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Peter Brotzmann Ada Trio: London, UK, February 20, 2012
by John Sharpe
Peter Brötzmann Ada TrioCafé OtoLondonFebruary 20, 2012 So potent was the chemistry between saxophone behemoth Peter Brötzmann, cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm and drummer Paal Nilssen-Love when they first convened, that a separate existence was clearly merited. Although the saxophonist had previously engaged both younger men in duos, captured by Smalltown Superjazz on ...
The Free-bassing Ingebrigt Håker Flaten
by Mark Corroto
Devotees of jazz bassists also tend to enjoy cycling's domestiques, baseball's infielders, and football's (both European and American) defensive players. The timekeeper's fans appreciate craftsmanship over the flamboyance and flash of the leader. So a musician such as Norway's Ingebrigt Håker Flaten often finds his role has been overshadowed by his bandmates. In the free jazz/quasi-rock ...
Kongsberg Jazz Festival Unveils First Shows
On February 1, 2012, Norway's Kongsberg Jazz Festival unveiled the first series of shows scheduled for its 2012 edition, running from July 4-7, 2012. In addition to its collaboration with Music Export Norway and All About Jazz on the All About Jazz Presents: Doing It Norway series, encompassing seven shows curated by AAJ Managing Editor John ...
Raids On The Unspeakable
Label: Jvtlandt Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Ochlocracy; Cain's Breed; The Uncanny; Sigmund, We Have A Problem.
Calling Signals 09: A Winter's Tour
by Glenn Astarita
British bassist Nick Stephens has always been a prominent mainstay within Europe's avant-jazz landscape. His affiliation with legendary British free-jazz pioneer and drummer John Stevens looms as one component of the bassist's overall dynamic and legacy. This rendition of Stephen's Calling Signals band was recorded live in 2009 during a brief tour of the U.K., and ...
Joe McPhee / Michael Zerang: Creole Gardens (A New Orleans Suite)
by John Sharpe
In these recessionary times, the duet offers the optimum solution: the opportunity for dialogue and interaction, but with logistics and expense kept to a minimum. Of course, such strictures are nothing new for the avant-garde, those flowers which bloom between the cracks in the marginal wastelands. Multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee's résumé includes more than its fair share ...
The Thing, London, October 4, 2011
by John Sharpe
The ThingCafe Oto,London, UKOctober 4, 2011 Back in London for the second time in under a year, The Thing held court in north London to a Cafe Oto rammed with a gratifyingly young crowd. When the Scandinavian trio, comprising the Norwegian rhythm pairing of drummer Paal Nilssen-Love and bassist Ingebrigt Håker ...
Kumiko Takara/Massimo Pupillo/Paal Nilssen-Love: Raids On The Unspeakable
by Eyal Hareuveni
This limited edition, 12" vinyl album features a rare meeting of threeof-a-kind powerhouse musicians who blur the boundaries between contemporary improvised music, avant-rock and shifting grooves. Norwegian drummer Paal Nilssen-Love and Italian electric bassist Massimo Pupillo (founding member of punk-jazz trio Zu) are the driving rhythm section behind saxophonist Peter Brötzmann's Hairy Bones quartet, and collaborated ...
Fire!: unreleased?
by John Kelman
Moving from the studio to a live performance at Tokyo's SuperDeluxe club in the fall of 2010, Fire! both pares down and expands the sonic purview of its 2009 Rune Grammofon debut, You Liked Me Five Minutes Ago. Pared down in that saxophonist Mats Gustafsson, while still tripling on Fender Rhodes and live electronics, sticks solely ...
