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Short Story

January 31, 2023

Album: Affirmation
By Arild Andersen
Label: ECM Records
Released: 2022
Duration: 07:28

Morten Schantz Trio: Passenger

by Ian Patterson
January 7, 2023

It might be tempting to view Morten Schantz's Passenger as a lockdown album, recorded as it was during those strange times of isolation, but the music can perhaps better be understood as the culmination of personal and musical growth stretching back over more than two decades. Schantz first led a piano trio whilst still ...

Affirmation

By Arild Andersen

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Affirmation Part I: One; Two; Three; Four; Affirmation Part II: Five; Six; Seven; Short Story.

Arild Andersen Group: Affirmation

by Karl Ackermann
December 18, 2022

For almost half a century, Arild Andersen has been a pillar of Manfred Eicher's ECM label. His ECM albums have traversed dissimilar territory, from the brooding Shimri (1976), the folk-influenced Sagn (1990), to the orchestral grandeur of Live at Belleville (2008). At seventy-seven, the Norwegian bassist offers the almost entirely improvised Affirmation. Andersen is joined by ...

Arild Andersen Quartet: Affirmation

by Dan McClenaghan
December 12, 2022

Arild Andersen began his association with ECM Records in 1975, with the release of his album Clouds In My Head. He has released over 20 more recordings in a leadership role for the label, and has participated in even more albums--for ECM and other labels--in a sideman role, joining artists as diverse as pianists Bobo Stenson, ...

Vossa Jazz 2022: In Three Dimensions

by Josef Woodard
April 20, 2022

Vossa Jazz Festival Voss, Norway March 31-April 2, 2022 Like many jazz festivals trying to find a safe passage through the challenging pandemic hurdles, Norway's venerable Vossa Jazz festival kept the faith via “Plan B" operations in the past two years. Hybrid streaming and live models and a pared-down festival last September ...

Belgrade Jazz Festival 2021

by Martin Longley
March 11, 2022

Belgrade Jazz Festival Dom Omladine/Kombank Dvorana Belgrade, Serbia October 26-November 1, 2021 The 37th Belgrade Jazz Festival made a full return to its accustomed international nature, following the late 2020 mostly-Serbian edition. Artists successfully managed to arrive from the USA and various parts of Europe, with no cancellations ...

A New Dawn

Label: ACT Music
Released: 2021
Track listing: A New Creation: Theme From Manmade; Old Poison (XL); A Taste Of Spring; Brighter Times; A Day In The Sparrow's Life; Morning Mist; The Real Ysj; Theme From Every Little Step.

Marius Neset: A New Dawn

by Ian Patterson
September 19, 2021

The title of Marius Neset's seventh release as leader on the ACT Music label is an optimistic allusion to a post-Covid-19 world and the eventual return to a semblance of normality. But it could also reference a new chapter in the Norwegian saxophonist's career, as A New Dawn marks his first recording since resettling in Oslo ...

Matt Carmichael: Where Will The River Flow

by Ian Patterson
April 18, 2021

Unless it dries up, the river will flow to the sea. A more intriguing question might be: where will the flow take Matt Carmichael? At twenty-one, in his final year at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, the tenor saxophonist--a BBC Young Jazz Musician Finalist in 2020--is only starting out on his musical journey. But his assured ...