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Article: Multiple Reviews

Stunt Records: Re/Defining Mainstream

by Jakob Baekgaard
December 23, 2009

In Denmark, Stunt Records is the jazz label which appeals to the widest audience. The music it releases could be characterised as mainstream jazz, but it doesn't have the negative connotations that sometimes go with the term. It simply means that the label knows how to combine adventurousness and accessibility. When it comes to genre, the ...

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Article: Live Review

Punkt Festival 2009: Day 1, Kristiansand, Norway, September 2, 2009

by John Kelman
September 4, 2009

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 ---> Every festival has its raison d'être, but the Kristiansand festival, in Norway, has many. It's primary definer is its “Live Remix" concept--where performances in Agder Theatre's main hall are immediately followed by live remixes of the performance just passed, with additional musicians interacting, ...

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Article: Live Review

Seven Days In Norway: The 2009 Oslo Jazz Festival

by Thomas Conrad
August 31, 2009

Oslo Jazz FestivalOslo, NorwayAugust 9-15, 2009 Sunday August 9 was the first day of the Oslo Jazz Festival. It was cloudy and cool and rained off and on all day until, miraculously, the skies cleared just in time for the opening concert. Antony and the Johnsons performed with the Norwegian National Opera Orchestra ...

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Article: Live Review

Molde Jazz: Day 1, July 13, 2009

by John Kelman
July 15, 2009

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 Arve Henriksen Cartography / Bugge Wesseltoft Molde Jazz Molde, Norway July 13, 2009 Descending by plane into Molde airport, it's difficult not to be in awe of the geography surrounding ...

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Article: Live Review

10th Bray Jazz Festival

by Ian Patterson
May 28, 2009

10th Bray Jazz Festival Bray, Ireland May 1-3, 2009 The small town of Bray in county Wicklow is not the most obvious location for an international jazz festival. Situated twenty kilometers south of the capital Dublin and hugging the coast, it has been battered by the Irish Sea since at least 1300, ...

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Article: Album Review

Lars Danielsson: Tarantella

Read "Tarantella" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
March 1, 2009

Choosing the right players can be the decision that makes or breaks a project. For years, now--as far back as his longstanding (and outstanding) quartet with saxophonist Dave Liebman, pianist Bobo Stenson and drummer Jon Christensen, through to the Norwegian posse on the electronica-centric Mélange Bleu and his intimate duet recording with Polish pianist Leszek Możdżer, ...

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Article: From Far and Wide

Contemporary Jazz in Denmark: Different Sounds, Different Scenes

by Jakob Baekgaard
January 6, 2009

There's an often-quoted phrase by Shakespeare saying that “something is rotten in the state of Denmark" but when it comes to jazz, the environment of the country is indeed very fertile, and at this point, the many sounds of Danish jazz are reaching across the borders and finding new listeners everywhere in the world. The homogeneity ...

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Apo Calypso

By Mathias Eick

Label: Jazzland Recordings
Released: 2008
Track listing: Jump Start; Apo Calypso; Miss Landmine; That Never Was; Battle Lost; Dia De Los Muertos; Noblajek; Spacewalk; What Not; Silence Is The New...Oh shut up.

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The Door

By Mathias Eick

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: The Door; Stavanger; Cologne Blues; October; December; Williamsburg; Fly; Porvoo.

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Article: Album Review

Motif: Apo Calypso

Read "Apo Calypso" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
August 28, 2008

When you have a winning combination, it's best not to mess with it. When guitarist Pat Metheny hooked up with Brad Mehldau, the pianist's trio was already such a strong, flexible unit that Metheny grabbed it in its entirety for his two-CD project. While the order of events may not be quite the same, Atomic pianist ...