Reviews

Review of Beady Belle: On My Own

Beady Belle: On My Own

Torun Eriksen | Audun Sandvik | Beady Belle | Anja Martime Mørk | Mathias Eick | Joshua Redman | Fran Cathcart | Bugge Wesseltoft | Gregory Hutchinson | Reuben Rogers

Jazzland

Rating: ★★★★

Beady Belle – a collaboration between vocalist Beate Lech and bassist and future husband Marius Reksjø – made their Jazzland...

Reviewed in issue Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Review of Håkon Kornstad: Tenor Battle

Håkon Kornstad: Tenor Battle

Per Zanussi | Sigbjørn Apeland | Lars Henrik Johansen | Håkon Kornstad

Jazzland

Rating: ★★★

There’s a sense of irony about the title to the new CD by Håkon Kornstad, the Norwegian saxophonist formerly of...

Reviewed in issue February/2016

Review of Beady Belle: Songs From A Decade: The Best of Beady Belle

Beady Belle: Songs From A Decade: The Best of Beady Belle

Beate S. Lech | David Wallumrød | Erik Holm | Jørn Øien | Marius Reksjø

Jazzland

Rating: ★★★★

Penning memorable, adeptly arranged songs and fronted by their charismatic co-founder, Beate S. Lech, Beady Belle are one of Norway's...

Reviewed in issue August/2015

Review of Bugge & Friends

Bugge & Friends

Ilhan Ersahin | Torun Eriksen | Beady Belle | Joaquin ‘Joe’ Claussell | Erik Holm | Bugge Wesseltoft | Marius Reksjø | Andreas Bye | Eril Truffaz

Jazzland

Rating: ★★★

Bugge Wesseltoft is one of those musicians who thrives on spontaneous interaction, be it in the heyday of his own...

Reviewed in issue August/2015

Review of Atomic: Lucidity

Atomic: Lucidity

Håvard Wiik | Hans Hulboekmo | Magnus Broo | Fredrik Ljungkvist | Ingebrigt Håker Flaten

Jazzland

Rating: ★★★

Active since the turn of the millennium, Atomic are a Norwegian quintet with an aesthetic that draws as much on...

Reviewed in issue July/2015

Review of Bugge Wesseltoft's OK World: OK World

Bugge Wesseltoft's OK World: OK World

Shrikant Shriram | Josemi Carmona | Amade Cossa | Maryam Saleh | Bugge Wesseltoft | Vivek Rajagopalan | Georges Nehme

Jazzland

Rating: ★★★★

It could well be that Bugge Wesseltoft's growing fascination with the diverse musical cultures the world has to offer has...

Reviewed in issue October/2014

Review of Wesseltoft, Schwarz, Berglund: Trialogue

Wesseltoft, Schwarz, Berglund: Trialogue

Henrik Schwarz | Bugge Wesseltoft | Dan Berglund

Jazzland

Rating: ★★★

Building on 2011's Duo, Wesseltoft and Schwarz create a piano trio with the addition of former EST bassist Dan Berglund....

Reviewed in issue October/2014

Review of Atomic: Here Comes Everybody

Atomic: Here Comes Everybody

Håvard Wiik | Paal Nilssen-Love | Magnus Broo | Fredrik Ljungkvist | Ingebrigt Håker Flaten

Jazzland

Rating: ★★★★

On their ninth album since 2001, the Scandinavian quintet pulls off a feat that many lesser bands fail to master,...

Reviewed in issue July/2012

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