Reviews

Review of Rymden: Valleys and Mountains

Rymden: Valleys and Mountains

Dan Berglund | Magnus Öström | John Scofield | Bugge Wesseltoft

Jazzland

Rating: ★★★

Rymden, announces the trio’s website, represents ‘Music Made in Scandinavia’, and its creators are among the best-known Scandi jazzers of...

Reviewed in issue November/2023

Review of Lilja: Mirage

Lilja: Mirage

Sanne Rambags | Beady Belle | Jo Skaansar | Bafana Nhlapo | Eric Nylander | Bugge Wesseltoft | Lija Jonsdottir

Jazzland

Rating: ★★★

This is an interesting debut, not just from a conceptual point of view, in that Lilja works with “carriers of...

Reviewed in issue September/2023

Review of Harald Lassen: Balans

Harald Lassen: Balans

Tore Flatjord | Stian Andersen | Harald Lassen | Solveig Wang | Sander Eriksen Nordahl | Bram de Looze

Jazzland

Rating: ★★★★

Lassen has been around on the Norwegian scene for a while now, but this well-constructed album of contemplative moods is...

Reviewed in issue August/2023

Review of Magnus Öström: A Room For Travellers

Magnus Öström: A Room For Travellers

Magnus Öström | Daniel Karlsson | Thobias Babrielson | Andreas Hourdakis

Jazzland

Rating: ★★★★

Easily the best album so far by Magnus Öström. While previous albums under his own name were perhaps guilty of...

Reviewed in issue June/2023

Review of Rymden and Norwegian Broadcasting Orchestra (Kork): Rymden + Kork

Rymden and Norwegian Broadcasting Orchestra (Kork): Rymden + Kork

with the Norwegian Broadcasting Orchestra | Dan Berglund | Lars Erik Gudim | Magnus Öström | Bugge Wesseltoft

Editor's Choice

Jazzland

Rating: ★★★★

This is the third Rymden album after their debut, Reflections & Oddysseys, and follow-up Space Sailors plus some seven EPs...

Reviewed in issue April/2023

Review of Bugge Wesseltoft/Henrik Schwarz: Duo II

Bugge Wesseltoft/Henrik Schwarz: Duo II

Kid Be Kid | Bugge Wesseltoft | Ildiko Ludwig | Paul Valikoski | Jemma Endersby | Grégoire Simon | Boram Lie | Catherine Schorling | Jennifer Kae | Sebastian Studnitzky

Jazzland

Rating: ★★★

Norwegian keyboardist/composer Bugge Wesseltoft and German computer musician and producer Henrik Schwarz began their partnership back in 2009, and made...

Reviewed in issue Dec/Jan/2022/2023

Review of Maridalen

Maridalen

Jonas Kilmork Vemoy | Andreas Rodland Haga | Anders Hefre

Jazzland

Rating: ★★★

Another song of Norway to relish. The trio take their name from the valley by Lake Maridal, and the band...

Reviewed in issue September/2021

Review of Tortusa: Bre

Tortusa: Bre

John Derek Bishop

Jazzland

Rating: ★★★

Tortusa is essentially the project of one man, electronics wiz Bishop, who lives in Stavanger, Norway. For Bre, his second...

Reviewed in issue July/2021

Review of Håkon Kornstad: Out of the Loop

Håkon Kornstad: Out of the Loop

Håkon Kornstad

Jazzland

Rating: ★★★★

Håkon Kornstad was once a member of Wibutee, one of the best bands to follow into the space opened up...

Reviewed in issue May/2021

Review of Maria Kannegaard Trio: Sand i en Vik

Maria Kannegaard Trio: Sand i en Vik

Thomas Strønen | Maria Kannegard | Ole Morten Vågan

Jazzland

Rating: ★★★

Recently nominated for a Norwegian Grammy for this new release, the Danish-born pianist-composer Maria Kannegaard's long­standing trio have continued to...

Reviewed in issue May/2021

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