2016 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 MoreConcerts Summer 2016
Date Time Place Land Venue Group June 4 2100 Luneburg Germany Kulturforum Arild Andersen trio w/ Tommy Smith ,Paolo Vinaccia June 26 1930+2130 Rochester Jazzfestival USA Nordic Jazz Now Seies Arild Andersen trio w/ Tommy Smith ,Paolo Vinaccia June 27 1900 Ottawa Jazzfestival Canada National Arts Center Arild Andersen trio w/ Tommy Smith ,Paolo Vinaccia June 29 20+2130 Edmonton Jazzfestival Canada Yardbird Suite Arild Andersen trio w/ Tommy Smith ,Paolo Vinaccia June 30 tba Vancouver Jazzfertival Canada Ironworks Arild Andersen trio w/ Tommy Smith ,Paolo Vinaccia...
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 Poster
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 webpage.
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 drums
Read MoreInterview Jazz Podium ,Germany May 2014
Interview With German Magazine Jazz Podium May 2014 Der norwegische Bassist Arild Andersen isr ein Meister des vollendeten Tons. Mit größter technischer Perfektion und akkurater lntonation fließen die Töne mit sonorer Kraft und makello- ser Eleganz scheinbar mühelos aus dem Griffbrett seines Kontrabasses. Dabei wirkt sein Spiel niemals angestrengt, sondern eher spielerisch leicht, selbst in musikalischen Situationen und Umgebungen, wo Musiker mit weniger Erfahrung eher mit zupacken der Kraft in die Saiten greifen würden. Der sympathische Bassist ist eine der gestaltenden Säulen der...
Read MoreShri Sriram and Arild Andersen
Two basses Meeting for the first Time. January 2014. Live at Victoria Jazzclub ,Oslo . Buggge Wesseltofts birthday celebration. Shri Sriram and Arild Andersen
Read MoreReview Ystad Jazzfestival
Arild Andersen trio is arguably one of the best European team right now. ORKESTERJOURNALEN SVERIGE Ystad Jazz Festival august 2012 Arild Andersenʼs 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 Smithʼs powerful and...
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 MoreAA Quintet in Münster
We had a great evening at Theater Münster last Sunday (06/01/14) with the Quintet. Fantastic venue and audience. Münsersche Zeitung Erster unter Gleichen Mit dem Auftritt des norwegischen Bassisten Arild Andersen und seiner Band öffnet sich das Klangspektrum auf Superbreitwandformat. Andersen eröffnet das Set mit lang gezogenen, kräftigen Basslinien, die imaginäre weiträumige Fjord- und Tundra-Landschaften zu beschallen scheinen. Selbst als seine Mitspieler einsteigen, gibt Andersen kein Dezibel nach. Trompete (Tore Johansen, Norwegen), Saxofon (Tommy Smith, Schottland) und Piano (Marcin...
Read MoreMIRA
Arild Andersen Paolo Vinaccia Tommy Smith MiraArild 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 for leader Arild Andersen the Prix du Musicien Européen 2008 from the Academie du Jazz in France), the trio now delivers a studio album. In Oslo’s Rainbow, bassist Andersen,...
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 MoreChurch Concert Review ( Norwegian only )
Det var ikke bare en konsert. Det var et streif av stor høytid Det var høytidsstemning i domkirka i går – selv om det bare ble spilt en eneste julesang. Hvis det var julebord og løs snipp Bodø Rhythm Group arrangerte på Sinus sist onsdag, så bød de på andakt og klump i halsen da de inviterte inn i Bodø domkirke seint fredag kveld sammen med Bodø Domkor og Arild Andersen. Det er selvfølgelig lett å tenke på livet og de store mysterier når taket er skyhøyt og man sitter på en hard trebenk under krusifiks og store glassmalerier, men på fredag var det først og fremst menneskene som...
Read MoreCHURCH CONCERT DES.20 2013
This was the last concert 2013. Night Jazz Concert at Bodø Domkirke with Bodø Domkor and Bodø Rythm Group. See Review ( Norwegian)
Read MoreLondon Jazzfestival AA Quintet
The Quintet played at Queen Elisabeth Hall on Saturday November 16. Tommy Smith , Sax. Matthiew Michel ,Trumpet. Marcin Wasilewski, Piano . Patrice Heral ,drums and Arild Andersen ,bass Here are some reviews from the concert. The Arts Desk had this concert as the only one rated 5* from the whole festival THE ARTS DESK London Jazzfestival 2013 READ MORE Matthew Wright ARILD ANDERSEN QUINTET ARILD ANDESEN QUINTET . LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL READ MORE Arild Andersen Quintet: pan-European...
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...
Read MoreTrio In Edinburgh
Jazz review: Andersen, Smith, Vinaccia, Edinburgh 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. Andersen, Smith, Vinaccia – Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh * * * * Norwegian bass maestro Arild Andersen, our own Tommy Smith and Paolo Vinaccia, an Italian drummer long resident in Norway, have been playing together in this setting for years now, seeded by a collaboration between Andersen and Smith at the Islay Jazz Festival in...
Read MoreArild Andersen / Tommy Smith / Paolo Vinaccia.
«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 MoreArild Andersen Trio plays «Alfie»
From a Concert at Cosmopolite in Oslo November 25 , 2012. Tommy Smith Saxophone, Paolo Vinaccia drums. This is recorded on our new CD » Mira » coming out soon on ECM
Read MoreArild Andersen Trio Plays » Bygone»
From A concert at Cosmopolite, Oslo November 2012 . Tommy Smith Saxophone,Paolo Vinaccia drums
Read MoreArild Andersen Trio Februar 2012
«Science» Filmed at Victoria Jazzscene,Oslo Feb.2012 . Tommy Smith sax, Paolo Vinaccia drums,Arild Andersen bass. 92818488
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 More«Saturday» Arild Andersen Quintet at Oslo Jazzfestival 2012
Arild Andersen Quintet . Tommy Smith Sax, Markus Stockhausen Tp, Marcin Wasilewski piano, Arild Andersen bass, Patrice Heral Drums.
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