Results for "Oslo"

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Elephant9: Atlantis

by John Kelman
October 16, 2012

Ever a collective, Elephant9's Atlantis represents the Norwegian power trio's most egalitarian outing yet. 2008's Dodovoodoo and 2010's Walk the Nile were, for the most part, dominated compositionally by keyboardist and Supersilent/Humcrush coconspirator Ståle Storløkken. Atlantis is more evenly split between Storløkken's four tracks to bassist Nikolai Hængsle Eilertsen's three, but most importantly demonstrates a continued ...

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Erik Honore and Greta Aagre: Year of the Bullet

Read "Year of the Bullet" reviewed by Nenad Georgievski

by Nenad Georgievski
October 16, 2012

Impressive in its reach and warmth, the music of keyboardist/sampler/lyricist Erik Honoré and vocalist Greta Aagre on Year of the Bullet feels like a perfect brushstroke of sound calligraphy, full of cinematic passages that are designed to evoke a broad emotional spectrum. This is the duo's third release and first signed under their names--previously, they were ...

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Steinar Raknes: Stillhouse

Read "Stillhouse" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
October 13, 2012

Steinar Raknes is a man of many tastes. A founding member of the fiery modern jazz quartet The Core, a collaborator with lyrical jazz violinist Ola Kvernberg, co-leader of the SKÁIDI duo with yoik vocalist Inga Juuso, and leader of his own quartet that covers tango and bossa-nova classics, on Stillhouse, this Norwegian double bassist features ...

Article: Live Review

Ultima Festival: Oslo, Norway, September 10-15, 2012

by John Kelman
October 3, 2012

Ultima Festival Oslo, Norway September 15, 2012In a country that has called its “pathology" of over 600 music festivals per year “festival inflation," it's hard for any festival to stand out amongst the others, and yet so many of the events in Norway do. From Kristiansand's Live Remix festival, Punkt, to the superbly ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Jan Bang / Erik Honore: Uncommon Deities

by John Kelman
September 6, 2012

Jan Bang / Erik Honoré Uncommon Deities SamadhiSound 2012 As the 2012 Punkt Festival debuts its eighth annual edition at its home base of Kristiansand, Norway--but this time, in the brand new, state of the art Kilden Performing Arts Centre--it has gradually evolved into something more than just a festival. The ...

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Bugge & Henning: Last Spring

Read "Last Spring" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
September 5, 2012

With such a focus on jazz, it's easy to forget that, at the end of the day, all music is--or, at least, comes from-- improvised music. Whether drawn from the ether and performed in real time or written down on manuscript, it's still drawn from the ether. Classical music has its own history in improvisation, ranging ...

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Stian Westerhus: The Matriarch And The Wrong Kind Of Flowers

Read "The Matriarch And The Wrong Kind Of Flowers" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
September 4, 2012

Beyond his reputation as Norway's “hardest working guitarist"--an éclat supported by, amongst many others, ongoing membership in Nils Petter Molvær's trio and assuming the producer's role for the trumpeter's Baboon Moon (Sula, 2011); collaborating with the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra for Ripples, raptures and disbelief (a Molde Jazz Festival commission screaming for release); and, with Didymoi Dreams ...

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Oslo International Jazz Festival 2011

by John Kelman
August 31, 2011

Oslo International Jazz FestivalOslo, NorwayAugust 15-20, 2011 There's always an eager sense of anticipation when returning to Norway, whether it's the barren but beautiful north of Svalbard, the stunning, mountain-surrounded Molde, the picturesque Kongsberg, the fjord-gateway of Bergen or the rugged beauty surrounding Kristiansand. But going back to Norway for the ...

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

by John Kelman
July 16, 2010

Album

Oslo

By Enrico Pieranunzi

Label: Resonant Music
Released: 2009
Track listing: 01. Blue Waltz - 02. Oslo - 03. Playtime - 04. North Prospect - 05. World Of Wonders - 06. Suspension Points - 07. Small Country - 08. Snowflake - 09. Trio Suite Part 1 - 10. Trio Suite Part 2 - 11. Trio Suite Part 3 - 12. Homecoming.