Results for "Nils Petter Molvaer"

Dave Douglas: A Creative Consciousness

by Dave Wayne
December 5, 2011

Considering trumpeter Dave Douglas' musical career, one word that comes to mind is “consistency." Sure, he's led a dizzying variety of bands playing in all sorts of styles. Yet, of the 30-odd recordings he's led, not one veers from the central mission of presenting challenging, original jazz. An inveterate musical risk taker, Douglas has always led ...

Nils Petter Molvaer: Baboon Moon

by John Kelman
November 9, 2011

While Nils Petter Molvær's last release--the first after breaking up his band of ten years--demonstrated plenty of change for the Norwegian trumpeter, he still relied on two of that group's most significant players: live sampler Jan Bang and, most importantly, guitarist Eivind Aarset, who contributed to eight of its ten tracks. Still, Hamada (Sula, 2009) began ...

Mercury Heart

Featuring the music of Nils Petter Molvaer
Duration: 5:55
November 9, 2011

Baboon Moon is the Norwegian trumpeter's first record to feature his now-regular touring trio, featuring Stian Westerhus' groundbreaking and unorthodox approach to guitar, and drummer Erland Dahlen, whose kit is expanded with everything from log and steel drums to bowed saw.

"Mercury Heart" represents a hard-edged approach, without losing Molvr's intrinsic lyricism. Hardcore!

Mercury Heart

November 9, 2011

Album: Baboon Moon
By Nils Petter Molvaer
Label: Sula Records
Released: 2011
Duration: 5:55

Nils Petter Molvaer - Baboon Moon (2011)

November 1, 2011

I had come into writing this review thinking I had already reviewed the prior release by pioneering fusion jazz trumpeter Nils Petter Molvær, Hamada (2009), but found that I hadn't. Odd, because I sure listened to it enough times when it was new. Today this Norwegian's newest one, Baboon Moon is out, and this time we're ...

Enjoy Jazz: Mannheim, Germany, October 2-November 18, 2011, Week 3

by Adriana Carcu
October 31, 2011

Week 1-2 | Week 3-4 | Week 5-7 Enjoy Jazz Festival Heidelberg/Mannheim/Ludwigshafen, Germany October 2-November 18, 2011 Bugge Wesseltoft & Henrik Schwarz The black and white stage design gave more than a hint of the dynamic performance pianist Bugge Wesseltoft and DJ Henrik Schwarz were about to ...

The Garana Jazz Festival: Garana, Romania, July 21-24, 2011

by Adriana Carcu
August 4, 2011

The Garana Jazz Festival Garana, Romania July 21-24, 2011 Hidden in the heart of the Western Carpathians, the small village of Garana, --also called Wolfsberg by the Bohemian colonists who have inhabited it until some 30 years ago--has developed, during the last decades, into an international artist colony--hosting, for the 15th time this ...

Nils Petter Molvaer: Colors, Noises and Moods

by Adriana Carcu
January 3, 2011

Trumpeter/composer Nils Petter Molvær is one of the main exponents of Nordic Jazz--a geographic ramification that has acquired, especially during the last decade, the status of an independent genre. He has created his own style by combining traditional instrumental elements with electronic sound processing: a fusion characterized by pregnant rhythmical patterns and a meditative mood.

Trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer Interviewed at All About Jazz

January 3, 2011

Trumpeter/composer Nils Petter Molvær is one of the main exponents of Nordic Jazz—a geographic ramification that has acquired, especially during the last decade, the status of an independent genre. He has created his own style by combining traditional instrumental elements with electronic sound processing: a fusion characterized by pregnant rhythmical patterns and a meditative mood. Molvær ...

Hamada

By Nils Petter Molvaer

Label: Sula Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: Exhumation; Sabkah; Icy Altitude; Friction; Monocline; Soft Moon Shine; Monocline Revisited; Cruel Altitude; Lahar; Anticline.