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News: Recording

Torben Waldorff Releases Second Artistshare CD "Afterburn" - Free Download Available

Torben Waldorff Releases Second Artistshare CD "Afterburn" - Free Download Available

The just-launched Afterburn CD was recorded in New York in late December 2007. Free MP3 Download Choro Dancado Torben Waldorff From Afterburn 05:50 Musicians are as on Torben's preceding ArtistShare CD Brilliance: Donny McCaslin-sax, Matt Clohesy-bass, Jon Wikan-drums, Torben Waldorff-guitar and with the addition of keyboardist Sam Yahel, a ...

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Article: Album Review

Torben Waldorff: Afterburn

Read "Afterburn" reviewed by Troy Collins


Danish guitarist Torben Waldorff follows up his Artist Share debut, Brilliance: Live at the 55 Bar (2006) with Afterburn, a studio session featuring the same core group of New Yorkers featured on his previous release. Based in Denmark and Sweden, but educated in the States, Waldorff is a shining example of today's vibrant international jazz scene.

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Torben Waldorff: Afterburn

Read "Afterburn" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni


Danish guitarist/composer Torben Waldorff's fourth release, Afterburn, manages to unite European sensibilities with American post-bop vibes. Throughout this impressive recording Waldorff--now based in Malmo, Sweden--delivers sophisticated harmonies and an elaborate compositional architecture with a distinctive guitar sound owing more to Metheny, circa his ECM days of more than twenty years ago, than to Scofield. But Waldorff ...

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Torben Waldorff: Afterburn

Read "Afterburn" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Guitarist Torben Waldorff really knows how to put a band together. The first impression on hearing his previous effort, Brilliance (ArtistShare, 2007), was that his group had a great collective sound. There was a lot of fine soloing, to be sure--from saxophonist Donny McCaslin and Waldorff--but it was the group atmosphere, simmering and always a bit ...

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Torben Waldorff: Afterburn

Read "Afterburn" reviewed by Mark F. Turner


Jazz guitarists are oft-times forgotten in this post-Metheny/post-Scofield era. But there are many rising stars such as Lage Lund , Miles Okazaki and Mike Moreno who are poised to carry the flame even farther. Torben Waldorff is another torch-bearer whose Afterburn pinpoints his growing abilities. This is his second ArtistShare release, following 2006's ...

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Brilliance

Label: ArtistShare
Released: 2007
Track listing: Alice; Jurotrash; Astro; Seen From Above; Jeep.

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Article: Album Review

Torben Waldorff Quartet: Brilliance

Read "Brilliance" reviewed by Jim Santella


With heart and soul, guitarist Torben Waldorff leads his stellar quartet through a program of originals on Brilliance, recorded live in concert at the 55 Bar in New York. As front line lead voices, guitarist Waldorff and tenor saxophonist Donny McCaslin provide adventure and spontaneity in their enthusiastic session. They light creative fires that ...

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Article: Album Review

Torben Waldorff Quartet: Brilliance

Read "Brilliance" reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone


Brilliance, Torben Waldorff's first American-released album, presents a fresh take on the Scandinavian guitarist/composer's tunes. (His two previous albums on the Swedish LJ label were available in Canada and Europe.) This live quartet performance was recorded at the popular downtown Manhattan 55 Bar jazz club with tenorist Donny McCaslin, bassist Matt Clohesy and drummer Jon Wikan. ...

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Torben Waldorff Quartet: Brilliance

Read "Brilliance" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Don't expect Brillance to blow the roof off the house or light up any fireworks in the sky. This quartet outing--recorded live at the 55 Bar, NYC--stays for the most part in a subdued and reflective mode.Guitarist Torben Waldorff was born in Denmark and is now based in the Oresund Region of Malmö, Sweden. ...

Album

Brilliance

Label: ArtistShare
Released: 2006
Track listing: Alice; Jurotrash; Astro; Seen From Above; Jeep.


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