Lugano Nov 9 2011

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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

 

 

Argentina

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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.

 

Check my Videos

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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.

Arild Andersen with SNJO

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SNJO with Tommy Smith and Arild Andersen

SNJO with Tommy Smith and Arild Andersen

Surround Recording in Oslo

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Børge Petersen-Øverleir guitar Jan Gunnar Hoff Piano, Mathias Eick trumpet, Rune Arnesen drums (not shown )

Kongsberg and Molde Jazz Festival

Posted by on jul 31, 2011 in Blog, Blogsidebar, News | 0 comments

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 Tommy Smith and Paolo Vinaccia   with Carsten Dahl as guest .The tragedy that hit Norway july 22 had of cause a great impact on the  last days of the festival, But they decided to continue the festival with slight  changes.

I played a concert on Saturday with the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra  .It was very  a special feeling to play that afternoon, but music usually can say more than any words and it felt right to do the concert.

The band sounded great .

Arild Andersen and Scottish National jazz Orchestra at Molde Jazzfestival

This is a big project which will be released on ECM in a little while . ( A live recording from Glasgow  from last october )

I am soloist with the big band with a full rythm section .The music is from the ECM cataloge and include

John Abercrombie - Ralph’s Piano Waltz  [arr. Manu Pekar] ECM 1047 [1975]
Arild Andersen –    Independency IV [arr. Mike Gibbs] ECM 1631 [1996] ECM [2008]
Chick Corea –    Crystal Silence Crystal Silence [arr.Makoto Ozone] ECM 1024 [1972]
Jan Garbarek - Molde Canticle [part 1] I Took Up The Runes [arr. Tommy Smith] ECM 1419 [1990]
Dave Holland - May Dance - Gateway - [arr. Christian Jacob] ECM 1061 [1975]
Keith Jarrett –     My Song My Song [arr. Geoffrey Keezer] ECM 1115 [1977]
Trygve Seim –    Ulrikas Dans Different Rivers [arr. Trygve Seim] ECM 1744 [2000]
Kenny Wheeler - Heyoke Gnu High [arr.Florian Ross] ECM 1069 [1975]

My Song  By Keith Jarrett ,arr Geoffrey Keezer

Arild Andersen with SNJO