CONCERTS COMING UP SUMMER / FALL 23
Concerts Arild Andersen July-October 2023 July 18 Jazz a Junas , France Arild Andersen with Gerard Pansanel,Patrice Heral ,Antonello July 22 Edinburgh jazzfestival Arild Andersen with Thomas Stroenen and Tommy Smith August 11 Sildajazz , Haugesund , Norway Arild Andersen with Kirsten Bråten Berg Duo August 12 Sildajazz ,Haugesund Norway Arild Andersen with Jojje Wadenius Duo August 15. Victoria ,Oslo Jazzfestival ,Norway Arild Andersen with Henri Texier. Duo August 19 Riksscenen ,Oslo Jazzfestival. ...
Read MoreCommander of His Majesty St.Olav Order
Royal Appointment Arild Andersen was appointed 26 of September 2022 Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St.Olav by His Majesty King Harald of Norway for his outstanding contribution to jazzmusic. Photo Roar Vestad
Read MoreAAG at Paradox , Netherlands May 2022
Het was een verrassend mooi en intens concert van de Arild Andersen Group op zaterdag 7 mei in het Tilburgse Paradox. De als nieuwe Noorse supergroep waarbij twee generaties samenkomen aangekondigde band overrompelde het publiek met twee lange hartstochtelijke sets. “Wij zijn net zo verrast over de muziek als jij bent”, zei de 76-jarige bassist. “Wij spelen ieder concert anders en onze improvisatie bepaalt iedere keer een andere uitkomst”. It was a surprisingly beautiful and intense concert by the Arild Andersen Group on Saturday 7 May in Paradox in Tilburg. The band, announced as a new...
Read MoreConcerts in Netherlands May 2020
Arild Andersen Group ARILD ANDERSEN – MARIUS NESET – HELGE LIEN – HÅKON MJÅSET JOHANSEN 6 May Lantaren/Venster, Rotterdam 7 May Paradox, Tilburg 8 May Bimhuis, Amsterdam
Read MoreEuropean tour 2022
We had a great tour with 14 concerts in 16 days and 5000 km driving. This is a video from the concert in Ravensburg
Read MoreArild Andersen Group European Tour 2022
24.03.2022 Syke Konzertsaal der Kreissparkasse Syke 25.03.2022 Bielefeld Bunker Ulmenwall 26.03.2022 Einbeck Kultur im Esel e. V. 28.03.2022 Passau Café Museum 29.03.2022 A-Wien Porgy & Bess 30.03.2022 CZ-Trutnov Jazz Festival 31.03.2022 CZ-Prag Novoměstská radnice Praha 01.04.2022 Arild Andersen Group München Jazzclub Unterfahrt 02.04.2022 Bayreuth Jazzforum Bayreuth 03.04.2022 Freiburg Jazzhaus Freiburg 05.04.2022 Karlsruhe Kulturzentrum Tempel – Karlsruhe 06.04.2022 Schwäbisch Hall JazzClub Schwäbisch Hall 07.04.2022 Ravensburg Zehntscheuer Ravensburg e.V. 08.04.2022...
Read MoreConcert AA Quintet
AA Quintet Marius Neset Jojje Wadenius Frode Alnæs Thomas Strønen Arild Andersen Energimølla ,Kongsberg 9 March 20:00 Munch Museet Oslo 16 March 20:00
Read MoreNew Start 2022
Hopefully it will be possible to travel and play concerts again in 2022. It has been pretty quiet for almost 2 years now even if I did some festivals with my group including Marius Neset , sax Helge Lien, piano and Haakon Mjåseth Johansen drums. From March 22 there are plans for an European tour . I will be recording with Yelena Eckemoff,Paolo Fresu and Billy Hart plus a new recording with Frode Alnæs and Stian Carstensen . In the meantime ,here is a link to an Interview ( In Norwegian) I did with Tor Hammerø Bassist Arild Andersen har rundet 76 år, men setter seg ikke til å...
Read More» The New York City Jazz Record»
ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2018 ARILD ANDERSEN—In-House Science (ECM) NELS CLINE 4—Currents, Constellations (Blue Note) PHILLIP JOHNSTON—The Adventures of Prince Achmed(Asynchronous) LEE KONITZ/DAN TEPFER—Decade (Impulse) KUKURUZ QUARTET—Julius Eastman Piano Interpretations (Intakt) JOHN McLAUGHLIN & THE 4TH DIMENSION (WITH JIMMY HERRING & THE INVISIBLE WHIP)— Live in San Francisco (Abstract Logix) GARD NILSSEN’S ACOUSTIC UNITY— Live in Europe (Clean Feed) BARRE PHILLIPS—End To End (ECM) MARC SINAN/OGUZ BÜYÜKBERBER—White (ECM) ALEXANDER VON SCHLIPPENBACH...
Read MoreHAPPY NEW YEAR
UPCOMING CONCERTS WINTER 2019 I am happy to announce some of the concerts with the AA trio are with the addition of Carsten Dahl on piano. We also have 3 concerts where the Trio is featured with SNJO. I also look forward to the duo concert with Uli Beckerhof and the continued duo with Daniele di Bonaventura. Tour Sweden and Denmark 4.2 Sundsvall – Jazzklubben/E-Street Arild Andersen Quartet with Tommy Smith,Paolo Vinaccia ,Carsten Dahl 5.2 Östersund – Jazz i Jemtland/Gamla Teatern Arild Andersen Quartet with Tommy Smith,Paolo Vinaccia ,Carsten Dahl 6.2 Stockholm –...
Read MoreConcerts 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....
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 2017
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 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 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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