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Ballrogg: Cabin Music

Read "Cabin Music" reviewed by John Kelman


If 2010's Insomnia (2010) was a significant shift away from the more decided jazz outlook of Ballrogg's self-titled 2008 debut (both on the Bolage imprint), then with Cabin Music, the departure is complete. In the Country bassist Roger Arntzen formed Ballrogg with saxophonist/clarinetist Klaus Ellerhusen Holm in 2006, and six years later the duo is now a trio, with the addition of Ivar Grydeland--guitarist, banjoist and overall employer of anything with steel strings in groups including drone-meisters Huntsville, last heard ...

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Ballrogg: Insomnia

Read "Insomnia" reviewed by John Kelman


Contrasting his role in the remarkable Norwegian trio In the Country--responsible for the critically acclaimed debut This Was the Pace of My Heartbeat (Rune Grammofon, 2005) and even more ambitious Whiteout (Rune Grammofon, 2009)--bassist Roger Arntzen formed Ballrogg in 2006, with saxophonist Klaus Ellerhusen Holm; a more intimate duo that found its own dark nexus of form and freedom. Ballrogg (Bolage, 2008) was a well-received look at the repertoires of Ornette Coleman, Eric Dolphy and Jimmy Giuffre; chamber jazz with ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Cabin Music

Hubro Music
2012

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Insomnia

Bolage
2010

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Ballrogg

Bolage
2008

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