Given the instrumentation on this album (tenor sax, piano, bass, and drums), the involvement of Evan Parker, and the format of long group improvisations, it's natural to think first about Parker's long-standing quartet with Alex Von Schlippenbach, Peter Kowald, and Paul Lovens. But that would be a mistake; a better comparison, though unnecessary, is an earlier ...

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Paal Nilssen-Love/H: Schlinger

Read "Schlinger" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
January 3, 2005

Norwegian drummer Paal Nilssen-Love is certainly a star on the rise. On the US and European scenes, he is much in demand. You can find him in bands fronted by Ken Vandermark (FME, School Days, and in a duo), Mats Gustafsson (The Thing and also a duo), Raoul Björkenheim's Scorch Trio, Frode Gjerstad's trio, Håvard Wiik's ...

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Schlinger

By Paal Nilssen-Love

Label: Smalltown Supersound
Released: 2004
Track listing: Playmachine; One More Once; Arched Shape.

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Dual Pleasure

By Paal Nilssen-Love

Label: Smalltown Supersound
Released: 2003
Track listing: Flashpoint; Anno 1240; Closed Doors, Open Windows; Storefrony Materials; Jean S.; Dual Fiction.

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I Love It When You Snore

By Paal Nilssen-Love

Label: Smalltown Supersound
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1.I Love It 2.Come Be Closer 3.Face Make 4.Lightning Bug 5.Shake Off 6.Snarcus Brutalis 7.When You Snore

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Paal Nilssen-Love/ Mats Gustafsson: I Love It When You Snore

Read "I Love It When You Snore" reviewed by Jeff LeVine

by Jeff LeVine
May 15, 2003

If the duo is the most conversational form of jazz, the script for I Love It When You Snore could have been written by Samuel Beckett. Paal Nilssen-Love and especially Mats Gustafsson are a couple of the best known players to emerge out of the '90s Scandinavian free/avant jazz scene, having recorded plenty with the likes ...

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Paal Nilssen-Love/Ken Vandermark: Dual Pleasure

by Mark Corroto
May 1, 2003

The association between Norwegian Drummer Paal Nilssen-Love and Chicago saxophonist Ken Vandermark has seemingly been one of continuously paring down boundaries and borders. As members of the band School Days, the two musicians have met up with equal parts Chicago and Norway in quartet/quintet settings to make the records Crossing Division (2000) and ...