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Enjoy Jazz music's finest in the best possible audio quality. 50 legendary tracks in Hi-Res, including Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans Trio, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Ornette Coleman, Charles Mingus, Cannonball Adderley, Wayne Shorter, Wes Montgomery, Coleman Hawkins, Herbie Hancock, Ray Charles, Keith Jarrett,...
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Miles Davis, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Trumpet, Associated Performer, Trumpet - M. Davis, Composer, Lyricist - Jimmy Cobb, Drums - Bill Evans, Piano - Paul Chambers, Bass - Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, Alto Saxophone - John Coltrane, Tenor Saxophone - Irving Townsend, Producer
Originally released 1959. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
TOM DOWD, Engineer - Nesuhi Ertegun, Producer - John Coltrane, Tenor Saxophone, Writer, MainArtist - Phil Iehle, Engineer - Paul Chambers, Upright Bass - Art Taylor, Drums - Tommy Flanagan, Piano
© 2020 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. Manufactured for & Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company. ℗ 1960 Atlantic Recording Corporation. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
Duke Ellington, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Coltrane, Producer, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Elvin Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Thiele, Producer - Aaron Bell, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Rudy Van Gelder, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Art Blakey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lee Morgan, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Timmons, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Dizzy Gillespie, Composer - Wayne Shorter, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - FRANK PAPARELLI, Composer - Jymie Merritt, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, MainArtist
℗ 2005 Blue Note Records
Thelonious Monk, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernie Hanighen, Author - Cootie Williams, Composer - Alfred Lion, Producer - Art Blakey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Doug Hawkins, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gene Ramey, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Sahib Shihab, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - George Taitt, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Paige, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
A Blue Note Records Release; ℗ 2013 Capitol Records, LLC
Johnny Mercer, ComposerLyricist - Harold Arlen, ComposerLyricist - Orrin Keepnews, Producer, Recording Producer - The Bill Evans Trio, MainArtist
℗ 2017 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Horace Silver, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Henderson, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Carmell Jones, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Humphries, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Teddy Smith, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
A Blue Note Records Release; ℗ 2012 Capitol Records LLC
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Barney Bigard, Composer - Duke Ellington, Composer - Irving Mills, Composer
Originally released 1966. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
JIMMY KNEPPER, Trombone - Booker Ervin, Tenor Saxophone - Teo Macero, Producer - Horace Parlan, Piano - Shafi Hadi, Tenor Saxophone - John Handy, Alto Saxophone - C. Mingus, Composer - C. Mingus, Lyricist - Charles Mingus, Performer - Charles Mingus, Bass - Dannie Richmond, Drums
Originally released 1959. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Nesuhi Ertegun, Producer - Billy Higgins, Drums - Ornette Coleman, Composer, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist - Charlie Haden, Double Bass - Don Cherry, Cornet
1959 Atlantic Records 1959 Atlantic Records
The Dave Brubeck Quartet, MainArtist - Valentine Music, MusicPublisher
2010 RevOla Records 2010 RevOla Records
Johnny Mercer, ComposerLyricist - Miles Davis, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Jacques Prevert, ComposerLyricist - Joseph Kosma, ComposerLyricist - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Art Blakey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Hank Jones, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Cannonball Adderley, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Jones, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin Gray, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Blue Note Records
Ron Carter, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - HERBIE HANCOCK, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Wayne Shorter, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Elvin Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
A Blue Note Records Release; ℗ 2012 Capitol Records, LLC
Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Art Blakey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Leo Robin, Author - Ralph Rainger, Composer - Clifford Brown, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Percy Heath, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Gigi Gryce, Flute, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - John Lewis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Rouse, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - The Jazz Messengers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sabu, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
A Blue Note Records Release; ℗ 1953 Capitol Records LLC
Joaquin Rodrigo, ComposerLyricist - Hugh Jones, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - CHICK COREA, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Return To Forever, MainArtist
℗ 1973 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Chambers, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Wynton Kelly, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Montgomery, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Cobb, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Wynton Kelly Trio, MainArtist - Creed Taylor, Producer
A Verve Label Group Release; ℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ray Barretto, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Stanley Turrentine, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Major Holley, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Kenny Burrell, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bill English, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1999 Blue Note Records ℗ 1999 Blue Note Records
Doug Watkins, Double Bass, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sonny Rollins, Composer, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Max Roach, Drums, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1956 Prestige Records, Inc.
Weather Report, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Joe Zawinul, Composer, Keyboards - Wayne Shorter, Saxophone - Jaco Pastorius, Bass - Peter Erskine, Drums, Producer - Tony Zawinul, Executive Producer - Brian Risner, Engineer - Rich Breen, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2015 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Bob Cranshaw, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Billy Higgins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Lee Morgan, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Barry Harris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Henderson, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Yoshida, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
A Blue Note Records Release; ℗ 2012 Capitol Records, LLC
Wild Bill Davis, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Count Basie, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Freddie Green, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie Jones, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - E.Y. HARBURG, Composer - Vernon Duke, Author - Sonny Payne, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Count Basie and his Orchestra, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
A Verve Label Group Release; ℗ 1955 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Erroll Garner, MainArtist - STEVE ROSENTHAL, Producer - Martha Glaser, Producer - Peter Lockhart, Producer
(C) 2019 Octave Music Licensing, LLC. Under exclusive worldwide license to Mack Avenue Records II, LLC. (P) 2019 Octave Music Licensing, LLC. Under exclusive worldwide license to Mack Avenue Records II, LLC.
Ben Webster, Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BROWN, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Coleman Hawkins, Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Herb Ellis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Peterson, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Alvin Stoller, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - McCoy Tyner, Composer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Blue Note Records
The Glenn Miller Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Buddy Defranco, Associated Performer - The Glenn Miller Orchestra under the direction of Buddy DeFranco, Associated Performer - Robert Maxwell, Composer, Lyricist - Brad McCuen, Producer - Matt Malneck, Composer, Lyricist - Don Sebesky, Arranger
Originally released 1967. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Rudy Van Gelder, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Freddie Hubbard, Composer, MainArtist
℗ 2004 Blue Note Records
H. Mason, Composer - H. Mason, Lyricist - Bennie Maupin, Performer - Material, Producer - Paul Jackson, Acoustic Bass - Herbie Hancock, Composer - Herbie Hancock, Lyricist - Herbie Hancock, Producer - Herbie Hancock, Keyboards - Herbie Hancock, Performer - B. Maupin, Composer - B. Maupin, Lyricist - David Rubinson, Producer - Bill Summers, Percussion - P. Jackson, Composer - P. Jackson, Lyricist - Harvey Mason, Drums
(P) 1973 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Ray Charles, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist - TOM DOWD, Engineer - Wesley Jackson, Guitar - Oscar Pettiford, Double Bass - Milt Jackson, MainArtist - Conrad "Connie Kay" Kimon, Drums - Clifton "Skeeter" Best, Guitar - Milton "Bags" Jackson, Piano, Writer - Willie Melvin "Billy" Mitchell, Tenor Saxophone
© 1958 Atlantic Records ℗ 1958 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International for the world outside of the United States.
Richard Davis, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Bobby Hutcherson, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer - Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Dolphy, Composer, Bass Clarinet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Williams, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 Blue Note Records
Vince Guaraldi, Producer, Piano, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Monty Budwig, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Vince Guaraldi Trio, MainArtist - Colin Bailey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Les Mccann, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Stanley Turrentine, Composer, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Herbie Lewis, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Otis Finch, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
A Blue Note Records release; ℗ 2005 Capitol Records, LLC
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Kamasi Washington, MainArtist
2015 Brainfeeder 2015 Brainfeeder
Keith Jarrett, Composer, Producer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Pearson, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2019 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Tom Skinner, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Hick, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Shabaka Hutchings, Producer, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Sons Of Kemet, MainArtist - Dilip Harris, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Theon Cross, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - Moses Boyd, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2018 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Norman Gimbel, ComposerLyricist - Astrud Gilberto, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Vinicius De Moraes, ComposerLyricist - António Carlos Jobim, Piano, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joao Gilberto, MainArtist - Stan Getz, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Williams, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Milton Banana, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer
A Verve Label Group Release; ℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ralph Carmichael, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Nat King Cole, MainArtist - Lee Gillette, Producer - Bert Kaempfert, ComposerLyricist - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Milton Gabler, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Bryant, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2004 Capitol Records, LLC
Nina Simone, Performer - Albert "Tootie" Heath, Performer - Jimmy Bond, Performer - Gus Kahn, Lyricist - Walter Donaldson, Composer - Nina Simone, Composer
2013 Bethlehem Records 2013 Bethlehem Records
Tommy Goodman, Conductor - Unknown, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Grady Tate, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Allen Hanlon, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - GEORGE DAVID WEISS, ComposerLyricist - Hank Jones, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Richardson, Clarinet, Flute, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - J.J. Johnson, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Clark Terry, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - George Douglas, ComposerLyricist - Bob Thiele, Producer - Joe Wilder, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Russell Savakus, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - EDDIE BRACKETT, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Urbie Green, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Simpson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Trimboli, Flute, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Art Ryerson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Markowitz, Clarinet, Flute, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Raymond Stanfield, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Willard Suyker, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Warren Hard, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
A Verve Label Group Release; ℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tommy Lipuma, Producer - Burt Bacharach, Composer - Hal David, Author - CLAUS OGERMAN, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Luis Conte, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra/Member, AssociatedPerformer - Christian McBride, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Erskine, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Diana Krall, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Romero Lubambo, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johnny Mercer, ComposerLyricist - Jerome Kern, ComposerLyricist - Philly Joe Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Chet Baker, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Drew, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - George Morrow, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Grauer, Producer
℗ 2019 Craft Recordings.
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Rich, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - RAY BROWN, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Herb Ellis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Peterson, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Bregman, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - Hugo Cipolatti, Adapter
A Verve Records Release; ℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bart Howard, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, Conductor - Frank Sinatra, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Count Basie and his Orchestra, FeaturedArtist - Charles Pignone, Producer
℗ 2008 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Sarah Vaughan, MainArtist - Bob Shad, Producer - Hal Mooney and His Orchestra, Orchestra
A Verve Label Group Release; ℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Lambert, Hendricks, And Ross, MainArtist
2010 RevOla Records 2010 ReOla Records
Billie Holiday, MainArtist - Edward Heyman, ComposerLyricist - Frank Eyton, ComposerLyricist - Robert Sour, ComposerLyricist - Carl Drinkard, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Carson Smith, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Coleman Hawkins, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Burrell, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chico Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - John W. Green, ComposerLyricist - Tony Scott, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
A Verve Label Group Release; ℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Andy Razaf, Author - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Count Basie, MainArtist - Fats Waller, ComposerLyricist - Harry Brooks, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1963 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Arif Mardin, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ned Washington, Composer - HOAGY CARMICHAEL, Composer - Jay Newland, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Norah Jones, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Todd Parker, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dick Kondas, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
A Blue Note Records Release; ℗ 2012 Capitol Records LLC
Phil Ramone, Producer - Edward Heyman, Author - Frank Eyton, ComposerLyricist - Robert Sour, Author - Amy Winehouse, MainArtist - John W. Green, ComposerLyricist - Tony Bennett, MainArtist
℗ 2011 Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment, under license in the U.S. to Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Aretha Franklin, Performer - Buddy Lucas, Tenor Saxophone - Ernie Hayes, Piano - Gary Chester, Drums - George Duvivier, Bass - Maria Grever, Composer - Maria Grever, Lyricist - Robert Mersey, Arranger - Robert Mersey, Conductor - Robert Mersey, Producer - Robert Mersey & His Orchestra, Performer - Stanley Adams, Composer - Stanley Adams, Lyricist - Teddy Charles, Vibraphone
Originally released 1964. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - RAY BROWN, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Benny Goodman, ComposerLyricist - Edgar Sampson, ComposerLyricist - Herb Ellis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Louie Bellson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Chick William Webb, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Peterson, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - Andriamanantena Paul Razafinkarefo, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc., Mit freundlicher Genehmigung: Universal Music Group International
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Enjoy Jazz music's finest in the best possible audio quality. 50 legendary tracks in Hi-Res, including Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans Trio, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Ornette Coleman, Charles Mingus, Cannonball Adderley, Wayne Shorter, Wes Montgomery, Coleman Hawkins, Herbie Hancock, Ray Charles, Keith Jarrett, Stan Getz, Nina Simone, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Diana Krall, Norah Jones, Billie Holiday...
Photo : John Coltrane
Nordic Jazz in 10 Albums
by Marc Zisman
Snowy scenes, big expanses, beautiful nature everywhere… Scandinavia is often described by the same old clichés. Jazz is no exception. We tend to talk about Scandi jazz like it’s one big genre. Though each country has its own distinct style; Denmark’s scene rivals traditional North American jazz, Norway tends to get experimental and Sweden treads the line between the two. Nordic musicians have been adding their own unique touch to the genre since the 70s and the younger generation continue to sculpt its future. Here, we zoom in on Scandinavian jazz in 10 albums, offering a glimpse into a discography that’s as wide as a fjord.
Bobo Stenson Trio – Serenity (2000)
You’d better forget the Keith Jarrett tag that people have often stuck to Bobo Stenson. Even though he regularly played with the American’s three Scandinavian partners (Jan Garbarek, Palle Danielsson and Jon Christensen), Stenson had a thoroughly distinctive style. After spending the 60s accompanying jazz stars who passed through Stockholm (Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz, Don Cherry, Gary Burton), this subtle pianist started to feed off a wide variety of sources and influences. His music was never limited to one place. He expanded his world into the many corners of improv, be it jazz or some other genre. This eclecticism made Stenson a great match for his label: ECM. His Serenity album with his piano/bass/drums trio is arguably his best work. Mixing their own compositions with pieces by Wayne Shorter, Silvio Rodriguez, Alban Berg, Charles Ives, Hanns Eisler and Lorens Brolin, the three men invented their own melody-centric semantics. Even in their most adventurous improvisations, Bobo Stenson and his rhythmic section never broke the thread that linked these composers and disparate periods. They marry traditional jazz and European/Cuban folk with 20th century classical. As is often the case with this kind of musician - the ones who always have one ear pricked, listening out to what the others are doing - silence and space are the specialities here.
E.S.T. (Esbjörn Svensson Trio) – Seven Days of Falling (2003)
During their fifteen-year-long career (which ended when their leader died in a scuba diving accident at the age of 44) Esbjörn Svensson’s percussive trio never sat still. Together with drummer Magnus Öström and bassist Dan Berglund, the Swedish pianist went full tilt. If you thought the piano/bass/drums trio was a bit passé, you’d be forgetting this trio who left their mark on hordes of people in the 90s. At first, their music felt a bit like a smokescreen. But Svensson wasn’t just a jazz pianist with an eye for rock and drum’n’bass... As proved by Seven Days of Falling, E.S.T.’s soul remained viscerally jazzy and sagacious. On this record, which was released in late 2003, the band celebrated their ten-year-long career by demonstrating their unfailing complicity. More than ever before, their three personalities merged into one voice. They cited Radiohead, The Police, Deep Purple and Aphex Twin as their inspirations, though the essence of Ballad for the Unborn, Believe, Beleft, Below and Why She Didn't Come lies elsewhere. They skilfully play with space and silence (did someone say it’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play?!). They cleverly weave rhythms around melodies (Seven Days of Falling). They purify their art and explore repetition (Did They Ever Tell Cousteau?). They reaffirm their values and then quickly sweep them away again. Seven Days of Falling is the album that most and least sounds like E.S.T. It’s also their best.
Mette Henriette – Mette Henriette (2015)
A double album for a debut. ECM as a label. And Anton Corbijn designing the album cover. Mette Henriette Martedatter Rølvåg made waves when she wowed the international jazz scene in 2015. The young saxophonist from Trondheim chose to split her record in two. She played in trio for the first part with cellist Katrine Schiøtt and pianist Johan Lindvall. For the second, she played with a group of 13 musicians with trumpet, trombone, accordion, piano, double bass, drums and the Cikada Quartet’s strings. The first thing that hits you with this amazing, dense double album is the serene feeling that you can’t help but suspect mirrors the composer’s personality. Everything is like a whisper. Slow breathing, a warm atmosphere, weightlessness. Infused with jazz and classical music in equal measure, the 1h40m album was composed over a decade. Mette Henriette focuses more on the music than her instrument. Her improvisations are more like textures than phrases. The relationship she maintains with her multiple accomplices exhibits a rare intensity. The spaces give this record an immense breadth, which the saxophonist fleshes out on stage by designing scenography, choreographies and light installations. Impressive!
Hanna Paulsberg Concept – Eastern Smiles (2016)
What if Sonny Rollins had a daughter and she was... Norwegian?! Hanna Paulsberg’s powerful roar may well echo that of the musician behind The Bridge, but it is nevertheless very unique. At the head of her quartet (called the Hanna Paulsberg Concept and composed of pianist Oscar Grönberg, drummer Erik Nylander and double bassist Trygve Fiske) the thirty-year-old saxophonist from Rygge, daughter of a jazz drummer, unveiled compositions that she performed with energy and robustness. On this lush post-bop album from 2016, the tenor virtuoso makes her sound more delicate. Each phrase is fluid, elegant. Stan Getz’s ghost - whose music, especially Café Montmartre, encouraged her to take up the sax – doesn’t feel far away. Paulsberg never overdoes it, avoiding complacency and gratuitous reed effects. Her broad sound even caught the attention of the legendary pianist Chick Corea, who invited her to play alongside him. Three years after Eastern Smiles, Paulsberg broadened her spectrum with the mystical and spiritual Daughter of the Sun, a record that was dedicated to Hatshepsut, a queen of ancient Egypt who would become the pharaoh. She created the album together with Swedish trumpet player Magnus Broo and veered towards more traditional African sounds.
Geir Sundstøl – Brødløs (2018)
This choice is a bit of a trick. Not that it’s not an amazing album - quite the opposite. But it’s less about the album and more about the label: Hubro. Meaning owl in Norwegian, it was one of the most exciting labels around in the 2010s. You can’t talk about Scandinavian jazz without mentioning it. Founded in Haugesund, a small town on the west coast of Norway, by Andreas Meland, Hubro brought the vibrant local jazz scene to light. Well, it mostly sticks to the jazz scene, but it doesn’t stop there. Like ECM – though a much more modern, DIY version - Hubro is rooted in jazz but has been quick to branch out into all types of improvised music as well as venturing into post-rock, electro, folk, rock, ambient, you name it! Any album released on this label is one-of-a-kind. Brødløs included. It’s the third album by guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Geir Sundstøl and it sounds a bit like the soundtrack to a western movie set under the northern lights. It was created together with other Nordic madmen including Nils Petter Molvær, Erland Dahlen, David Wallumrød, Mats Eilersten, Jo Berger Myhre, without forgetting the incredible tabla player Sanskriti Shrestha. There’s a bit of Bill Frisell and Brian Eno in Sundstøl, who shapes his music like it’s clay. With the pedal steel, six-string bass, harmonica, banjo, mandolin and a Moog, Sundstøl cleared out his attic and set off on a fascinating expedition to the borders of ambient music. Just like everything Andreas Meland offers up on Hubro, this album is captivating. Legend even has it that Brødløs is his most played record...
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