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Article: Rediscovery

Jan Garbarek Group: Wayfarer

by John Kelman
December 24, 2014

Jan Garbarek Group Wayfarer ECM Records 1983 Today's Rediscovery? Jan Garbarek Group's Wayfarer, the saxophonist's 1983 ECM recording with Bill Frisell, Eberhard Weber and Michael DiPasqua. I was fortunate enough to have seen this group in a small club while on a trip to Boston the same year, and I still ...

Article: Lyrics

I 10 CD nel Cd-player di... Maurizio Brunod

by Vincenzo Roggero
December 10, 2014

01. Jaga Jazzist -A Livingroom Hush (Ninja Tune -2002). Leggendo il libro di Luca Vitali “Il suono del nord" sono venuto a conoscenza di questa band norvegese davvero incredibile ed innovativa. Questo è il loro primo album, molto interessante tra elettronica, jazz e progressive. 02. Steve Lacy-Mal Waldron -Sempre amore (Soul Note ...

Article: Book Review

Luca Vitali - Il suono del Nord

by Luca Canini
December 8, 2014

Il Libro Aurore boreali, fiordi, salmoni, un re che si chiama Harald, fenomenali sciatori, un paio di attaccanti spilungoni che hanno lasciato il segno anche in Italia e una scena jazz da crepare d'invidia. Cresciuta rigogliosa nonostante la Novergia non sia esattamente al centro del villaggio globale. E nonostante gli evidenti limiti rappresentati ...

Article: Film Review

Whiplash

by Tyran Grillo
December 8, 2014

Whiplash Directed by Damien Chazelle Sony Pictures Classics 2014 Whiplash is director Damien Chazelle's portrait of an aspiring jazz drummer who falls prey to an overbearing conservatory teacher. Although the film has attracted well-earned praise for its acting and editing, this review sets technical flourish aside and approaches Whiplash not as ...

Article: Interview

Erland Dahlen: Rolling Bombers and Blossom Bells

by Adriana Carcu
September 23, 2014

The drummer, percussionist and composer Erland Dahlen is one of the most proficient musicians of the Nordic jazz community. His collaborations with top ranking musicians, such as Nils Petter Molvaer, Stian Westerhus, Eivind Aarset and Jan Bang, as well as his solo projects, have an unmistakable rhythmic signature owing to his singular instrumental voice. ...

Article: Album Review

The Sticks: The Sticks

Read "The Sticks" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
September 22, 2014

The Sticks is a new, young Norwegian trio, another product of the acclaimed jazz conservatory in Trondheim--pianist Oscar Grönberg, (who was born in Sweden and plays in saxophonist Hanna Paulsberg quartet), double bassist Aksel Jensen and drummer Håkon Mjåset Johansen (who plays in violinist Ola Kvernberg trio and in the modern jazz quintet Motif). The trio's ...

Article: Album Review

InterStatic: Arise

by John Kelman
August 15, 2014

Its beginnings may have been a little closer to the jazz side of the jazz-rock equation with Anthem (PVY Records, 2011), but British expat keyboardist Roy Powell's and trio with Norwegian guitarist Jacob Young and drummer Jarle Vespestad has, since changing its moniker to InterStatic with the release of its first album on UK's RareNoiseRecords label, ...

Article: Live Review

Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2014

by Henning Bolte
August 10, 2014

Copenhagen Jazz Festival Copenhagen July, 8-10, 2014 The ten-day Copenhagen Jazz Festival, with its 1,200 concerts, is maybe the largest of its kind in Europe. This number of concerts is the consequence of a unique concept. The core of the festival, with some international headliners, is a relatively small scale ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Keith Jarrett / Charlie Haden: Last Dance

by John Kelman
June 10, 2014

For the past 30 years--barring a few diversions into classical repertoire, unexpected instrumentation like 1986's Book of Ways and a couple of home-cooked solo albums that, as with the 1986 recording No End (ECM, 2013), were out-of-character recordings where he overdubbed all the instruments himself--pianist Keith Jarrett has been working two contexts and two contexts only: ...

Article: Live Review

Young Jazz Festival

by Libero Farnè
June 2, 2014

Young Jazz Festival 14 Foligno, vari luoghi 17--25.05.2014 Spente le dieci candeline il Young Jazz Festival ha raggiunto una tappa significativa e benaugurale se si considerano i tempi che corrono. Come nelle passate edizioni, una delle scelte caratterizzanti è stata quella di costruire nel tempo iniziative estremamente importanti sotto il ...