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February 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Jon Christensen
Jon Christensen has died, aged 76. The Norwegian drummer was one of the greats of Euro jazz working with Jan Garbarek, Bobo Stenson, Tomasz Stanko and many others. It wasn’t just European jazz artists that he worked with – though he was a staple of the ECM label. That of course meant he worked with […]Archive
December 3, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Snorre Kirk: Beat
Snorre Kirk Beat Stunt Records / Sundance Music Ltd. Norwegian drummer Snorre Kirk leads a truly Scandinavian band (Klas Lindquist on alto sax and clarinet and Tobias Wiklund on the cornet are from Sweden, while bassist Lasse Mørck, pianist Magnus Hjorth and tenor sax master Jan Harbeck are from Denmark). And over a handful of […]Archive
July 14, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Arve Henriksen: Towards Language
Arve Henriksen Towards Language Rune Grammofon The calligraphic waft of Arve Henriksen’s trumpet is its own woozy, ethereal fug – through his horn and with his occasional vocalisations he has, over a double-handful of records (recording prolifically) created his own language – an ambient-jazz that is all at once hypnotic and yet hard to grasp. […]Archive
January 30, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Bushman’s Revenge: Thou Shalt Boogie
Bushman’s Revenge Thou Shalt Boogie Rune Grammofon Somehow this Norwegian group manages to combine quiet, reflective, tranquil nearly-jazz (Waltz Me Baby, Waltz Me All Night Long) with post-Hendrix wig-outs (Kugeln und Kraut) combining vestiges of psychedelic rock, prog, and metal to offer elements of Cream-meets-Sabbath and King Crimson-jams-with-Sun Ra. This is the band’s sixth record, […]Archive
November 19, 2013 by Simon Sweetman