Home » Search Center » Results: Tord Gustavsen
Results for "Tord Gustavsen"
AAJ's Top 15 Interviews of 2009
by AAJ Staff
With nearly 150 interviews published in 2009, AAJ continues to provide the most extensive jazz coverage on the web. We also expanded our interview coverage to include, for those surrounding new CD releases: associated Daily Download tracks; accompanying CD reviews; contest giveaways; and more. As always, AAJ provided coverage of well-known artists ...
Restored, Returned
Label: ECM Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: The Child Within; Way In; Lay Your Sleeping Head, My Love; Spiral Song; Restored, Returned; Left Over Lullaby No. 2; The Swirl / Wrapped in Yielding Air; Left Over Lullaby No. 1 / O Stand, Stand At The Window; Your Crooked Heart; The Gaze; Left Over Lullaby No. 3.
Tord Gustavsen Ensemble at Royal Northern College of Music
by David McLean
Tord Gustavsen Ensemble Royal Northern College of Music Manchester, England October 21, 2009 With the imminent release of Restored, Returned (2009, ECM) exclusively in the UK, Norwegian pianist Tord Gustavsen makes his British live debut with his new ensemble at Manchester's Royal Northern College of Music as part of ...
John Law: Deeper into the Music
by Jakob Baekgaard
Classical music and jazz are often perceived as two radically different art forms that cannot be merged. Historically, the idea of a so-called “third stream" that is able to combine the language of jazz and classical music into a coherent whole has proved rather difficult to translate into praxis, and yet it is undeniable that a ...
Punkt in Mannheim: Enjoy Jazz Festival: Days 11-12, October 30-31, 2009
by John Kelman
Days 1-2 | Day 3-6 | Days 7-10 | Days 11-12Since its inception in 2005, the Norwegian Punkt festival has been gaining an international reputation for innovation and creativity. With a founding premise of Live Remix--where individual concerts, crossing the breadth of jazz but also beyond, are remixed immediately following the performance with other ...
Tord Gustavsen Ensemble and the Kit Downes Trio at The Forum
by Bruce Lindsay
Tord Gustavsen Ensemble, Kit Downes TrioThe ForumNorwich, UKOctober 18, 2009Pianist Tord Gustavsen is one of the more cerebral composers and musicians in contemporary jazz. His music is beautifully written and played--engaging, delicate and atmospheric--and although it always seems to be performed with restraint it can nevertheless develop a groove of its ...
Pat Metheny: One Quiet Night
by John Kelman
Guitarist Pat Metheny has, over the past couple years, been reissuing his Geffen-era albums, with and without his flagship Pat Metheny Group. These Nonesuch releases have all benefited from improved sonics and, in the case of Song X (1985), a well-needed remix and the addition of six tracks, completely altering the arc of this classic collaboration ...
The Blue Sound – 40 Years of ECM at Enjoy Jazz and More
The Blue Sound – 40 Years of ECM At Enjoy Jazz – 11th International Festival for Jazz and More As a main programmatic feature this year, the International Festival for Jazz and More, Enjoy Jazz, will present a special festival to commemorate 40 years of the ECM label. From the 22 to 25 October, ...
Molde Jazz: Day 4, July 16, 2009
by John Kelman
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 Supersilent / HuntsvilleMolde JazzMolde, NorwayJuly 16, 2009There are those who think that jazz is “moldy fig" music--music for gray hairs and no hairs. There's also some concern that the music will ...
Molde Jazz: Day 3, July 15, 2009
by John Kelman
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 Christian Wallumrød Ensemble with Arve Henriksen / Kristin AsbjørnsenMolde Jazz Molde, Norway July 15, 2009Located on a large fjord, Molde's weather is moderated by its proximity to the ocean, ...
