Margaret MoonshadowGood morning. #Monday
Tord Gustavsen Trio "Where Breathing Starts" #jazz #Norwegianjazz #ScandinavianJazz
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Andi ChorleyThe footpath along the two adjacent limestone reef knolls of Parkhouse Hill and Chrome Hill near Earl Sterndale.
Chrome Hill has had songs written in its honour by the Norwegian musicians Sigurd Hole (Chrome Hill) and Jonas Howden Sjøvaag (Up on Chrome Hill). In 2008 the Norwegian jazz quartet Damp changed its name to Chrome Hill.
#footpathfriday #ChromeHill #NorwegianJazz #LimestoneReefKnoll #EarlSterndale
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
Selena by Ketil Bjørnstad, released on Philips in 1977.
"Ketil Bjørnstad (born 25 April 1952) is a pianist, composer and author. Initially trained as a classical pianist, Bjørnstad discovered jazz at an early age and has embraced the emergence of "European jazz"" - Wikipedia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_9w93moqgY&list=RDz_9w93moqgY&start_radio=1
Dansere (Norwegian: "Dancers") is the second album credited to the Jan Garbarek–Bobo Stenson Quartet, recorded in November 1975 and released on ECM the following year. The quartet features rhythm section Palle Danielsson and Jon Christensen.
Tyran Grillo wrote for ECM Reviews:
There is a tendency in ECM’s formative jazz releases toward immersive beginnings. Dansere is no exception, with its introductory flutter of sax and glittering piano runs. Comparing this album to Belonging, which features Keith Jarrett in the same company as Bobo Stenson is here, it’s amazing to consider the differences with another pianist at the fulcrum. One musician’s worth of difference may not seem like much on the back of an album jacket, but here it translates into essentially ten new voices with their own sensibility of time and space...
https://ecmreviews.com/2014/12/27/dansere-old-and-new-masters/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t3dJrU9d_4&list=PLHhuZGKykOtWvysp6DJRB9JLa6MFwIUUr&index=1
#JanGarbarek #BoboStenson #PalleDanielsson #JonChristensen #ECM #ECMReviews #Jazz #NorwegianJazz #Music
We Could Be Flying by Karin Krog, released on Polydor in 1974
We Could Be Flying is a rare and classic album by KARIN KROG, a world-class jazz singer from Norway, which has been loved since its original release in 1975. The presence of New York pianist Steve Kuhn, who also composes four of the nine tracks, createsa masterpiece that combines a mellow, gentle comfort with a jazz-like groove.
The album starts off with the title track "We Could be Flying" with its solidly sounding rhythm and soulful Karin's vocals, followed by "Meaning Of Love," and the album starts off with a sound that is sure to please fans of jazz-rock. The fourth track is a cover of Joni Mitchell's "All I Want," ..- Jazz Messnegers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbbNTfNRCkA&list=RDkbbNTfNRCkA&start_radio=1
#KarinKrog #SteveSwallow
#JonChristensen #SteveKuhn #JoniMitchell #Jazz #VocalJazz #NorwegianJazz Music
Ended Thursday and welcomed a Friday off work before a trip to Sunderland Point with Maridalen by Maridalen, released on Jazzland Recordings in 2021.
The name Maridalen comes from the scenic valley that lies just north of Oslo city center. The trio's eponymous debut was recorded in the wooden Maridalen church, just a short distance from the old stone ruins of St Margaretakirken and the shores of Maridalsvannet.
What initially started as an opportunity to practice together gradually evolved into the Maridalen project. The three members found their tone in the warm harmony of double bass, trumpet and woodwind, completely without chordal instruments. In addition, they also discovered a common predilection for Swedish jazz, minimalist film music and French Impressionism. From there, the trio has developed their own musical space...
https://maridalen.bandcamp.com/album/maridalen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8wKg9S_wOw&list=RDy8wKg9S_wOw&start_radio=1
Tredje Dag by Ketil Bjørnstad, released on Phillips in 1975
Ketil Bjørnstad (born 25 April 1952) is a pianist, composer and author. Initially trained as a classical pianist, Bjørnstad discovered jazz at an early age and has embraced the emergence of "European jazz".
He is an artist on the ECM record label, but has also published some twenty books, including novels, poetry, and essay collections.
He has collaborated with other ECM artists, including cellists Svante Henryson and David Darling, drummer Jon Christensen, and guitarist Terje Rypdal. - Wikipedia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb7EZUgeO6w&list=RDsb7EZUgeO6w&start_radio=1
Ended Wednesday and started Thursday with Light Extracts an album by Norwegian guitarist Eivind Aarset's Électronique Noire
This is the second solo album by the Norwegian guitarist Eivind Aarset for Bugge Wesseltoft's Jazzland label, and as a follow-up of the well received debut album Électronique Noire, it had much to live up to, and did not disappoint. Also this time ambience and club rhythms are present, but the music lives a life of itself and has become a truly separate organism. Light Extracts is an album from the top shelf. - Wikipedia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2-ERaCdKy8&list=OLAK5uy_lS3RXXU7rXO78O835crzSfEMkg4YBZDAg
#EivindAarset #norwegianmusic #norwegianjazz #guitar #electronicsandjazz
Maridalen by Maridalen, released on Jazzland in 2021.
"The name Maridalen comes from the scenic valley that lies just north of Oslo city center. The trio's eponymous debut was recorded in the wooden Maridalen church, just a short distance from the old stone ruins of St Margaretakirken and the shores of Maridalsvannet.
What initially started as an opportunity to practice together gradually evolved into the Maridalen project. The three members found their tone in the warm harmony of double bass, trumpet and woodwind, completely without chordal instruments. In addition, they also discovered a common predilection for Swedish jazz, minimalist film music and French Impressionism. From there, the trio has developed their own musical space that both captures different mood moments and creates small stories..."
Anders Hefre – saxophones
Jonas Kilmork Vemøy – trumpet
Andreas Rødland Haga – double bass
https://maridalen.bandcamp.com/album/maridalen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8wKg9S_wOw&list=RDy8wKg9S_wOw&start_radio=1
