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Article: Album Review

Jakob Buchanan Quartet: Some People & Some Places

Read "Some People & Some Places" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


Music is invisible. Notes can't be seen as they flow from the instrument and into the ether and yet, as intangible as music is, it is also able to create portraits that embody some of the elusiveness of the past. Danish trumpeter Jakob Buchanan possesses the unique quality of being able to transfer ...

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Article: Album Review

Jan Gunnar Hoff: Fly North!

Read "Fly North!" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


Norwegian pianist Jan Gunnar Hoff has had the honor of being the first artist on Losen Records to release an album recorded at producer and label owner Odd Gjelsnes' studio Berxeta, in sunny Spain. It was fitting that the name of that album was called Berxeta (Losen Records, 2012), and its sound was influenced by the ...

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Article: Album Review

Ketil Bjornstad: La Notte

Read "La Notte" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian


Recorded live on July 21st 2010 at the Molde International Jazz Festival, Norwegian pianist Ketil Bjørnstad's La Notte is an eight piece suite inspired by the 1961 drama of the same name by the great Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni. It is not, however, a mere Antonioni tribute, but an homage to innovative filmmakers in general and ...

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Article: Record Label Profile

Losen Records: New Norwegian Sounds

Read "Losen Records: New Norwegian Sounds" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


Mention the phrase “the Norwegian sound" and many listeners will get an image in their head. An image of a natural, deep echoing sound influenced by the mountains and hills of the Norwegian landscape. Such an image is, of course, a cliché, but to some critics it has stuck and distorted the rich fertility of the ...

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Article: Live Review

Valby Summer Jazz: Copenhagen, Denmark, July 6-13, 2013

Read "Valby Summer Jazz: Copenhagen, Denmark, July 6-13, 2013" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


Valby Summer JazzPrøvehallen in Valby and The Betty Nansen TheatreCopenhagen, DenmarkJuly 6-13, 2013 In a time of financial crisis, the solution to many festivals seems to be to cut down on the experimental budget and ambitions and focus on familiar names that are sure to attract a sizeable audience. While Valby ...

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Article: Interview

Christy Doran: New Bag, New Tricks

Read "Christy Doran: New Bag, New Tricks" reviewed by Ian Patterson


The opening concert at the 14th Bray Jazz Festival in May, just half an hour outside Dublin in County Wicklow, was something of a homecoming gig for Irish guitarist Christy Doran and his quartet New Bag. Doran was born 63 years ago, just a few short miles down the road from Bray, in Greystones, though at ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Simon Spang-Hanssen

Read "Take Five With Simon Spang-Hanssen" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Simon Spang-Hanssen:First concerts in 1976 with John Tchicai and Strange Brothers, later also with Ben Besiakov, Jesper Lundgaard, Alex Riel, New Jungle Orchestra, Jan Kaspersen, Mozar Terra, Doug Raney.In Paris, from 1985-98: Orchestra National de Jazz, Denis Badault, Andy Emler, Nguyên Lê, Quintet Moutin, Ramuntcho Matta, Edouard Ferlet.Since 1998, ...

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Article: Interview

Eberhard Weber: Positive Pragmatism

Read "Eberhard Weber: Positive Pragmatism" reviewed by John Kelman


There are plenty of positives about getting older: wisdom, maturity and a more balanced outlook are just three of them. But it would be unrealistic to suggest that there aren't a few negatives thrown in there. When bassist Eberhard Weber woke up in his hotel room on the morning of April 23, 2007, in Berlin, Germany, ...

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News: Festival

17 Days Of International Jazz Festival To Embrace Denmark In February

17 Days Of International Jazz Festival To Embrace Denmark In February

The Winter Jazz Festival (or in Danish: Vinterjazz) is set to sweep all over Denmark for the 13th time on February 1-17. Vinterjazz is once more pushing its boundaries further with a record breaking number of concerts totaling approximately 300 concerts all over Denmark. This year's program presents a quite extravagant selection of International and Scandinavian ...

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Forget-me-not

Label: L & H Production
Released: 2012
Track listing: Resurrection of a Dream; Forget-me-not; Maybe; Sand-Glass; Five; Schubert's Code; Quasi Sonata; Seven; Trapped in Time; Welcome a New Day.


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