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Tarantula Suite

Label: Kopasetic Productions
Released: 2011
Track listing: Potenza; Pazienza; Misterioso; Luce; Forza; Silenzio; Confusione; Speranza.

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Mads Vinding: Bubbles & Ballads / Bass & Bones

Read "Mads Vinding: Bubbles & Ballads / Bass & Bones" reviewed by Chris Mosey


With the death of Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen in 2005, the keys to the kingdom of double bass playing in Denmark passed at long last to Mads Vinding. Only two years separated the two men--Pedersen was born in 1946, Vinding in 1948--but “young" Vinding always found himself in the giant shadow cast by Pedersen. ...

Album

Code Red

Label: Prophone Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Code Red; Cats and Dogs; The Other Day; Going Bananas; Subconscious C; Antelope Dance; Ups and Downs.

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Article: Album Review

Tolvan Big Band: Code Red

Read "Code Red" reviewed by Edward Blanco


From the coastal town of Malmo, Sweden, the eighteen-piece Tolvan Big Band has developed into one of the finest contemporary jazz orchestras in the world. Led by saxophonist and composer Helge Albin since 1979, the band entered Sun Studios in Copenhagen on April 22nd of 2007 and emerged with Code Red, a powerhouse recording of seven ...

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Tolvan Big Band: Code Red

Read "Code Red" reviewed by Chris Mosey


Sweden must have more jazz big bands per head of population than any other country in the world. Tolvan Big Band, based in the southern port city of Malmö, is the cream of the crop. Tolvan means The Twelve, the number of musicians in the band when it was formed in the late 1960s. It also ...

Album

A Walk in the Centerpoint

Label: Prophone Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: A Walk in the Centerpoint; Papa Knows Best; Santiago Nights; Running Thoughts; Sideways; Brazilian Waves; Like a Secret (71:01).

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Article: Album Review

The Tolvan Big Band: A Walk in the Centerpoint

Read "A Walk in the Centerpoint" reviewed by Jack Bowers


When it comes to swinging in a contemporary groove, Sweden’s Tolvan Big Band takes a back seat to no one. This is a killer ensemble, able to stare down the most formidable charts without flinching or even blinking an eye. Regardless of mood or tempo the sense of forward motion is always there, thanks to fastidious ...

Album

Plays the Music of Helge Albin

Label: Naxos Records
Released: 1999
Track listing:

Tolvan Big Band The Game; The Mysterious No. 7; One Minute for Myself; Connections; Samba Can

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Article: Album Review

Tolvan Big Band/Ken Schaphorst Big Band: Tolvan Big Band: Plays the Music of Helge Albin/ Ken Schaphorst Big Band: Purple

Read "Tolvan Big Band: Plays the Music of Helge Albin/ Ken Schaphorst Big Band: Purple" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Critics Note. Tolvan Big Band: Plays the Music of Helge Albin and Ken Schaphorst Big Band: Purple were previously reviewed by AAJ 's Big Band aficionado, Jack Bowers in the January and February 1999 issues of All About Jazz, respectively. Additionally, Ken Schaphorst Big Band: Purple was reviewed by Mark Corroto in the March Issue of ...

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Article: Album Review

Tolvan Big Band: Plays the Music of Helge Albin

Read "Plays the Music of Helge Albin" reviewed by Jack Bowers


While one still hears on occasion that the big bands are dead — and in this country, at least, many are on life support — Sweden, whose population is less than New York City’s, has today roughly 500 active big bands. Although it should be noted that the greater number of them are local amateur groups, ...


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