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1982: Chromola
by John Eyles
Remarkably, given that Chromola is only 1982's fifth album release, it also marks the tenth anniversary of the trio's formation. In 2007, drummer Øyvind Skarbø asked fiddler Nils Økland if the two could form a duo to play a concert series Skarbø ran. Økland agreed if they could be joined by keyboardist Sigbjørn Apeland a collaborator of Økland's for over twenty years. The trio's debut performance was on Valentine's Day 2007. The rest is history... Despite the sparsity ...
read more1982: A / B
by Eyal Hareuveni
The fourth album of the Norwegian improvisational trio 1982-- Hardanger fiddler and violinist Nils Økland, organist Sigbjørn Apeland, and drummer Øyvind Skarbø--feature this original outfit of two different sides, just like in the classic LP format. The A side offers an improvised out-take from the trio 's 2009 Pintura album session (Hubro, 2011). Composer-trumpeter Stian Omenås, a close friend of Skarbø, wrote an arrangement for wind sextet that expanded on the original improvised idioms, later layered ...
read moreJack McDuff: Live at Parnell's, 1982
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In June 1982, Brother Jack McDuff was in Seattle to play a week-long run at Parnell's, the city's major jazz club. Joining the organist was Danny Wollinski on tenor saxophone, Henry Johnson on guitar and Garrick King on drums. McDuff even brought along his own Hammond B3 organ for the date. Fortunately, the club's resident sound engineer, Scott Hawthorn, who was friends with McDuff, recorded the quartet. Now we can hear what this monster combo sounded like with the release ...
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Byrd, Ellis and Kessel: 1982
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
On July 17, 1982, three virtuoso jazz guitarists performed together on stage at the Congresgebouw in the Hague, the Netherlands, during the North Sea Jazz Festival. Known then as the Great Guitars, the pickers were Charlie Byrd, Herb Ellis and Barney Kessel. They were backed by bassist Joe Byrd, Charlie’s brother, and drummer Chuch Redd. The songs they sailed into the audience were It's the Talk of the Town, Undecided, A Felicidade, Manha de Carnival, Nuages, Goin' Out of My ...
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NIna Simone: Lost Album, 1982
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Nina Simone lived in Paris from 1981 to 1983. Like most American artists who take up residence there, the elegance and majesty of the city transforms them. During these years, Simone lived in southern Paris near the Parc Montsouris in the 14th arrondissement, in a small, 260-square foot apartment that was largely empty except for a piano. Parc Montsouris was created by Emperor Napoleon III and is one of the city's largest public green spaces. In the winter of 1982, ...
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"Bob Dylan - 1975-1982: Rolling Thunder & The Gospel Years" On DVD From MVD
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All About Jazz
Bob Dylan - 1975-1982: Rolling Thunder & The Gospel Years Available on DVD April 4, 2006 Through Music Video Distributors Music Video Distributors and Highway 61 are pleased to announce the home viewing release of BOB DYLAN - 1975-1982: ROLLING THUNDER & THE GOSPEL YEARS for worldwide distribution on DVD.
Bob Dylan's creative genius reached a crescendo as he hit the road with a rag-tag band of folk troubadours in ...
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