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Karikko: Variations on a Theme
by Matthew Wuethrich
Siltasali Jyväskylä, Finland November 14, 2003 Ever since bebop and its progeny hard bop, jazz compositions have been vehicles built for soloing. Composers have written relatively simple unison melodies based on some kind of chord progression, both complex and simple. With some notable exceptions, in jazz compositions form (the melody/song structure) has ...
Tampere Jazz Happening 2003: Speaking a Universal Language
by Matthew Wuethrich
On a Saturday afternoon a group of music journalists gather at the 22nd Tampere Jazz Happening to debate “the changing face of jazz,” a lofty title for an unwieldy subject. JazzTimes writer Stuart Nicholson makes the opening remarks, summing up jazz’s history as one of “appropriation” then declares that Europe and Asia, not America, is where ...
Wibutee in Tampere: Club Music and Jazz Collide
by Matthew Wuethrich
Old Customs Hall Tampere, Finland October 31, 2003 ”This is the way the world ends/This is the way the world ends/This is the way the world ends/ not with a bang but a whimper.” T.S. Eliot’s words run through my head as the Norwegian quintet Wibutee, the opening act of the Tampere ...
Erik Truffaz in Tampere: Fusion for the 21st Century
by Matthew Wuethrich
Old Customs Hall Tampere, Finland October 31, 2003 The Erik Truffaz 4tet wears two faces. One screams, “Fusion Lives!" and the other whispers in hushed tones. But after 90 minutes it becomes clear which mask they prefer-the full-out, ear-splitting fusion. Most of their eight-song set consists of open-ended jams that show both ...
The Bad Plus in Tampere: Cinematic Trio Images
by Matthew Wuethrich
Old Customs Hall Tampere, Finland October 31, 2003 There are many ways to reach an audience, and The Bad Plus has certainly tapped into a host of them. The press has given too much attention to their deconstructions of such pop classics as “Smells like Teen Spirit” and “Heart of ...
The Electrics in Tampere: All-Acoustic Electricity
by Matthew Wuethrich
Old Customs Hall Tampere, Finland November 1, 2003 An all-acoustic group called The Electrics-what’s up? As saxophonist Strure Ericson explains it the name comes from a feeling the quartet once got while playing. German trumpeter Axel Dorner compared the group’s interaction to standing next to an electrical transformer-the almost palpable ...
Kornstad Trio in Tampere: Improvisation as Negotiation
by Matthew Wuethrich
Old Customs Hall Tampere, Finland November 1, 2003 Improvisation can be seen as a negotiation, a constant give and take of ideas, accepting some and rejecting others, eyes always looking forward from the moment. The young Norwegian Kornstad Trio conducts such a negotiation during the second day of the Tampere Jazz Happening. ...
Scorch Trio in Tampere: If Hendrix and Coltrane had a Love Child...
by Matthew Wuethrich
Old Customs Hall Tampere, Finland November 1, 2003 The Scorch Trio is an explosion waiting to happen. But guitarist Raoul Björkenheim, bassist Ingebrit Flaten and drummer Pals-Nilssen Love never let the bomb go off, instead putting it on a long fuse and letting the tension mount. They are often labeled a power ...
Uri Caine's Bedrock 3 in Tampere: Too Many DJs
by Matthew Wuethrich
Old Customs Hall Tampere, Finland November 1, 2003 DJs have been playing more and more with live bands during the past decade and by now the novelty effect has worn off. Now bands must make creative use of the DJ for it to be effective. At the Tampere Jazz Happening, Uri Caine’s ...
Gnomus & Jukka Gustavsson in Tampere: The Wit of the Improviser
by Matthew Wuethrich
Telakka Tampere, Finland November 1, 2003 When new elements are injected into their environment, improvising groups can take one of two approaches: let the newcomer adapt to their style, creating creative tension, or adapt to the newcomer’s style, thereby changing their whole sound. The three members of the Finnish trio Gnomus-keyboardist Kari ...
