspirator Brian Eno, British post-rock crooner ...
Jon Balke: Book of Velocities
by Chris May
On paper, Norwegian pianist Jon Balke's first solo album reads like challenging stuff: a collection of eighteen short improvisations, grouped into five sub-sections (four “chapters" and an “epilogue"), and concerned as much with the velocities with which the piano's strings can be struck--and how they can be struck--as with thematic or harmonic development. Something for fellow ...
Jon Balke: Book Of Velocities
by Budd Kopman
As time goes on, the ECM label continues to stretch the meaning of the word jazz, allowing it to encompass almost any kind of music that allows for improvisation or sounds like it does. With Book Of Velocities, pianist/composer/band leader Jon Balke connects with various worlds: of the piano as a physical entity ...
Jon Balke: Book of Velocities
by John Kelman
Over the course of three decades Jon Balke has, without any particular muss or fuss, emerged not only as one of Norway's finest pianists in a sphere of jazz of the largest possible definition, but one of its most influential. From his early days with bassist Arild Anderson and drummer Jon Christensen's Masqualero, Balke's writing and ...
Jon Balke: Book of Velocities
by AAJ Italy Staff
Esponente di primo piano della Free Improvised Music europea, il pianista Jon Balke lascia per il momento la guida della Magnetic North Orchestra e dell'ensemble Batagraf, per dedicarsi pienamente al suo strumento. E' singolare ma l'eclettico artista norvegese debutta solo ora, all'età di 52 anni, con un lavoro in piano solo, in un percorso tanto lirico ...
Tuki
By Jon Balke
Label: ECM Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: 1. Intro - 3:45; 2. Jahlena - 4:20; 3. Loharbye - 6:15; 4. Kokonum - 8:31; 5. Rubato - 6:23; 6. Dunya - 6:06; 7. Tuki - 3:27; 8.
Kalimba 6 - 3:41; 9. Tonya - 4:02; 10. Osa Yambe - 4:11; 11. Box - 4:29; 12. Me - 4:11; 13. Ending - 3:11
Tutti i brani sono di Miki N’Doye
Book Of Velocities
By Jon Balke
Label: Shanachie
Released: 2007
Track listing: Chapter I: Giada, Scintilla, Spread, Castello, Resilience; Chapter II: Single Line, Nyl, Double Line; Chapter III:
Obsidian, Sunday Shapes, Gum Bounce, Finger Bass, Contrivance; Chapter IV: Drape Hanger, Septima Llegada,
Reel Set, Scrim Stand; Epilogue: Sonance, Nefriit.
Miki N'Doye: Tuki
by AAJ Italy Staff
Momodou “Miki” N’Doye è un percussionista originario del Gambia, che - “scoperto” in patria dal musicista norvegese Helge Lien - vive e lavora ormai da trent’anni in Norvegia. Qui ha collezionato numerose collaborazioni (nel 1984 ha suonato con Don Cherry e Ed Blackwell), influenzando molti musicisti nordici con la sua cultura africana ed esordendo con l’etichetta ...
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