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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 ...
Flaten/ Kornstad/ Christensen: Mitt Hjerte Altid Vanker I: Live At Oslo Jazz Festival
by Mark Corroto
If folk music is music of “the people," then certainly adding the designation of “jazz" is a redundancy. When a jazz trio such as that of bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, saxophonist Håkon Kornstad and drummer Jon Christensen performs traditional Norwegian folk music, it is both reaffirming the oral (or aural) tradition of the music and the ...
Oslo International Jazz Festival 2011
by John Kelman
Oslo International Jazz FestivalOslo, NorwayAugust 15-20, 2011 There's always an eager sense of anticipation when returning to Norway, whether it's the barren but beautiful north of Svalbard, the stunning, mountain-surrounded Molde, the picturesque Kongsberg, the fjord-gateway of Bergen or the rugged beauty surrounding Kristiansand. But going back to Norway for the ...
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 ...
Ottawa Jazz Festival, Days 1-3: June 23-25, 2011
by John Kelman
Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival Ottawa, Canada June 23-25, 2011 2011 represents something of a gamble--and no shortage of controversy--for the TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival. After a financial loss in 2010 that wasn't especially large in relative terms, but was nevertheless significant, the ...
Motif: Facienda
by John Kelman
Motif Facienda Jazzland Records 2010 Just because there's nearly a three-year gap between recordings, it doesn't mean an artist hasn't been busy. Norwegian free bop-meister Motif was last heard from in 2008, on the tradition-twisting Apo Calypso (Jazzland), closing yet another gap from the previous Expansion (AIM, 2005). Released in ...
Joe McPhee / Ingebrigt Haker Flaten: Blue Chicago Blues
by John Sharpe
Multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee has demonstrated a particular affinity for the string bass. Among his discography are multiple duets with Dominic Duval and Michael Bisio, and even a double-disc set with four bassists, Angels, Devils And Haints (CJR, 2008). Now, Blue Chicago Blues can be added to that esteemed catalogue, from a 2007 session recorded in the ...
dOeK Festival #9: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, December 4, 2010
by John Kelman
dOeK Festival #9BimhuisAmsterdam, The NetherlandsDecember 4, 2010 While the majority of the 200 international delegates who attended Dutch Jazz & World Meeting 2010, in Amsterdam, struggled with flight delays due to an early and tremendously severe arrival of winter and, for some, the impact of an air traffic controller strike in ...
Bag It!
By The Thing
Label: Smalltown Superjazzz
Released: 2009
Track listing: Hidegen Fujnak A Szelek; Drop the Gun; Bag It!; Snuvisan; Hot Doug;
Mystery Song; Angels; Beef Brisket (For Ruby's).
The Thing: Bag It!
by AAJ Italy Staff
Torna il trio jazzcore più devastante delle terre nordiche: Mats Gustafsson alle ance, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten al contrabbasso e Paal Nilssen-Love alla batteria [ma i primi due hanno ormai aggiunto anche l'elettronica al proprio armamentario da battaglia] alla nuova prova in studio - sotto le cure analogiche di Steve Albini e Bob Weston - si confermano ...
