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Espen Eriksen Trio: You Had Me At Goodbye
by John Kelman
When Rune Grammofon released In the Country's outstanding 2005 debut, This Was the Pace of My Heartbeat, it was promoted as the Norwegian label's “first jazz record." Still, that piano trio's eminently beautiful music retained the skewed edges so definitive of the label, while subsequent releases, including 2009's ambitious Whiteout, have aligned even more closely with ...
Rune Grammofon: Mutation and Reevaluation
by David McLean
Since its inception in 1998, Rune Grammofon has been at the forefront of ground breaking new music, heralding a new unprecedented interest in Scandinavian music. Whereas ECM's focus on the region has largely been based around the folk/traditional music explorations of its most prolific artists, including Jan Garbarek, Arild Andersen, Terje Rypdal and Jon Christensen, and ...
Lars Danielsson: Signature Edition 3
by John Kelman
That Swedish bassist Lars Danielsson is a pliant, flexible player who's worked with American artists including John Abercrombie, Pat Metheny, and David Liebman, and notable European names such as Eivind Aarset, Ulf Wakenius, and Nils Petter Molvær isn't much of a secret--at least, not to audiences on the east side of the Atlantic. In North America ...
Tord Gustavsen Ensemble: Restored, Returned
by John Kelman
With three albums mining a seemingly narrow area--and proving just how broad that territory really--Norwegian pianist Tord Gustavsen changes gears with Restored, Returned. Abandoning the longstanding trio that, with Changing Places (ECM, 2003), The Ground (ECM, 2005), and Being There (ECM, 2007), brought him greater international acclaim, Restored's quintet remains relatively introspective in tone. Still, with ...
John Geggie: Unexpected Conversations
by John Kelman
Most cities have them: musicians who act like a lightning rod, focusing and driving their jazz scenes. In Ottawa, Canada, bassist John Geggie has been one of those significant focal points for two decades, but in particular over the past ten years. He's one of the founding organizers and faculty members of Jazzworks which, amongst other ...
Eberhard Weber: Colours
Label: ECM Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: CD1 (Yellow Fields): Touch; Sand-Glass; Yellow Fields; Left Lane.
CD2 (Silent Feet): Seriously Deep; Silent Feet; Eyes That See in the Dark.
CD3 (Little Movements): The Last Stage of a Long Journey; Bali; A Dark Spell; Little Movements; "No Trees? He Said.
ECM at 40: Enjoy Jazz Festival: Days 3-6, October 22-25, 2009
by John Kelman
Days 1-2 | Day 3-6 | Days 7-10 | Days 11-12 ECM at 40. It's hard to believe that a record label responsible for stretching the boundaries of modern music has survived the various crises that have threatened and, in some cases, decimated so many others. With Enjoy Jazz's “The Blue Sound: 40 Years ...
Enjoy Jazz Festival: Days 1-2, October 20-21, 2009
by John Kelman
Days 1-2 | Day 3-6 | Days 7-10 | Days 11-12 Situated along the Neckar River in the central part of Germany, Heidelberg may seem like an unlikely place for a six-week jazz festival in the middle of the fall each year. But Enjoy Jazz, now in its eleventh year, has been bringing an ...
Jazz Geggie Series Presents Padovani, Trudel and Mazza
The National Arts Centre is pleased to announce the Fourth Stage 10th season with the return of the critically acclaimed Geggie Series. The first concert of the season will be presented in collaboration with the Embassy of France and the Alliance Franaise on Saturday, September 26, 2009 at 8pm. The concert will have a transatlantic flavour ...
Seven Days In Norway: The 2009 Oslo Jazz Festival
by Thomas Conrad
Oslo Jazz FestivalOslo, NorwayAugust 9-15, 2009 Sunday August 9 was the first day of the Oslo Jazz Festival. It was cloudy and cool and rained off and on all day until, miraculously, the skies cleared just in time for the opening concert. Antony and the Johnsons performed with the Norwegian National Opera Orchestra ...
