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Sidewalk Comedy

Label: MNJ Records
Released: 2013

Article: Live Review

Jazz on a Summer's DayKrefeld, GermanyJuly 13, 2013 The setting was historic, on the grounds of a 12th century castle. The program tilted toward tomorrow, with an ear for the future. That picturesque, present day progression made the 29th Jazz on a Summer's Day a timeless musical present for devoted fans in ...

Article: Live Review

Molde International Jazz Festival 2013

by John Kelman
July 29, 2013

Molde International Jazz Festival Molde, Norway July 15-20, 2013It may have been his last year as festival director, but Jan Ole Otnæs sure went out on a high, not just because his programming was as impeccable as ever, but because he made it a year with a very specific philosophy. ...

Article: Live Review

2013 TD Ottawa Jazz Festival: Ottawa, Canada, June 21-26, 2013

by John Kelman
July 1, 2013

TD Ottawa Jazz FestivalOttawa, CanadaJune 20-July 1, 2013Having made the decision, in 2012, to broaden its stylistic purview to include not only music on the periphery of jazz, but artists with no real connection to the founding raison d'être of the festival, the 2013 TD Ottawa Jazz Festival continued to bring extracurricular music ...

News: Event

Jazzklub Krefeld Hits A High Note For Summer

June 26, 2013

Jazzklub Krefeld, one of the Rhineland’s musical treasures, heads full steam into warm summer months with momentum from a successful spring season that upheld the company’s strong reputation around Western Germany’s vibrant jazz scene. July 13th brings the 29th edition of Jazzklub’s “Jazz on a Summer’s Day” spectacular, at the historic, medieval Burg Linn castle outside ...

Article: Live Review

ELBJazz Festival 2013: Hamburg, Germany, May 24-25, 2013

by John Kelman
June 3, 2013

ELBJazz FestivalHamburg, GermanyMay 24-25, 2013Attending a multitude of festivals each year, there's always the challenge of finding the hook--the thing that makes a festival different from any other. When it comes to Hamburg's ELBJazz Festival, now only in its fourth year, it's easy. A harbor town on the Elbe River, located just 70 ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Moster!: Edvard Lygre Moster

by John Kelman
May 13, 2013

He may be flying somewhat beneath the radar internationally, but in Norway, saxophonist Kjetil Møster has a vibrant career that ranges from the acoustic post-John Coltrane group The Core--whose Office Essentials (Jazzland, 2008) made clear that the American tradition is a touchstone, at least to some, in the country's distinctive jazz scene--to ongoing work with the ...

Article: Album Review

Ape Club: Ape Club

Read "Ape Club" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
May 8, 2013

Ape Club is a new Norwegian quartet that has been operating since 2009 and plays jazz at the crossroads of be-bop and early free jazz of the late fifties and early sixties. Its debut album blends inspirations of such great composers as Thelonious Monk, Ornette Coleman and Charles Mingus, spiced with modern pop song structures, folksy ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Norwegian Sound Poems: Kristoffer Lo and Bjorn Thevik

by Eyal Hareuveni
February 3, 2013

These two debut solo albums of innovative Norwegian musicians--Kristoffer Lo and Bjørn Thevik feature long and nuanced sound poems, created with minimal means. Kristoffer LoAnomieGigafon2013 Tuba player Lo, a member of the art-rock trio PELbO and Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, is using only his tuba, ...

Article: Album Review

Hanna Paulsberg Concept: Waltz for Lilli

Read "Waltz for Lilli" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
January 21, 2013

Norway's place on the international jazz map has been assured for decades: first with saxophonist Jan Garbarek, guitarist Terje Rypdal and bassist Arild Andersen; then, a second wave including trumpeters Arve Henriksen and Nils Petter Molvær, and pianists Bugge Wesseltoft and Christian Wallumrød; and, more recently, in another wave featuring In the Country and Splashgirl. Still, ...