Arild Andersen Quintet Oslo Jazz Festival
GREAT EVENING WITH A GREAT BAND Arild Andersen’s International Quintet debut was with his current crew at the Kongsberg Jazz Festival last summer, when the Polish pianist Marcin Wasilewski replaced Danish Carsten Dahl in about the time it takes to pack a bag and get from Warsaw to Kongsberg in the quickest manner. Now he is in the band, along with Andersen’s three partners for many years, the Scottish saxophonist Tommy Smith, the German trumpeter Markus Stockhausen and the French drummer Patrice Héral.Saturday night the band ended the Oslo Jazz Festival in...
Read MoreYstad Jazzfestival Orkesterjournalen Sweedwn
Ystad Jazz Festival august 2012 Arild Andersen’s group is arguably one of the best European teams right now. Finally, we listen to his singing, warm double bass along with a Scottish saxophonist Tommy Smith and Italian drummer Paolo Vinaccia.Ilama, ilama by Tommy Smith, free after a folk song from Yemen, starts and just give the concert wanting more when Arild played «Rossetti». Arild Andersen lets each note subside completely finished with his calm and charisma. Tommy Smith’s powerful and exciting tenor saxophone has a minimalist expression, and can sound hysterical,...
Read MoreCanal Street Festival , Arendal Norway July 2012
UNFORGETTABLE ARILD ANDERSEN Anyone who has experienced a wide grinning Arild Andersen bass bent over in interaction with the world’s leading jazz musicians never forget it. That describes Arild Andersen and that he experienced Friday in backyard on Canal Street. There was no doubt that this was a game, an exstremely well playing game, who commanded the jazz that came almost by itself. The audience got what they came for one of the best jazz musicians who gave of themselves. The interaction with the other two, Tommy Smith (1967) and Paolo Vinaccia (1954) were as expected in the...
Read MoreVossajazz
The trio Carsten Dahl,Arild Andersen,Jon Christensen opened the festival on Friday March 30 . The audience really loved it and here is a 6 star review ….only in Norwegian, sorry. Trio-topp på Vossa Jazz VOSSA JAZZ Artist: Carsten Dahl/Arild Andersen/Jon Christensen Hvor: Vossasalen, Park Hotel, Voss Tilskuere: 630 FOTO: TERJE MOSNES KONSERT: VOSS (Dagbladet): Innledningsvis holdt festivalsjef Trude Storheim en kort, verdig minnetale om sambygdingen Ivar Kvåle, mannen bak neverlurhymnen som alltid åpner festivalen. Deretter framførte...
Read MoreThe Trio : 6 star Review from Tønsberg ( Norwegian Only)
A unik concert . A rare musical experience. 6/6 Stars
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 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 norsk jazz fra...
Read MoreReviews from the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival 2011
Killing Pain, Not Time: Arild Andersen Trio Live Report I find it difficult to begin any review about Arild Andersen without billing him simply as a “Norwegian bassist.” Succinct though the term may be, it hardly hints at the far reach of his fingertips, bow, and musical vision. A packed house felt some of that reach in the distance he’d so graciously traveled to bring his latest outfit to this year’s Rochester Jazz Fest as part of its “Nordic Jazz Now” series. While the cover of the Fest’s concert guide sported a collage of big names, headlined by Elvis Costello, Natalie Cole, k.d. lang and...
Read MoreReview: Tokyo Jazz 2010 (Asahi)
Masahiko YUH, one of the most experienced music critics in Japan, refers to Arild Andersen Trio and Joshua Redman’s trio as the best two among all the performances played in Tokyo Jazz 2010 in his article in the most influential newspaper...
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 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 2009 «En konsert...
Read MoreEdinburgh «The Lot» 2008
Andersen.Smith.Vinaccia, The Lot, Edinburgh Familiar though they are with this material, there’s a real sense of enjoyment and of creating it anew every time. Smith’s Prelude to a Kiss, with its questing intro and soulful, downward slides, was a gorgeous re-reading of Ellington’s melody and the encore of Andersen’s beautifully gliding, ethereal Dreamhorse would, alone, make the final dates of this Scottish Arts Council Tune-up tour in Glasgow and Lanark this weekend unmissable. Rob Adams «The Herald» Edinburgh The...
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