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Article: Live Review

Trondheim Jazz Festival: May 9-13, 2012

by John Kelman
May 28, 2012

Trondheim Jazz FestivalTrondheim, NorwayMay 9-13, 2012 Being Norway's third largest city, next to Oslo and Bergen, means something completely different to being the third largest city in Canada or the United States. With more than 25,000 students in a city of approximately 160,000 people, it's not unlike (albeit a little larger than) ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Motorpsycho and Stale Storlokken Present: The Death Defying Unicorn

by John Kelman
March 18, 2012

Motorpsycho and Ståle Storløkken The Death Defying Unicorn Rune Grammofon 2012 Capturing the raw power of a live performance in the studio is no small challenge. When Norway's Motorpsycho--a group that, across the past two-plus decades and over 25 recordings, has gone from metal-tinged indie rock and psychedelic space rock to ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Martin Hoper: The Bride

by Dave Sumner
March 16, 2012

Martin HöperThe BrideHoob Records2012There is a solemnity throughout bassist Martin Höper's The Bride. When he presents a blues, it enhances the despair. When he presents a waltz, it adds to the grace. And when the tone grows celebratory, the receding soberness induces even wider smiles. Imbuing fun music ...

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Article: Album Review

Elephant9: Live at the BBC

Read "Live at the BBC" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
February 6, 2012

Despite the re-emergence of vinyl as a once-again acceptable medium, it's still bigger in some countries than others. In Norway, there are now labels that are releasing vinyl-only editions, including the intrepid Rune Grammofon, which introduced its The Last Record Company a couple years back, with limited-run albums including guitarist Stian Westerhus' Galore (2009) and equally ...

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Skala

By Mathias Eick

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Skala; Edinburgh; June; Oslo; Joni; Biermann; Day After; Epilogue.

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Article: Interview

Mathias Eick: The Lyrical Dimension

by Adriana Carcu
December 30, 2011

Norwegian trumpeter/composer Mathias Eick comes from a musical space that, during the last 30 years, has rightfully earned itself the attributes of a genre. The singularity of his tone, marked by the lyrical quality of his phrasing and underlined by a melancholic solemnity, adds a particular note a the Nordic jazz tradition he shares with Jan ...

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Article: Album Review

Shining: Live Blackjazz

Read "Live Blackjazz" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
December 29, 2011

With Blackjazz (Indie Recordings, 2009), the transformation of Norway's Shining from metal-tinged jazz fusion into something, well, other was complete. An ear-shattering combination of death metal/grindcore growls, crunching guitars, John Bonham-style drums reinvented for the new millennium, outrageous virtuosity and progressive rock complexities, this brainchild of guitarist/saxophonist/vocalist Jørgen Munkeby--here, as with everyone in the group, referred ...

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Article: Live Review

Enjoy Jazz: Mannheim, Germany, October 2-November 18, 2011, Week 5-7

by Adriana Carcu
December 1, 2011

Week 1-2 | Week 3-4 | Week 5-7 Enjoy Jazz FestivalHeidelberg/Mannheim/Ludwigshafen, Germany October 2-November 18, 2011 Colin Vallon Trio The performance of the Swiss trio surprised from the onset, through their pronounced experimental character. Other than the steady narrative flow featured on their most recent album Rruga (ECM, 2011), the ...

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Article: Big Band Caravan

Westchester Jazz Orchestra / Sandvika Storband / Band of Bones

by Jack Bowers
November 13, 2011

Westchester Jazz OrchestraMaiden Voyage Suite WJO2010 The heavy-hitting Westchester Jazz Orchestra, one of whose ambitions under artistic director Mike Holober is to broaden its musical horizons, devotes its second album to renovating for a sixteen-member ensemble the music of pianist Herbie Hancock's classic recording Maiden Voyage (Blue Note, ...

Article: Album Review

Mathias Eick: Skala

Read "Skala" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 8, 2011

La storia e l'estetica della ECM sono ben più vaste e complesse di quanto una riduttiva percezione possa evidenziare. Non è certo questa l'occasione per affrontare un tema così impegnativo, ma se dovessi inquadrare questo CD nella produzione dell'etichetta tedesca, lo identificherei come un ritorno ad una delle matrici originarie, come una rivisitazione attualizzata di quell'approccio ...