Concerts August/ September 2018
15/8 Sanremo jazzfestival . Arild Andersen Quartet feat .Tommy Smith ,Paolo Vinaccia ,Makoto Ozone 18/8 Oslo jazzfestival . Solo Sentralen 18:00 25/8 Grepperud Gård ,Bjørkelangen with Helge Lien,Marius Neset, Håkon Mjåset Johansen 5/9. Josefine Vertshus,Oslo . Duo Kirsten Bråten Berg ,Arild Andersen 12/9 Røverstaden, Oslo Arild Andersen trio with Tommy Smith and Paolo Vinaccia 13+14+15 /9 Montmartre Jazzhouse , Copenhagen . Arild Andersen trio with Tommy Smith and Paolo Vinaccia. ...
Read MorePress Reaction In -House Science
Press clip In-House Science Down Beat Few trios even after a decade together ,can build musical landscapes this dramatic and richly detailed Andy Herman Jazz Times It is hard to think of a jazz ensemble that waste fewer notes than bassist Arild Andersen´s trio . Even at its most passionate , this music reveals structure,focus and clarity. Thomas Conrad Jazzwise They have built up both learned and intuitive responses to each others’ playing, usually called ’empathy’, a vital ingredient for the essence of jazz to flourish by inspiring confidence and risk-taking. Stuart...
Read MoreArild Andersen Trio with Guest Makoto Ozone
Japan Concerts Spring 2018 Blue Note ,Tokyo March 18+30 . Nagoya Blue Note March 31 Motion Blue Yokohama April 1
Read MoreConcerts Fall 2017
Upcoming Concerts July 19 Molde Jazz Festival. Norway Pat Metheny , Arild Andersen, Gard Nilssen August 27. Dracula Festival, Bran Romania. Danielle de Bonaventura, Arild Andersen ,Paolo Vinaccia Sept 1 Hadeland Jazzclub , Brandbu ,Norway Arild Andersen sextet Sept 2 Hr.Nilsen Jazzclub. Oslo ,Norway. Arild Andersen sextet Sept 4. Hemnesberget, Norway Arild Andersen sextet Sept 5. Ad Lib Jazzclub. Bodø ,Norway Arild Andersen sextet Sept 6. Arktisk...
Read MoreMolde Jazzfestival 2017
Pat Metheny /Arild Andersen/Gard Nilssen At Molde Jazzfestival 19/7- 2017 ...
Read MoreArild Andersen /Tommy Smith/Paolo Vinaccia
Coming to the legendary Montmartre club in Copenhagen February 16-17-18 ...
Read More2016 Some Memories
The Year started with a tour of Latin America with my trio featuring Tommy Smith and Paolo Vinaccia. We played the Panama Jazz Festival , and went to Guatemala for some concerts. In April I did a live recording with Helge Lien on piano and Gard Nilsen on drums for a series called European Jazz Legends . Here is a video from the mastering I was very flattered to be asked to be part of this. The record is called «The Rose Window» . Recorded for Intuition, Germany. The trio with Tommy Smith and Paolo Vinaccia did a tour of UK in May and US/Canada tour en of June. At Rochester...
Read MoreScotland/ England Trio Tour May 2016
In addition to these dates there is a concert at Ronnie Scotts Club in London Saturday May 21 where Helge Lien will join us on piano. Arild Andersen Trio...
Read MoreEuropean Jazz Legends
April 15, 2016 I will play a concert at Güterslo Theater, Germany . This is a series of concerts they call European Jazz Legends and consists of 15 European musicians each doing a concert over a periode of 3 years.. I am very pleased to be asked to do this in a series that also include Miroslav Vitous and Henry Texier of european bassplayers. I will perform this evening with Helge Lien on piano and Gard Nilssen on drums . Infos at this...
Read MoreArild Andersen trio with Tommy Smith and Paolo Vinaccia
An update for the Arild AndersenTrio.
Read MoreTV show in South Korea
From a TV show in Seoul ,South Korea October 2014 Arild Andersen trio featuring Paolo Vinaccia and Tommy Smith
Read MoreArild Andersen Sextet plays Mingus . Oslo Jazzfestival 2014
Oslo Jazzfestival presents «Mingus i Aulaen» Arild Andersen Sextet Mathias Eick trumpet Petter Wettre ten sax, bassclarinet Klaus Ellerhusen Holm altsax,bassclarinet Bugge Wesseltoft piano Arild Andersen bass Gard Nilssen ...
Read MorePress Reaction. The new cd «MIRA» ecm 2307
“ the sheer depth and lustre of this trio’s sound can invite you to start purring in grateful imitation.» GUARDIAN 2014 John Fordham «with Mira, the possibilities possess an evolved simpatico, greater attention to space and more expansive, expressive vernacular.» ALL ABOUT JAZZ 2014 John Kelman «It is Andersenʼs skill as a composer of ballads that provides itʼs strongest cornerstone.» INSTRUMENTAL 2014 Michael S.Clark “Sounding much greater than the sum of its parts, the trio establish a degree of empathy that is quite astonishing.” JAZZ VIEWS Nick Lea...
Read MoreHappy New Year 2014
The new trio record «MIRA» with Tommy Smith and Paolo Vinaccia is finally ready for release. It will be out worldwide January 17 . I always wanted to do a studio ballad record . Arild Andersen Paolo Vinaccia Tommy Smith Mira Arild Andersen double bass, electronics Paolo Vinaccia drums Tommy Smith tenor saxophone, shakuhachi Bygone Blussy Alfie Rossetti Reparate Raijin Le Saleya Kangiten Mira Eight and More Stevtone Recorded December 2012 ECM 2307 Background After the eruptive excitement of their Live At Belleville album, which was widely praised around the world (and secured...
Read MoreArild Andersen Trio at Queens Hall , Edinburgh
Rewiew Opportunities to hear major international jazz artists outside of a festival context have become rather rare in Scotland, which made this week’s visits from this stellar European trio all the more welcome.
Read MoreThe Trio in Stirling November 2013
Where The Wild Things Are – The Arild Andersen Trio live at Stirling Tolbooth AA Trio Stirling Nov 2013 .Read More Jazz can be an intimidating environment for the uninitiated. Strange unfamiliar shapes tend to leap out at you from unexpected places, pull your hair and then disappear from whence they came. Certainly, they are mysterious and powerful, but they mean you no harm. The Arild Andersen Trio featuring Paolo Vinaccia (drums) and Tommy Smith (saxophone and Japanese flute) seemed mild-mannered enough, but it soon transpired that they have a touch of the wildness about them too. The...
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«Science» Played by Arild Andersen trio . Cosmopolite ,Oslo November 25 ,2012
Read MoreArild Andersen / Tommy Smith / Paolo Vinaccia.
This is a live recording from Oslo November 2012 . The song «Blussy» was also recorded for our new trio CD for ECM.
Read MoreNew Video Arild Andersen Quintet at Oslo Jazzfestival 2012
Saturday By Arild Andersen recorded August 18, 2012 at Oslo jazzfestival. Tommy Smith ,Markus Stockhausen,Marcin Wasilewski, Arild Andersen,Patrice Heral
Read MoreA new video with Arild Andersen Trio
Mira By Arild Andersen recorded November 2012 with Tommy Smith and Paolo Vinaccia
Read MoreHAPPY NEW YEAR
2012 is at it´s end. It has been a good and busy year. In December I recorded a new trio cd with Tommy Smith and Paolo Vinaccia. It will be released on ECM in October. We recorded at Rainbow studio in Oslo with Manfred Eicher and Jan Erik Kongshaug. The concert at Oslo Jazz Festival with Arild Andersen Quintet was selected «Concert of the Year» in Norwegian paper Dagbladet. A Great review in DOWN BEAT for the cd » Celebration» . » Conspire to make it one of the best albums of the year.If the recording quality were just a tad brigther – five stars....
Read MoreArild 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 front of a packed...
Read MoreReviews of » Celebration»
Some great reviews has been published on » Celebration» You find them here
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