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News: Festival

Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2009

June 3, 2009

Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2009 - from retro to rebirth in 10 days... Now the program for the Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2009 has been published. The 31st edition of the festival is an illustration of the eternal rebirth of jazz, but is also looking into the past with a range of tribute concerts to the ...

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Article: Live Review

Norwegian Jazz 101a: JazzNorway in a Nutshell 2009

by John Kelman
June 3, 2009

2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 One of the challenges of any organization or festival is to find ways to top past performances, and certainly the breadth of exposure to Norwegian music, culture and geography at JazzNorway in a Nutshell 2008 (JNiaN) would be hard to beat. A junket where approximately 40 people ...

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Article: From Far and Wide

Contemporary Jazz in Denmark: Different Sounds, Different Scenes

by Jakob Baekgaard
January 6, 2009

There's an often-quoted phrase by Shakespeare saying that “something is rotten in the state of Denmark" but when it comes to jazz, the environment of the country is indeed very fertile, and at this point, the many sounds of Danish jazz are reaching across the borders and finding new listeners everywhere in the world. The homogeneity ...

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Article: Profile

Jan Johansson: From Small Acorns...

by Ian Patterson
November 24, 2008

Upon hearing the news and in a state of disbelief, Randi Hultin the legendary Norwegian jazz journalist rang pianist Reinhold Svensson who confirmed the worst: “Yes. Swedish jazz has just died."1 Reinhold's reaction to the death in a car accident of fellow pianist Jan Johansson whilst melodramatic reflected Jan Johansson's importance in the contemporary Swedish jazz ...

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Article: Album Review

Orchestre National de Jazz: Electrique

Read "Electrique" reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
July 4, 2007

In the wake of the magnificent Close to Heaven (Le Chant du Monde, 2006), the French national jazz orchestra's tribute to the Led Zeppelin songbook, musical director Franck Tortiller found himself attracted to the early 1970s plugged-in jazz-rock fusion of the Headhunters, Weather Report and Lifetime. The result is Electrique. That's his story, anyway, and it's ...

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