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Booker T. Jones, Abdullah Ibrahim, Neil Cowley, Nils Petter Molvaer, Arve Henriksen & Dave Douglas
by Martin Longley
Booker T. JonesJoe's PubJune 10, 2009Booker T. Jones, as in Booker T. & The MGs. The quite intimate Joe's Pub is sold out, not surprisingly. This Hammond B3 organ grinder is here to push his new solo disc, Potato Hole. The album features Memphis man Jones working with The Drive-By ...
Territory of Two Norwegian Trumpeters
At first blush Arve Henriksen and Nils Petter Molvaer might seem nearly indistinguishable. Both are pristine-sounding Norwegian trumpeters with conspicuous investment in electronics. They share a fondness for fragile lyricism and rippling atmosphere, building on a 40-year tradition that began with the Miles Davis album “In a Silent Way.” Both have pushed toward modern fusions, imbuing ...
Arve Henriksen on Rare US Tour in June
May 5th marked the release of Cartography, the first album by Arve Henriksen for ECM under his own name despite his having appeared on many albums as a sideman since 1996. On the album, a shifting cast of characters, with Jan Bang (live sampling and album co-producer) at the center, provides a series of soundscapes, an ...
Download Three Free MP3s by Composer / Trumpeter Jon Hassell
Learn more about Jon Hassell, then download three free tracks (see below), including one from his latest release Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the Street on ECM Records. Enjoy! About Jon Hassell Composer/trumpeter Jon Hassell is the visionary creator of a style of music he describes as Fourth World, a mysterious, ...
Last night the moon came dropping its clothes in the street
by John Kelman
While he's rarely been out of action, the past couple years have seen a significant increase in the public exposure of trumpeter Jon Hassell, especially in Europe. Hassell may not be as well-known, say, as Miles Davis, but amongst a broadening group of musicians and listeners, it's become clear that his influence may well be no ...
Re-Vision
Label: Sula Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Torn (from the film Hoppet); The Beginning (from the
film Edy); Alone in the Bathtub (from the film
Edy); Visitation (from the film Hoppet);
Arctic Dub (from the film Frozen Heart); Perimeters;
Trumpet Player in the Backyard (from the film Edy); The
End (from the film Edy); The Visitor (from the film
Hoppet); Azads Theme (from the film
Hopper); Decisions (from the film Hoppet);
Leaps and Bounds (from the film Hopper).
Punkt (Day 3) at London Jazz Festival
by Marcus O'Dair
A London Jazz Festival 2008Punkt King's Place, London November 22, 2008 Listen to Norway's Sidsel Endresen on record and one assumes all manner of studio trickery: surely her voice is being cut up, reversed, electronically warped? Yet as made clear by the bare stage show that opens tonight's proceedings, ...
Nils Petter Molvaer: Re-Vision
by John Kelman
The music of Norwegian trumpeter/Nu Jazz progenitor, Nils Petter Molvaer, has always been cinematic. Call it music for a non-existent movie or a film of the mind, Molvaer's albums, beginning with the groundbreaking Khmer (ECM, 1997), have always been about aural landscapes evocative of highly personal imagery and plenty of club-ready grooves. Even in performance, the ...
Melange Bleu
Label: ACT Music
Released: 2007
Track listing: Mélange Bleu; Makro; Les Coulisses; Ironside; Judas Bolero; Minor People; Sketches of Twelve; Naive; Bacchanalia; After Zero.
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Label: Thirsty Ear Recordings
Released: 2006
Track listing: Hover; Solfter; Water; Only These Things Count; Sober; Darker; Feeder; Dancer.
