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Bray Jazz Festival 2013

by Ian Patterson
May 18, 2013

Bray Jazz FestivalBray, County WicklowIrelandMay 3-5, 2013 For many years, the picturesque town of Bray's main claim to fame has been that it's the oldest inhabited seaside town in Ireland. That is, it was the main claim to fame until Bray local lass Katie Taylor won boxing gold at the 2012 ...

Article: Album Review

Alexi Tuomarila Trio: Seven Hills

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by John Kelman
May 8, 2013

While not entirely rare, it is relatively uncommon to find relationships forged so strongly that the musicians find themselves working together in multiple contexts, where the names remain the same, only the leader changes. Finnish pianist Alexi Tuomarila and drummer Olavi Louhivuori have been working together in a variety of contexts for the past several years, ...

Article: Album Review

Mats Eilertsen Trio: Sails Set

Read "Sails Set" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
March 18, 2013

Sophomore recordings can be a challenge, especially if the debut is a winner. Slowly but surely, Mats Eilertsen has been building up his own discography as a leader, and starting to rival the Norwegian bassist's larger group of recordings as a sideman/guest. SkyDive (Hubro, 2012) expanded on Radio Yonder (Hubro, 2009) by turning an already superb ...

Article: Meet the Staff

Meet John Kelman

by AAJ Staff
March 7, 2013

I currently live in: Ottawa, Canada I joined All About Jazz in: 2004 What made you decide to contribute to All About Jazz? After deciding to start writing about music in about 2001, and starting at smaller websites, I was approached by All About Jazz in late 2003, with the question: “We've ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Moskus: Salmesykkel

by John Kelman
March 2, 2013

For a country isolated in the north of Europe, Norway has experienced a surprising number of musical waves. The first came in the early '70s, when producer Manfred Eicher and his fledgling ECM Records label brought the Scandinavian “big five"--Swedish pianist Bobo Stenson and, from Norway, saxophonist Jan Garbarek, guitarist Terje Rypdal, bassist Arild Andersen and ...

Article: Album Review

Mats Eilertsen: SkyDive

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 1, 2013

SkyDive è il sesto album da leader per il contrabbassista norvegese Mats Eilertsen ed è un'ottima dimostrazione di come si possa ottenere musica di grande efficacia e modernità attraverso un lavoro intenso sul timbro strumentale e sugli equilibri all'interno di un gruppo. Eilertsen si è fatto conoscere con una registrazione per la ECM -The Source realizzato ...

Album

Forget-me-not

By Yelena Eckemoff

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.

Album

Klangkammer 1

By Stian Omenås

Label: NORCD
Released: 2012

Article: Year in Review

John Kelman's Best Live Shows of 2012

by John Kelman
December 23, 2012

Another tremendous year of travel, to find music in whatever nook and cranny it's hiding. From South Africa to Sweden, from Norway to the Netherlands, and from Germany to home base in Ottawa, Canada, it seemed as though there was an endless supply of great music to see--and even more that sadly had to be skipped. ...

Article: Live Review

2012 Tampere Jazz Happening: Tampere, Finland, November 1-4, 2012

by Martin Longley
December 6, 2012

Tampere Jazz Happening Tampere, Finland November 1-4, 2012 Here's another veteran jazz festival, and one which has been gaining increasing international recognition during recent years. This is a Happening with a personality. A distinct orientation to its programming, and a taste for the more adventurous aspects of jazz. The Finnish ...