Sam Rivers
Here is a Japanese site where some musician tell their story and admiration for Sam Rivers. I played with him at Rivbea studio in New York a lot and my story is included here. The photo is fro Molde International Jazzfestival 1973 http://www.jazztokyo.com/rip/rivers/rivers.html
Read MoreJapan site
For my friends in Japan Here is a site that might be interesting. I do not know what it says , but since I have been a good boy last year it can´t be too bad. Japan Site DrillSpin
Read MoreNew Year 2012
The new year started with the good news that the CD Rheomusi with Fabiano Araujo trio was voted among the 10 best records of Brazil 2011. I will be doing some concerts with my new Quintet this year, and I am writing some new material for the Quintet. The trio with Paolo Vinaccia and Tommy Smith will be busy this year as well, I am looking forward to a creative year .
Read MoreFabiano Araujo, Arild Andersen , Nana Vasconcelos
Recorded January 2011 in Sao Paolo Ya 2:52 Hyperborean 7:22 Composed by Arild Andersen P 6:24 Anaca 7:49 Negro 10:17 Norte 2:37 Santa Maria 6:05 Composed by Fabiano Araujo By Cd iTunes...
Read MoreJan Berger » Ego Trip»
Erik Amundsen Arild Andersen Odd Børretzen Laila Dalseth Ditlef Eckhoff Helge Hurum Egil Kapstad Karin Krog Erling Wicklund 01. Satin Doll (Ellington/Strayhorn/J. Mercer) (2.31) – Erik 02. Blues in the Closet (O. Pettiford) (2.14) – Arild 03. Shiny Stockings (F. Foster) (4.29) – Karin / Arild 04. Nuages (D. Reinhardt) (3.41) – Arild 05. Street Swingers Medley (8.16) – Erik / Erling 06. Guitar Medley (5.12) 07. Afternoon in Paris (J. Lewis) (2.29) – Egil 08. Voggande...
Read MoreMusic Year 2011
This year has been a great year for the trio with Tommy Smith and Paolo Vinaccia. We have played concerts in USA, Argentina ,India , Egypt ,Turkey in addition to Europe. I started a quintet with Marcin Wasilewski piano, Patrice Heral drums, Tommy Smith saxophone and Markus Stockhausen altenating with Paolo Fresu on trumpet. There are a couple of songs from Kongsberg in the musicplayer. ( Markus on trumpet) I did two concerts with the project «Celebration» together with SNJO at London jazzfestival and at the Molde Jazz festival. We also mixed the concert from Glasgow with this...
Read MoreTour in India
India The trio with Tommy Smith and Paolo Vinaccia with Mak McKellen as sound producer went to India for 14 days end of November. We played school concerts in Chennai and Delhi and ended the tour with a concert on Dec 9 at the festival Jazz Utsav in Delhi. It left a very strong impression on us to see how poor people live in earth cottages and with the garbage all over the place and then the very rich palaces for some people… We had a fantastic time however and was very well taken care of by Spic Macay who is an volunteer foundation for Arts and Education. The tour was payed by the...
Read MoreArendal Nov 10, 2011
A great review from a Concert in Arendal Nov 10 2011 . In Norwegian only . See some photos in Photo Gallery
Read MoreNorways no 1 Record of all times.
This fall there has been a voting where 100 Norwegian musicians from all categories in music have voted for their 10 favourite recordings of all times in Norway . The record «Fairytales » with Radka Toneff and Steve Dobrogosz won. I produced the record back in 1982 and it was the first digital recording in Norway recorded 2 track in the «Grieg Hall» in Bergen. Second came the famous popgroup a-ha .
Read MoreLugano Nov 9 2011
We played a Quintet concert at the Radio Concert hall in Lugano Arild Andersen Quintet Tommy Smith Sax , Paolo Fresu Trumpet, Marcin Wasilewski piano , Patrice Heral Drums It is a great quintet and I will work it as a pool of musicians that I like to play with. All these guys are so busy it will be impossible to have the same lineup all times. In Lugano Paolo Fresu played trumpet. Kongsberg last summer it was Markus Stockhausen This way the quintet will have some fresh inputs every time. More photos in Photo Gallery ...
Read MoreArgentina
Last week the trio did 3 concerts in Argentina. Buenos Aires ,Cordoba and Rosario . All three jazz festivals . Fantastic audiences . There are a few photos in the Photo Gallery from this tour.
Read MoreCheck my Videos
I just added a video from Paris 1972 -73 that someone posted on youtube . Jan Garbarek, Arild Andersen, Edward Vesala, «Triptykon». Check out my videos here.
Read MoreKarin 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 1974.
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