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Palle Mikkelborg
Palle Mikkelborg (born 6 March 1941) is a Danish jazz trumpet player, composer, arranger and record producer. He is self-taught on the trumpet, although he studied conducting at the Royal Music Conservatory in Copenhagen. He became a professional musician in 1960 and joined the Danish Radiojazzgruppen three years later. Mikkelborg became their leader in 1967 and retained that position until 1972. In addition, he was a member of the Radioens Big Band over a similar time frame. He played trumpet in both, but also wrote, arranged, and conducted both. Forming a jazz quintet with drummer, Alex Riel they performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival and Newport Jazz Festival (1968). He later led an octet, V8, in the 1970s, and another outfit, Entrance, from the mid-1970s until 1985. His composition were made for various ensembles, including extended pieces for larger outfits. In 1984, he composed '' Aura'', a tribute to Miles Davis. Discography As Leader *''The Mysterious Corona'' (Deb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moers Festival
The Moers Festival is an annual international music festival in Moers, Germany. The festival has changed from concentrating on free jazz to including world and pop music, though it still invites many avant-garde jazz musicians. Performers at Moers include Lester Bowie, Fred Frith, Jan Garbarek, Herbie Hancock, Abdullah Ibrahim, David Murray, Sun Ra, Archie Shepp, and Cecil Taylor. The festival is officially named "mœrs festival" with lowercase letters. History left, In 1978 the International New Jazz Festival Moers took place outdoors. (picture David Friedman) On stage Ned Rothenberg Double Band, 2004 The festival was founded in 1971 by Burkhard Hennen. Three years later, he formed Moers Music to sell performances recorded at the festival. In the early years the festival took place in the paved yard of the castle. In 1975 it was moved to a nearby park because of increased attendance. After a few years outdoors, it moved to a large venue. African Dance Night was added in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonet Records
Sonet Records was a jazz, pop and rock record label operating as an imprint of Universal Music Sweden. It was founded in Sweden in 1956. Sonet Records was established by Sven Lindholm and Gunnar Bergström, who managed the label into the 1980s. Dag Haeggqvist, the owner of Gazell Records, became an executive of the label in 1960, and Sonet eventually acquired Gazell's catalogue. It was distributed by Pickwick Records in North America in the 1960s, where it was involved in releasing some of Bill Haley's latter-day material. The label set up offices throughout Europe, including the United Kingdom. It also expanded into film, video, and other visual arts in addition to music. The label released both new material and reissues, many by Scandinavian artists in addition to albums by American jazz musicians as well as non-jazz material such as pop and rock music. It acquired the Danish label Storyville Records at some point. Sonet Records was acquired by PolyGram in 1991. Artists who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vossabrygg
''Vossabrygg'' is an album by guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in 2003 and released on the ECM Records, ECM label.ECM discography accessed November 7, 2011 Reception The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "''Vossabrygg'' is the latest adventure in a stunning, unraveling labyrinth, created by a master explorer".Jurek, TAllmusic Review accessed November 7, 2011 Track listing # Ghostdancing (18:31) # Hidden Chapter (5:39 ) # Waltz for Broken Hearts/Makes You Wonder (10:06) # Incognito Traveller (4:04 ) # Key Witness (1:36) # That's More Like It (10:07) # De Slagferdige (2:38) # Jungelteleg ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lux Aeterna (Terje Rypdal Album)
''Lux Aeterna'' is an album by guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in 2000 and released on the ECM label.ECM discography accessed November 7, 2011 Reception The review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating "There is nothing remotely cold about this work; it is warm and dark and stunning in its stark presentation that is so deceptively complex. By the time the fifth and title movement commences, the listener has been to many worlds within the sonorous terrains of the heart... Terje Rypdal is making the greatest music of his life".Jurek, T[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skywards (album)
''Skywards'' is an album by guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in 1996 and released on the ECM label.ECM discography accessed November 7, 2011 Reception The review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 3 stars stating "''Skywards'' is Rypdal's most openly schizophrenic yet satisfyingly ambitious work in many years".Jurek, TAllmusic Review accessed November 7, 2011 Track listing :''All compositions by Terje Rypdal'' # "Skywards" - 4:03 # "Into the Wilderness" - 7:35 # "It's Not over Until the Fat Lady S ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Descendre
''Descendre'' is the ninth album by Norwegian jazz guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in 1979 and released on the ECM label.ECM discography accessed September 13, 2011 Reception The review by Michael P. Dawson awarded the album 4 stars stating "The unusual trio form of guitar, trumpet, and drums makes for some gorgeous floating sounds".Dawson, M. PAllmusic Review accessed September 9, 2011 Track listing :''All compositions by Terje Rypdal'' # "Avskjed" - 5:44 # "Circles" - 11:15 # "Descendre" - 3 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waves (Terje Rypdal Album)
''Waves'' is the seventh album by Norwegian jazz guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in 1977 and released on the ECM label.ECM discography accessed September 9, 2011 Reception The review by Michael P. Dawson awarded the album 4 stars stating "This contains some of Rypdal's jazziest music".Dawson, M. P.Allmusic Review accessed September 9, 2011 Track listing :''All compositions by Terje Rypdal except as indicated'' # "Per Ulv" - 8:37 # "Karusell" - 8:12 # "Stenskoven" (Palle Mikkelborg) - 3:49 # "Waves" - ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terje Rypdal
Terje Rypdal (born 23 August 1947) is a Norwegian guitarist and composer. He has been an important member in the Norwegian jazz community, and has also given show concerts with guitarists Ronni Le Tekrø and Mads Eriksen as "N3". Career Rypdal was born in Oslo, Norway, the son of a composer and orchestra leader. He studied classical piano and trumpet as a child, and then taught himself to play guitar as he entered his teens. Starting out as a Hank Marvin-influenced rock guitarist with The Vanguards, Rypdal turned towards jazz in 1968 and joined Jan Garbarek's group and later George Russell's sextet and orchestra. An important step towards international attention was his participation in the free jazz festival in Baden-Baden, Germany, in 1969, where he was part of a band led by Lester Bowie. During his musical studies at Oslo university and conservatory, he led the orchestra of the Norwegian version of the musical ''Hair''. He has often been recorded on the ECM record label, bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guamba
''Guamba'' is an album by American jazz bassist Gary Peacock, with saxophonist Jan Garbarek, trumpeter Palle Mikkelborg, and drummer Peter Erskine, recorded in 1987 and released on the ECM label.ECM discography accessed September 28, 2011 Reception The review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 4 stars stating "Good late '80s session... The only defect comes from ECM's occasional tendency to introduce New Age themes and production values into the mix".Wynn, RAllmusic Review accessed September 29, 2011 Track ...
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Gary Peacock
Gary George Peacock (May 12, 1935September 4, 2020) was an American jazz double bassist. He recorded a dozen albums under his own name, and also performed and recorded with major jazz figures such as avant garde saxophonist Albert Ayler, pianists Bill Evans, Paul Bley and Marilyn Crispell, and as a part of Keith Jarrett’s “Standards Trio” with drummer Jack DeJohnette. The trio existed for over thirty years, and recorded over twenty albums together. DeJohnette once stated that he admired Peacock's "sound, choice of notes, and, above all, the buoyancy of his playing." Marilyn Crispell called Peacock a "sensitive musician with a great harmonic sense." Early life Peacock was born in Burley, Idaho, on May 12, 1935; his father worked as a business consultant for grocery stores, and his mother was a homemaker. He grew up in Yakima, Washington, where he attended Yakima Senior High School, now called A.C. Davis High School. His earliest musical experiences involved playing piano, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theatre (album)
''Theatre'' is an album by Swiss pianist, composer, and arranger George Gruntz's Concert Jazz Band '83 recorded in 1983 and released on the ECM label.ECM discography accessed November 9, 2011 Reception The review by awarded the album 2½ stars stating "the music overall is for selective tastes and it never really seems to flow, making it of limited interest".Yanow, SAllmusic Review accessed November 9, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Gruntz
George Gruntz (24 June 1932 – 10 January 2013) was a Swiss jazz pianist, organist, harpsichordist, keyboardist, and composer known for the George Gruntz Concert Big Band and his work with Phil Woods, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Don Cherry, Chet Baker, Art Farmer, Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin, and Mel Lewis. Gruntz, who was born in Basel, Switzerland, was also an accomplished arranger and composer, having been commissioned by many orchestras and symphonies. From 1972 to 1994, he served as artistic director of JazzFest Berlin. He died at the age of 80 in January 2013. Discography As leader/co-leader Main sources: Compilations *''Sins'n Wins'n Funs – Left-cores and Hard-core En-cores'', 1981–1990 (Compilation, released 1996) *''The MPS Years'', 1972–1981 (Compilation, released 1996) *''Renaissance Man'' a.k.a. ''30 + 70: The One Hundred Years of George Gruntz'', 1961–2000 (Compilation, released 2002) As sideman With Franco Ambrosetti *''Close Encounter'' (Enja, 1979) See a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
