Norwegian Jazz

[Guest che]

Hi.

I will be making a trip to Norway soon I have not been to Norway before, I have been to all the other countries in the region.

I am a big fan of Norwegian Jazz and have a few CD's, these include albums by Jan Garbarek, Nils Petter Molaer, Tord Gustavsen, Sijle Nergaard etc etc.

If I was new to Norwegian Jazz and I asked you to name three albums that would introduce me to jazz in Norway, what would you choose and why would you choose these albums?

Just a late Friday question

Che.

[A Lark Ascending]

Atomic!!!!!!!!

And Atomic with Ken Vandermark:

One of my favourite groups of the moment.

Very different to what is normally thought of as jazz from Norway - they avoid the ambient 'fjord-music' going for a rougher yet frequently melodic approach. At times they remind me of the Jarrett American Quartet of the 70s but with rougher edges.

Edited March 18, 2005 by Bev Stapleton

[Guest che]

Atomic!!!!!!!!

And Atomic with Ken Vandermark:

One of my favourite groups of the moment.

Yep I am aware of the group but that is only one choice out of three, and you did not say why

Che.

[Guest che]

Atomic!!!!!!!!

And Atomic with Ken Vandermark:

One of my favourite groups of the moment.

Very different to what is normally thought of as jazz from Norway - they avoid the ambient 'fjord-music' going for a rougher yet frequently melodic approach. At times they remind me of the Jarrett American Quartet of the 70s but with rougher edges.

Ok I get it now Bev, you did name three albums and I await the reasons why

Che.

[A Lark Ascending]

Read the bottom, Andy!

This is similar in sound, a bit further 'out'.

Wonderfully oddball version of 'Send in the Clowns'.

Both groups owe more to the 60s free/semi-free scene than they do to Garbarek. I like Garbarek but this is nicely different.

I've always liked jazz that treads on the edge between the structured/melodic and the totally free - the Ogun stuff of the 70s, LJCO, Brotherhood of Breath, 70s Carla Bley etc.

These seem to work in that territory but with their own dialect.

Edited March 18, 2005 by Bev Stapleton

[Guest che]

Yep missed it Bev and point taken.

Che.

[sidewinder]

How about some of the stuff from accordianist Stian Cartensen? Notably his duet recordings with Ian Ballamy.

[Peter]

What Bev said!!!, Saw them with Vandermark 5 in Milwaukee last Summer & they were hot. No cold, sparse nordic jazz here!