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BMX: Bergen Open

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by John Kelman
January 27, 2011

Tradition, in a living, breathing art form, is something that is continually defined, refined and redefined. When drummer Paul Motian--first coming to fame in pianist Bill Evans' mid-1950s trio--trimmed his quintet of the early 1980s into a bass-less trio featuring then-emergent guitar whiz Bill Frisell and equally on-the-rise saxophonist Joe Lovano, its very first recording, It ...

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Dutch Jazz & World Meeting 2010: December 1-3, 2010

by John Kelman
December 15, 2010

Dutch Jazz & World MeetingAmsterdam, The NetherlandsDecember 1-3, 2010 As difficult as it can sometimes be to appreciate how far jazz has evolved since making its first infant steps in the United States at the beginning of the 20th Century, it's equally remarkable to consider the scene in Europe. Beginning as a relative ...

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Enjoy Jazz Festival, Days 4-6: November 11-13, 2010

by John Kelman
November 15, 2010

Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 Enjoy Jazz FestivalMannheim/Heidelberg/Ludwigshafen, GermanyNovember 8-13, 2010 Every city has a story, but some have more than others. Heidelberg, Germany, has a history as rich and varied as might be expected from a place that dates back to the middle of the first century AD, when the ...

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Tampere Jazz Happening 2010: Days 3-4, November 6-7, 2010

by John Kelman
November 9, 2010

Day 1 | Day 2 | Days 3-4 Tampere Jazz HappeningTampere, FinlandNovember 4-7, 2010 While most festivals aim to keep the energy, commitment and creativity levels high, few succeed at starting with a high bar and raising it continuously throughout the course of the event. While the first two days of ...

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Eclectic electric jazz comes of age

by Mark Corroto
August 26, 2010

Back in the 1980s, the marriage of jazz and electronics produced the unfortunate, creativity destroying “jazz fusion" genre. That was because drum machines, synthesizer produced horn lines and computer generated hand claps were often too perfect. A sort of “sanitized for your protection" version of motel drinking glasses. Think about the then innovative trumpeter Miles Davis' ...

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Article: Live Review

Norwegian Road Trip, Part 7: Molde Jazz, Days 5-6

by John Kelman
July 27, 2010

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Norwegian Road Trip, Part 5: Molde Jazz, Days 1-2

by John Kelman
July 22, 2010

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Norwegian Road Trip, Part 3: Oslo, July 12-14, 2010

by John Kelman
July 16, 2010

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Article: Interview

Jan Bang: Head, Shoulders, Hips, Knees and Toes

by John Kelman
July 5, 2010

When it comes to organically integrating modern technology into music, few countries are innovating to the degree of Norway, and at the epicenter of that country's forward-thinking approach to melding improvisation with jazz and Norwegian traditionalism--not to mention contemporary classicism, pop, ambient and more; truly any and all musical markers--is producer/remixer/sampler Jan Bang, who has just ...

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Jan Bang: ….and poppies from Kandahar

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by John Kelman
July 5, 2010

It's rare for an album to quietly shake the foundation of what music is...and can be. Fifteen years after Jan Bang first innovated the concept of live sampling--turning an Akai MPC 3000 sampler into a true improvising instrument by sampling other musicians in real time and feeding processed musical ideas back; pushing and pulling the music ...