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Article: Album Review

Emil Strandberg / Sten Sandell / Patric Thorman: It Is Night And I Am Lost

Read "It Is Night And I Am Lost" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni


The Swedish improvising trio of trumpeter Emil Strandberg, pianist Sten Sandell and bassist Patric Thorman has played together since 2006. Its first recording, Stockholm Sweden Polyphony (Found You Recording, 2009), signaled the many directions that these experienced and resourceful improvisers were beginning to explore. The trio kept performing while Strandberg and Thorman also collaborated with American ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Sten Standell: Music Inside The Language

Read "Sten Standell: Music Inside The Language" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni


Swedish pianist Sten Sandell is one of the key figures in the Scandinavian free jazz and improvisation scene: a visionary and experienced musician who has developed a profound musical language. He is a member of the Gush trio, with saxophonist Mats Gustafsson and drummer Raymond Strid, celebrating this year its 20th year of activity, and leads ...

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Article: Live Review

RDV De L'Erdre 2012

Read "RDV De L'Erdre 2012" reviewed by Martin Longley


RDV De L'Erdre 2012 Nantes, France August 31-September 2, 2012 The Rendez-vous de l'Erdre might be one of Europe's lesser-known festivals, but it has grown up over 26 years and now involves what seems to be the entire city's populace. Spread over multiple, simultaneously programmed stages, its essential ...

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Article: Album Review

Nina de Heney: Three

Read "Three" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni


Three is the third solo double bass recording of by underrated Swedish double bassist Nina de Heney, known for her collaborations with pianists (and fellow countrymen) Sten Sandell and Lisa Ullén. The title refers also to the connection between de Heney, the player ("the dancer behind the bass," as she calls it), the intimate connection with ...

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Article: Album Review

Sven-Ake Johansson: Die Harke und der Spaten

Read "Die Harke und der Spaten" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Part performance piece, part free improvisation, Die Harke und der Spaten ("The Rake and the Spade") is a musical stage play composed by Swedish jazz legend Sven-Åke Johansson. This recording, made in Malmö, Sweden in 1998, features a Who's Who of European improvisers and proponents of free jazz--a European free jazz that distinguishes itself from American ...

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Grann Musik (neighbor music)

Label: Clean Feed Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Lundbergs; Gröndals Deli; Olle Engkvist; Albert och Herbert; Sjöfortet; Vinterviken; Galjonbil; Varning för tåg.

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Article: Album Review

Sten Sandell - Mattias Ståhl: Grann Musik (Neighbour Music)

Read "Grann Musik (Neighbour Music)" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Il rapporto tra pianoforte e vibrafono è sempre vissuto su traiettorie di empatia istintiva: entrambi strumenti di natura percussivo/melodica [sebbene la versatilità del primo non sia comparabile con quella dell'altro], si sono spesso rincorsi nella storia del jazz, andando a braccetto con eleganza [pensiamo a Teddy Wilson e Lionel Hampton, ma ovviamente anche alla coppia John ...

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Article: Album Review

Sten Sandell & Mattias Stahl: Grann Musik (neighbor music)

Read "Grann Musik (neighbor music)" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Master Swedish improvisers, pianist Sten Sandell and vibraphonist Mattias Stahl, radiate gobs of colorific contrasts via these freeform-based duets. At times fluid, introspective and somewhat jagged in scope, the artists pursue the art of intuitive music-speak during the prevalence of this 2008 outing. On “ Sjöfortet," Sandell executes cascading block chords with the semblance of a ...

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Oval

Label: Intakt Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Ovala Takter I; Ovala Takter II; Ovala Takter III; Oval Ballad.


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