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News: Festival

The Oslo Jazz Festival 2011 Program is Complete

The Oslo Jazz Festival 2011 Program is Complete

The Oslo Jazz Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, and having confirmed Humcrush/Sidsel Endresen, Fredrik Kronkvist Quartet and Desafindao, the anniversary program is complete. The festival is also proud to announce this year's Young Star and Showcase bands. Keyboardist Ståle Storløkken (Supersilent) and drummer Thomas Strønen (Food) are Humcrush. As a duo Storløkken and Strønen ...

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Article: Album Review

Wolfert Brederode Quartet: Post Scriptum

Read "Post Scriptum" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

At a time when the world is becoming an increasingly busy and, in some cases, hostile place, it's easy to forget the power of music, to create a space away from the demands and stresses of day-to-day life, where it's possible to just sit back, absorb, and become absorbed in something transcendent. Music doesn't always have ...

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Article: Live Review

Norwegian Jazz 101c: JazzNorway In A Nutshell 2011

Read "Norwegian Jazz 101c: JazzNorway In A Nutshell 2011" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 It may be true, at least most of the time, that familiarity breeds, if not exactly contempt, then certainly complacency; but that simply doesn't apply if subject is Norway--and, in particular, its disproportionately large and vibrant music scene. Suffering from an epidemic that most folks would ...

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Article: Live Review

Jazzahead! 2011

Read "Jazzahead! 2011" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Jazzahead Bremen, Germany April 28-May 1, 2010 Jazz may be a marginalized genre with shrinking CD sales and, at least in North America, a painfully low profile in popular media, but just a few days at Jazzahead in Bremen, Germany, leave a much different impression. A trade show for all ...

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Article: Album Review

Meadow: Blissful Ignorance

Read "Blissful Ignorance" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

It's been out in Norway since late 2009, on the relatively small Hecca Records label, but any recording with a trio this fine deserves to be out in the world in a bigger way, and so Britain's Edition Records--no longer an upstart company, with over 20 releases in the past 30 months--has picked up Blissful Ignorance, ...

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Article: Interview

Nils Petter Molvaer: Colors, Noises and Moods

Read "Nils Petter Molvaer: Colors, Noises and Moods" reviewed by Adriana Carcu

by Adriana Carcu

Trumpeter/composer Nils Petter Molvær is one of the main exponents of Nordic Jazz--a geographic ramification that has acquired, especially during the last decade, the status of an independent genre. He has created his own style by combining traditional instrumental elements with electronic sound processing: a fusion characterized by pregnant rhythmical patterns and a meditative mood.

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News: Interview

Trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer Interviewed at All About Jazz

Trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer Interviewed at All About Jazz

Trumpeter/composer Nils Petter Molvær is one of the main exponents of Nordic Jazz—a geographic ramification that has acquired, especially during the last decade, the status of an independent genre. He has created his own style by combining traditional instrumental elements with electronic sound processing: a fusion characterized by pregnant rhythmical patterns and a meditative mood. Molvær ...

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Article: Live Review

Enjoy Jazz Festival, Days 4-6: November 11-13, 2010

Read "Enjoy Jazz Festival, Days 4-6: November 11-13, 2010" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 Enjoy Jazz FestivalMannheim/Heidelberg/Ludwigshafen, GermanyNovember 8-13, 2010 Every city has a story, but some have more than others. Heidelberg, Germany, has a history as rich and varied as might be expected from a place that dates back to the middle of the first century AD, when the ...

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Article: Live Review

John Taylor and John Geggie: Ottawa, Canada October 9, 2010

Read "John Taylor and John Geggie: Ottawa, Canada October 9, 2010" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

John Taylor/John GeggieNational Arts Centre Fourth Stage Ottawa, Canada October 9, 2010 After an impressive start to its 2010 Fall/Winter Series, the TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival kept the momentum up by bringing another of modern jazz's finest pianists to town, less than a week after Chick Corea and his latest trio, ...

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Article: Live Review

Ottawa Jazz Festival 2010: Days 1-3, June 24-26, 2010

Read "Ottawa Jazz Festival 2010: Days 1-3, June 24-26, 2010" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-9 | Days 10-11 Mikko Innanen & InnkvisitioEtienne Charles and Folklore / Bill Frisell's Beautiful DreamersBill Frisell 858 Quartet TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival Ottawa, Ontario, Canada June 24-26, 2010 Back in April 2010, when the TD Ottawa International ...


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