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Raoul Bjorkenheim, Bill Laswell, Morgan Agren - Blixt (Cuneiform, 2011) ****a1/2

November 11, 2011

By Paul Acquaro I suppose that Blixt is best described as a rock power trio. Working with industrial strength rhythms, thickly distorted leads and dark enveloping bass, the trio moves through a series of tough minded improvisations bracketed by short heads. However, as tough and stormy as the tunes may get at times, the musicianship and ...

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Article: Album Review

Pipoka: Veto

by Anthony Shaw
April 12, 2011

Pipoka is a Finnish trio, with its roots firmly entwined around its two active founder members, accordionist Veli Kujala and guitarist Jarmo Julkinen. Veto is still anchored in the original conception of chamber jazz, with highly structured pieces that provide ample opportunities for exploration and development, as well as a considerable dose of Latin America.

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Article: Live Review

Trio Chaud: Helsinki, Finland, March 29. 2011

by Anthony Shaw
April 9, 2011

Trio Chaud Laulumiehet Restaurant, Helsinki, Finland March 29, 2011 When musicians play together, it might be assumed that they're enjoying themselves, but it's also true that playing can be a very serious business. The combination of play and pleasure is in no way inextricable, but when it occurs both phenomena take ...

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Article: Album Review

Scorch Trio: Melaza

by John Kelman
March 15, 2011

Human nature may tend towards resisting change, but shaking up a group--even one with a longstanding and successful lineup--can sometimes drive the music in subtly different directions. Losing Norwegian drummer Paal Nilssen-Love may have seemed like a blow change for Scorch Trio, but recruiting Frank Rosaly--who moves around in the same circles as Nilssen-Love, playing with ...

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Article: Live Review

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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Tampere Jazz Happening 2010: Day 2, November 5, 2010

by John Kelman
November 7, 2010

Day 1 | Day 2 | Days 3-4 Tampere Jazz HappeningTampere, FinlandNovember 4-7, 2010 Day two of Tampere Jazz Happening kicked the festival into high gear, with a terrific line-up at both the festival's primary venues: Pakkahuone's Old Customs House Hall, which seats upwards of a thousand people and is used ...

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Article: Album Review

Various Artists: I Never Meta Guitar

Read "I Never Meta Guitar" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
October 14, 2010

There are no fans of the guitar in today's creative music--they are better described as fanatics, or devotees. But then the guitar has always caused listeners to choose sides. I'm a fan of Jimmy Page and you, Pete Townshend--or do you prefer Wes Montgomery to my Jim Hall. John McLaughlin or Pete Cosey? Some of these ...

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Article: Live Review

Pori Jazz and its Ultra Music scene

by Anthony Shaw
August 12, 2010

Pori Jazz Festival--Ultra Music NightsPori FinlandJuly 17--25, 2010 Pori Jazz trucks on--this was its 45th year of action, still housed on the banks of the River Kokemäki and with links spread to all corners of this normally rather sleepy town on Finland's west coast. This year it ran concurrently ...

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Article: Album Review

Kalle Kalima: Some Kubricks of Blood

Read "Some Kubricks of Blood" reviewed by Anthony Shaw

by Anthony Shaw
May 25, 2010

From the opening flurry of discordant semitones, the following percussive entrance of saxophone and then guitar, it becomes clear that there is something rather weird and threatening about Some Kubricks of Blood. Much is surely due to the disharmonies and clashes of timbre--grating guitar over accordion gushes--and the abrupt rhythmic collisions, in addition to intentional off-mike ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Raoul Bj

by Wilbur MacKenzie
April 4, 2009

Raoul Björkenheim/William Parker/Hamid DrakeDMG @ The Stone, Vol. 2DMG-ARC2008 Scorch TrioBrolt! Rune Grammofon2008 BoxStudio 1 Rune Grammofon2008 Los Angeles-born, Finnish guitarist Raoul ...