Winter Poem by Radka Toneff, released on 1977 on Sonet in Norway.

"Ellen Radka Toneff (25 June 1952 – 21 October 1982) was a Norwegian jazz singer, daughter of the Bulgarian folk singer, pilot and radio technician Toni Toneff,[1] she was born in Oslo and grew up in Lambertseter and Kolbotn.[2] She is still considered one of Norway's greatest jazz singers....

...Toneff was awarded the Spellemannsprisen 1977 in the category best vocal for the album Winter Poem, and she posthumously received the Norwegian Jazz Association's Buddypris in 1982." - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrtdT74Kh7o&list=PLkuivVXN1s9-6nedekVDdqjvept7GrJlO&index=2

#RadkaToneff #VocalJazz #NorwegianJazz #Jazz #Music #ArildAnderson

Slipped into sleep and then welcomed Friday with Cycles the second album by cellist David Darling, recorded in 1981 and released on ECM the following year.

Tyran Grillo wrote for ECM Reviews:

"Cellist David Darling has had a long, if sporadic, association with ECM, quietly forging—either under the guise of solo artist or buried in an album’s roster—some of the label’s most lyrical atmospheres. With Cycles, however, Darling magnified his sound-world through the inimitable talents of Jan Garbarek and Collin Walcott in a space both selfless and uniquely his own. Add to that the astonishing pianism of Steve Kuhn and the depth of Arild Andersen on bass, and you get what is, to this listener at least, one of ECM’s finest celestial alignments..."

https://ecmreviews.com/2011/11/08/cycles/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0zxDklTW7w&list=OLAK5uy_mjRP-ePBAhwulXvQb-aV4_Ul88VYDkQqM

#daviddarling #cello #ecm #ecmreviews #jangarbarek #colinwalcott #stevekuhn #arildanderson #1982inmusic

A Molde Concert by Arild Anderson released on ECM in 1982.

Tyran Grillo wrote for ECM Reviews:

"...Here, the bassist is joined by names which, though now celebrated, were still fledgling at the time: guitarist Bill Frisell (still seeking out his characteristic warble among the increasingly populated trees of the 1980s), pianist John Taylor, and ex-Weather Reporter Alphonse Mouzon on drums...

...After an elastic opening, “Cherry Tree” slingshots into a set consisting entirely of Andersen originals, save for the romping “Dual Mr. Tillman Anthony” (Miles Davis) that concludes the show. From the beginning, the breadth of arrangement is apparent, Frisell laying out embracing themes as Andersen and Mouzon work double time..."

https://ecmreviews.com/2011/11/20/molde-concert/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PfT52R6O0E&list=OLAK5uy_nW3e87dIgdopfFPflmvKGwyl3GJpmL_5Y

#arildanderson #billfrissel #ecm #ecmreviews #AlphonseMouzon #johntaylor #moldejazzfestival

Ended the week and welcomed the weekend with The Triangle by Arild Andersen w/Vassilis Tsabropoulos and John Marshall released on ECM in 2003.
Tyran Grillo wrote for ECM Reviews:
"Classical pianist and late jazz bloomer Vassilis Tsabropoulos turned heads with his ECM debut, Achirana, for which he redefined the piano trio under the leadership of bassist Arild Andersen and guidance of drummer John Marshall, both improvisers of proven stamina and invention. Whereas Tsabropoulos’s playing felt at times muddied and inattentive to negative space on that nevertheless enchanting record, this sophomore effort ushers us into a new and vibrant chapter with “Straight.” Immediately one can tell in this Tsabropoulos original that its composer has already tapped into the qualities of a fine improviser, treating his hands more like feet engaged in dance, leaping and bounding their way through turns of phrase..."

#ecm #ecmreviews #arildanderson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQdbqDEYNE