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Solveig Sletthjell Quartet - New Album - Det er vi
For Solveig Slettahjell, songs have never been fixed objects. They change according to who is playing them, opening themselves differently from one performance to another. On Det er vi, her eighteenth album and the third with the Solveig Slettahjell Quartet, that process turns towards home. For the first time since Tarpan Seasons, the centre of an album is once again Slettahjell’s own material.
RYMDEN - New Album - Today May Be Tomorrow
Across their previous excursions, RYMDEN have travelled widely. "Reflections and Odysseys" announced the long-awaited meeting of two great streams in modern European jazz: Wesseltoft’s New Conception of Jazz and the Swedish bass-and-drums axis of e.s.t., with Berglund and Öström bringing their own history of power, precision, lyricism and volcanic live energy. "Space Sailors" pushed further outward, with the trio’s music expanding into a greater electronic, psychedelic, progressive and punk-inflected cosmos. "Valleys and Mountains" brought them closer to Earth, to landscapes both external and internal: hikes, woods, valleys, mountains, dreams, memory and rediscovery.
Bjørn Kjellemyr Kvartett - New Mini Album - Trondheim Jazzfestival 1994
When Bugge Wesseltoft describes Bjørn Kjellemyr’s quartet of the early 1990s as the best band he has ever played in, the claim carries some weight.
The line-up alone makes "Trondheim Jazzfestival 1994" a remarkable document: Kjellemyr on acoustic and electric bass, Nils Petter Molvær on trumpet, Wesseltoft on synthesizer and Fender Rhodes, and Audun Kleive on drums. Behind the desk was sound engineer Sven Persson, an essential fifth presence who also had the good sense to record the concert. More than thirty years later, that tape has found its way back into the light.
Norwegian Grammy Nominees
