Karin Krog (Vocals) Arild Andersen(Bass)#1-3 Joachim Kuhn(Piano, AltoSax)#8-10 Eje Thelin(Trombone)#8-10 Palle Danielsson(Bass)#8-10 Aldo Romano(Ds)#8-10 Adelhard Roidinger(Guitar)#8-10 Elisabeth Sonstevikd(Harp)#6 Recorded January 19, 1972#5-7, June 21, 1972#1-3,8-10 & December 12, 1974#4 1. God Bless The Child 3:23 2. Round Midnight 7:38 3. Lonely Woman 6:43 4. Aria With Fontano Mix 5:58 5. For My Two J.B’s 0:31 6. Santa Monica 3:07 7. As A Wife Has A Cow 0:54 8. Tine’s Nightmare 7:20 9. Glissando 4:23 10. Different Days, Different Ways...
Read More«Hi-Fly» – Karin Krog/Archie Shepp with Charles Greenlee,Jon Balke,Arild Andersen, Beaver Harris and Cameron Brown. Recorded in Oslo in 1976 with engineer Bjørn Lillehagen. The album came about on the initiative of Beaver Harris as he and Archie were passing through Oslo. The songs on the album are mainly compositions by jazzmusicians, like «Sing me softly of the blues» by Carla Bley, «Soul Eyes» by Mal Waldron, «Hi-FLy» by Randy Weston and Shepps own «Steam». The album won a Grammy award in Japan in...
Read More«Gershwin with Krog» – Karin Krog/ Bjarne Nerem with Egil Kapstad, Arild Andersen and Jon Christensen. Recorded in Oslo in1974 with engineer Inge Holst Jacobsen. This CD finds Krog with some of the best Norwegian jazzmusicians. Rhythm section: Egil Kapstad, pno, Arild Andersen Bs, Jon Christensen, Drs, and not to forget Tenor-saxophonist Bjarne Nerem. This is an album of Gershwin music, and won Krog the prize: Female artist of the year...
Read MoreJan Erik Vold: Vokal The Complete Recordings 1966–1977 CD 1: Briskeby blues + HAV Briskeby blues (1969) 1 Tang / Å møte en gammel kjenning / Uplift blues / Desemberlys /Sommerdrømmen (12:28) 2 Funny / Tale for loffen / Min nye blå dyne (5:51) 3 Kropper / Amper juli blues / Ikke alle kjærtegn / Ikke si det. Jeg vet / Han var her (5:18) HAV (1970) 4 Det alle vet (21:50) 5 Dikt (16:43) Trikkeskinner (1973) 6 Trikkeskinner (3:12) 7 Tre små ting (3:15) Tracks 1–3 recorded October 16–17, 1969 at Roger Arnhoff Lydstudio, Oslo....
Read MoreJan Erik Vold: Vokal The Complete Recordings 1966–1977 CD 1: Briskeby blues + HAV Briskeby blues (1969) 1 Tang / Å møte en gammel kjenning / Uplift blues / Desemberlys /Sommerdrømmen (12:28) 2 Funny / Tale for loffen / Min nye blå dyne (5:51) 3 Kropper / Amper juli blues / Ikke alle kjærtegn / Ikke si det. Jeg vet / Han var her (5:18) HAV (1970) 4 Det alle vet (21:50) 5 Dikt (16:43) Trikkeskinner (1973) 6 Trikkeskinner (3:12) 7 Tre små ting (3:15) Tracks 1–3 recorded October 16–17, 1969 at Roger Arnhoff Lydstudio, Oslo....
Read MoreJan Erik Vold: Vokal The Complete Recordings 1966–1977 CD 1: Briskeby blues + HAV Briskeby blues (1969) 1 Tang / Å møte en gammel kjenning / Uplift blues / Desemberlys /Sommerdrømmen (12:28) 2 Funny / Tale for loffen / Min nye blå dyne (5:51) 3 Kropper / Amper juli blues / Ikke alle kjærtegn / Ikke si det. Jeg vet / Han var her (5:18) HAV (1970) 4 Det alle vet (21:50) 5 Dikt (16:43) Trikkeskinner (1973) 6 Trikkeskinner (3:12) 7 Tre små ting (3:15) Tracks 1–3 recorded October 16–17, 1969 at Roger Arnhoff Lydstudio, Oslo....
Read MoreCelebration
Last Saturday we finished mixing my new live cd for ECM » Celebration » . It is with «Scottish National Jazz Orchestra» directed by Tommy Smith.It will be out spring 2012 .The recording is from a concert in Glasgow last october.We play music from the ECM catalogue. Crystal Silence , Chick Corea. Molde Canticle, Jan Garbarek. May Dance , Dave Holland. Ulrikas Dans ,Trygve Seim. My Song , Keith Jarrett . Independency IV , Arild Andersen. Here is a Sample of Jan Garbarek´s Molde Canticle arrangement by Tommy Smith Photos below are Manfred Eicher ,Jan Erik Kongshaug...
Read MoreArild Andersen /Tommy Smith/ Paolo Vinaccia Tokyo 2010
The trio plays Arild Andersens composition » Outhouse»
Read MoreStan Getz in Helsinki 1989
Stan Getz With Arild Andersen . Piano Peter Madsen drums Ben Riley What id this thing called love
Read MoreStan Getz in Helsinki 1989
Stan Getz with Arild Andersen . Peter Madsen on piano, Ben Riley on drums. Just Friends
Read MoreArild Andersen Quintet
The quintet started out as an idea to connect the musicians I have been working with the last 10 years . It comes from three trios. Carsten Dahl, Patrice Heral, Arild Andersen Markus Stockhausen,Patrice Heral, Arild Andersen Arild Andersen,Tommy Smith, Paolo Vinaccia Patrice has also subbed for Paolo in my trio several times. This is all some of my favorite musicians and from this I wanted to form a New Quintet Marcin Wasilewski , who I worked with this winter came in on piano. I did not work with a Jazz Quintet like this since my band “ Masqualero”...
Read MoreYstad Jazzfestival, Sweden
Last Saturday I played a concert at Ystad Theatre in Sweden. It was a band with Jan Lundgren piano,Peter Asplund trumpet and the fantastic singer from South Korea Youn Sun Nah. It was a direct broadcast for Swedish radio, but the link was broken due to heavy thunder storms. So Swedish Radio P2 left a link to the whole concert. If you want to listen here it is. Lyssna: Hela Jan Lundgrens konsert med sina...
Read MoreKongsberg and Molde Jazz Festival
This summer I had a new quintet at the Kongsberg Jazz Fertival. It was Markus Stockhausen on trumpet ,Tommy Smith saxophone,Marcin Wasilewski piano and Patrice Heral on drums. A really European quintet. It was great fun and I really hope to do more concerts with this quintet. Some music from this concert will be posted here a little later. At the Molde Festival I played a concert with Thomasz Stanko Quintet featuring Craig Taiborn piano, Chris Potter sax, and Jim Black drums . So nice to play with Thomasz again and those fantastic musicians . Later in the week I had my own trio with...
Read MoreArild Andersen Quintet Kongsberg Jazzfestival 2011
AA på blå resept Alle som sliter enten det er fysisk eller psykisk kan ha svært godt av en konsert med Arild Andersen. Tor Hammerø PUBLISERT 10.07.11 10:33 KONGSBERG (SIDE2):Det kommer egentlig ikke som noen overraskelse, men det er like hyggelig å slå det fast nok en gang: En konsert med kongerikets store bassist Arild Andersen er alltid en opplevelse som utstråler varme, strålende musikk og ofte konstellasjoner vi aldri har hørt før. Slik var det definitivt på avslutningsdagen av årets festival på Kongsberg også. Internasjonalt band Andersen, som er en de fire store i...
Read MoreEcm reviews: Green In Blue
Arild Andersen double-bass Jon Balke piano Knut Riisnaes tenor and soprano saxophones, flute Pål Thowsen drums Juhani Aaltonen tenor and soprano saxophones, flutes, percussion Lars Jansson piano, Moog-synthesizer, string ensemble I used to hear jazz through a diurnal lens: it was either night or day. I saw this reflected in many album covers, which could be bright (Milt Jackson’s Sunflower comes to mind) or deeply nocturnal (which pegs a good portion of the Blue Note catalogue). ECM has been unique in charting the in-between, those crepuscular moments of the genre in which transitions...
Read MoreJazz Tokyo . By Kenny Inaoka ( in Japanese )
アーリル・アンダーシェン(アリルド・アンデルセン) Arild Andersen double-bass/composer (Norway) Interviewed by Kenny Inaoka/稲岡邦弥 photo:collection of Arild Andersen/Inaoka(*) Jazz Tokyo part 1 アーリル・アンダーシェン(アリルド・アンデルセン)double-bass/composer ノル ウェー Jazz Tokyo Part...
Read MoreGreen In Blue: Early Quartets (2010)
Arild Andersen double-bass Jon Balke piano Knut Riisnaes tenor and soprano saxophones, flute Pål Thowsen drums Juhani Aaltonen tenor and soprano saxophones, flutes, percussion Lars Jansson piano, Moog-synthesizer, string ensemble Clouds In My Head (ex ECM 1059) 305 W 18 St Last Song Outhouse Song For A Sad Day Clouds In My Head Cycles Siv The Sword Under His Wings Shimri (ex ECM 1082) Shimri No Tears Ways Of Days Wood Song Vaggvisa För Hanna Dedication Green Shading Into Blue (ex ECM 1127) Sole The Guitarist Anima Radka’s Samba Terhi Green Shading Into Blue Jana 3-CD...
Read MoreOslo Jazzfestival 2010
Ellaprisen til Arild Andersen Bassisten, bandlederen og komponisten får prisen for å ha løftet norsk jazz. Arild Andersen får årets Ella-pris. Prisen, som deles ut av Oslo Jazzfestival, er en anerkjennelse av artistens ekstraordinære innsats og betydning for jazzmiljøet i hovedstaden. Juryen sier at prisen går til en musiker som har «brutt ny mark, løftet norsk jazz til nye høyder og bidratt til å plassere Norge solid på det internasjonale jazzkartet.» Foruten å samarbeide med en rekke kjente norske og internasjonale jazzartister, har Andersen utforsket...
Read MoreGary Burton , Tommy Smith,Arild Andersen, Alex Riel Molde 2010
Glitrende mestermøte Burton/Smith/Andersen/Riel i forrykende kvartettkonsert på Moldejazz. Mosnes Dagbladet
Read MoreAndersen/Smith/Vinaccia Nordlysfestival Februar 2010
Arild Andersen og skotske Tommy Smith imponerte absolutt alle i salen med sine jazzlåter med et to timer langt musikalsk festfyrverkeri. Nordlys Yngve Nilsen
Read MoreHyperborean
This is Arild Andersens composition » Hyperborean». The singer is Elin Rosseland.She received the Radka Tonef Memorial Prize 2009. This version of Hyperborean is totaly improvised. They had no time to rehearse the piece, so this is the first time they play it together.
Read MoreKongsberg Jazzfestival 2009
En allerede brennhet Kongsberg kino nådde kokepunktet da Arild Andersen leverte Kongsberg- festivalens høydepunkt. Sammen med den skotske tenorsaksofonisten Tommy Smith og vår egen – etter å ha bodd her i mange tiår, har vi lov å si det – Paolo Vinaccia på trommer, utstråler Andersen en spilleglede og livsbejaenhet som alle har noe å lære av. Den danske mesterpianist Carsten Dahl, som Andersen har samarbeida mye med tidligere i en annen trio, passet perfekt inn i settingen og ga bandet nok en dimensjon. Arild Andersen trio featuring Carsten Dahl Kongsberg Jazzfestival...
Read MoreJazz Times On «Live at Belleville» by Thomas Conrad
Arild Andersen: Burning in the Cold, Dark North APRIL 2009 Arild Andersen: Burning in the Cold, Dark North By Thomas Conrad On Arild Andersen’s new ECM album, Live at Belleville, Tommy Smith’s tenor saxophone rasps and brays and lunges over intervals and keens toward madness. Andersen’s bass enters and hammers nails into the music. Drummer Paolo Vinaccia randomly erupts, scattering curses. Then the three settle into time and fly, Smith’s blistering runs converging to long hoarse cries. The sound, like the music, is raw. Aren’t ECM recordings supposed to be moody and ethereal, with...
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