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Sinikka Langeland: The Half-Finished Heaven
by Vic Albani
Esistono, lo sanno bene gli elfi piuttosto che gli umani, paradisi finiti a metà. Uno di questi lo racconta -grazie anche alle liriche di Tomas Tranströmer -nella sua quarta esperienza nei solchi di ECM la norvegese {Sinikka Langeland, regina del delicatissimo kantele, un'interessante variante del nordico dulcimer in stile cetra/arpa. L'altro è quello ormai certificato e ...
Andy Sheppard: Tales From the Bristol Underground Jazz Revolution
by Ian Patterson
"Jazz has always been an underground thing. It doesn't have the power and might of opera, but it should," says Andy Sheppard, shortly after the UK premier of Surrounded by Sea (ECM, 2015) at the Bristol Jazz & Blues Festival. “Everyone in the music industry has a respect for jazz music, and they should, I think, ...
Arve Henriksen: The Nature of Connections
by John Kelman
Few artists could call an album The Nature of Connections with as much veracity as Norwegian trumpeter Arve Henriksen. There's been the myriad of collaborations on his own albums--just a small handful of the contributors to recordings including Places of Worship (Rune Grammofon, 2013), Cartography (ECM, 2008), Strjon (Rune Grammofon, 2007) and Chiaroscuro (Rune Grammofon, 2004) ...
Matt Marshall’s Best Releases of 2013
by Matt Marshall
Rudresh Mahanthappa Gamak (ACT) Ivo Perelman/Joe Morris/Balazs Pandi One (RareNoise) Chris Potter The Sirens (ECM) Joe Lovano Us Five Cross Culture (Blue Note) KAZE Tornado (Circum-Libra) Ketil Bjørnstad La notte (ECM) Howie Smith/Mike Nock Opal Dream ...
2013 Montreal Jazz Festival: June 28-July 2, 2013
by John Kelman
Festival International de Jazz de MontréalMontréal, CanadaJune 28-July 7, 2013After taking a year off to curate an All About Jazz Presents: Doing It Norway at Norway's 2012 Kongsberg Jazz Festival, it was great to return to the city that hosts what must surely be the largest jazz festival in the world. Where else ...
Ketil Bjørnstad: La Notte
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il progetto presentato al Festival di Molde 2010 dal pianista norvegese Ketil Bjørnstad, conosciuto all'epoca col nome “Antonioni Project," giunge finalmente alla pubblicazione su CD grazie alla ECM. L'evento live era stato accolto entusiasticamente da quanti avevano avuto la fortuna di assistervi: non capita spesso di vedre riuniti sullo stesso palco simili nomi, anche se con ...
Vossa Jazz 2013
by John Kelman
Vossa JazzOslo, NorwayMarch 22-24, 2013Every festival hopes to have a signature, that certain something that differentiates it from all the rest and makes it a desired destination, but few have as many things going for it as the annual Vossa Jazz Festival, now in its 40th year. It certainly may seem ...
Early Piano Music
Label: ukjazz.com
Released: 2012
Track listing:
CD 1 (Preludes):
01. Prelude 1 - 4:49; 02. Prelude 2 - 2:46; 03. Prelude 3 - 3:04; 04. Prelude 4 - 4:17; 05. Prelude 5 - 4:03; 06. Prelude 6 - 4:17; 07. Prelude 7 - 4:03; 08. Prelude 8 - 2:35; 09. Prelude 9 - 4:55; 10. Prelude 11 - 3:25; 11. Prelude 12 - 3:06; 12. Prelude 13 - 6:35; 13. Prelude 15 - 4:08; 14. Prelude 16 - 3:37; 15. Prelude 17 - 3:06; 16. Prelude 18 - 6:35; 17. Prelude 19 - 3:28; 18. Prelude 20 - 5:11; 19. Prelude 21 - 4:55.
CD 2 (Pianology):
01. Pianology 1 - 9:24; 02. Pianology 2 - 7:30; 03. Pianology 3 - 2:28; 04. Pianology 4 - 2:35; 05. Pianology 5 - 4:33; 06. Pianology 6 - 2:25; 07. Pianology 7 - 7:06; 08. Pianology 8 - 1:52.
Ketil Bjørnstad: Early Piano Music
by AAJ Italy Staff
Quando approdò alla corte di Manfred Eicher nel 1993, aumentando la già lunga lista di musicisti norvegesi in forza all'ECM, e facendosi conoscere a un pubblico internazionale decisamente più vasto, il pianista Ketil Bjørnstad aveva già alle spalle oltre vent'anni di carriera professionale, e una discografia che contava una trentina di titoli. La maggior parte di ...
2012 Umea Jazz Festival: Umea, Sweden, October 24-28, 2012
by John Kelman
Umeå Jazz Festival Umeå, Sweden October 24-28, 2012 Nestled about 20 kilometers from the coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Sweden, connected by the Ume River, sits Umeå (pronounced: ooo-me-oh), a town of about 120,000 (including the surrounding region). Small it may be, but since 1968 it has hosted an annual ...
