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Selvhenter: Frk. B. Fricka

Read "Frk. B. Fricka" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
November 7, 2012

The Danish all-women Selvhenter quintet (often a quartet in live performance) may be the most exciting outfit to emerge from Scandinavia in recent years. This band, part of the art collective eget værelse and the alternative scene of Copenhagen, has alreadt been active for five years, performing with influential outfits like the Swedish-Norwegian trio The Thing ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Jon Balke: Magnetic Works 1993-2001

by John Kelman
August 15, 2012

Jon Balke Magnetic Works 1993-2001 ECM Records 2012 As his flagship Magnetic North Orchestra nears its two-decade anniversary in 2013, Norwegian pianist/composer/bandleader Jon Balke has been performing occasional shows with Magnetic Book, taking a fresh look at the group's repertoire through an expanded edition where its core septet is augmented with ...

Article: Big Band Report

Ladder Is High, Women Keep Climbing

by Jack Bowers
August 5, 2012

Unlike college sports, there is no Title IX program for women in jazz. Those who wish to pursue that line of endeavor have to elbow their way into what remains essentially a male-dominated profession (or art) and keep climbing the ladder one rung at a time. True, women have made notable inroads in recent years and ...

Article: Live Review

All About Jazz Presents at Kongsberg Jazzfestival: Kongsberg, Norway, July 5-6, 2012

by Henning Bolte
July 25, 2012

Kongsberg Jazz FestivalAll About Jazz Presents: Doing It NorwayKongsberg, NorwayJuly 5-6, 2012 Kongsberg is a small town in Buskerud with about 24,000 inhabitant, situated s 55 miles west of Oslo, the nation's capital. Founded in 1624, after silver was discovered in the hills, the Danish-Norwegian king recruited German miners from the ...

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Article: Interview

Eivind Aarset: Guitar Anti-Hero

by John Kelman
July 5, 2012

In a time when the interactive video game Guitar Hero is selling in the millions, Eivind Aarset is, in many ways, the Guitar Anti-Hero. Despite making music that could easily lend itself to the kind of guitar pyrotechnics that are so often the litmus test of a good player, Aarset's emphasis is on texture, on melody, ...

Article: Album Review

Niels Lyhne Lokkegaard: Vesper

by John Kelman
June 15, 2012

While people debate the recent re-emergence of vinyl as not just a viable hard media for music, but a better one sonically, few can argue the beauty of experiencing cover art, expanded from the 5"x5" limitation of a CD cover, to the glorious, now almost larger than life beauty of a 12"x12" long-player sleeve. If cover ...

Article: Album Review

Devin Gray: Dirigo Rataplan

Read "Dirigo Rataplan" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
April 5, 2012

Despite his youth, drummer Devin Gray has built an impressive resume and a well- deserved reputation as both an improviser and instrumentalist. His first CD as a leader, Dirigo Rataplan shows that he is not a slouch in the composition or bandleader department either. The record's title, loosely translated from Latin and French, ...

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Yelena Eckemoff: Forget-me-not

Read "Forget-me-not" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
March 31, 2012

Russian-born pianist Yelena Eckemoff comes from a diverse artistic background. Having studied both classical and jazz, she has performed in concert halls and with experimental jazz/rock ensembles. This versatility is on display on Forget-me-not, a disc comprised of ten original compositions with a unifying theme: a floating, dreamy atmosphere filled with cerebral and stimulating tone poems.

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Celestial Circle

By Marilyn Mazur

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Your Eyes; Winterspell; Kildevaeld; Gentle Quest; Secret Crystals; Temple Chorus; Antilope Arabesque; Chosen Darkness; Among the Trees; Color Sprinkle; Tour Song; Drumrite; Oceanique; Transcending.

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With T. Howard Curtis III

by AAJ Staff
November 14, 2011

Meet Howard Curtis: T. Howard Curtis III, born in Williamburg, VA, but now living and working in Graz, Austria has been enjoying a multifaceted career as jazz drummer, percussionist and educator for over 30 years. He has performed in jazz and other music festivals all over the world, including Paris, Germany, ...