Tag: trumpet
Matthew Halsall: The Sun in September
Matthew Halsall is a Manchester-based DJ, composer, arranger and jazz trumpet player whose music is increasingly looking eastwards and leaning towards the spiritual. Drawing inspiration from the modal jazz of the late 1950s/early 1960s (Miles Davis of course, John Coltrane and many Blue Note artists from…
Arve Henriksen: Places of Worship
A founding member of free improvised and electronic music quartet/trio Supersilent, Norwegian trumpet player Arve Henriksen is also a prolific artist as a leader. A sumptuous aural feast featuring the musician’s trademark liquid trumpet and eerie soprano voice on two tracks, Places of Worship was…
Ibrahim Maalouf: Nomade slang
Following up on the more modal and acoustic jazz sound of his 2012 release Wind, Lebanese trumpet player and composer Ibrahim Maalouf returned to the studio with his own live band to record his fifth album Illusions (2013). With the theme of illusion and magic…
Food: Moonpie
Food is an experimental jazz group formed in 1998 by Norwegian drummer and composer Thomas Strønen and UK saxophone player Iain Ballamy. Food originally recorded four albums as a quartet which included Norwegian musicians Arve Henriksen (trumpet/vocals) and Mats Eilertsen (double bass). Since 2006, the…
Sufjan Stevens: The BQE
Best known for his banjo and guitar-based songs inspired by Americana and Appalachian music, his multi-instrumental concept albums or his fondness for Christmas songs, the incredibly talented and original indie folk singer songwriter Sufjan Stevens released in 2009 a highly ambitious score of modern classical music.…
Jon Balke, Amina Alaoui & Jon Hassell: Thulâthiyat
Following a five minute instrumental introduction, the first few lines from “O Andalusin” sung by Amina Alaoui set the tone of Siwan, a very ambitious orchestral project released in 2009 under the musical supervision of Norwegian keyboard player and composer Jon Balke. The project celebrates…
Markus Stockhausen: Mona
The fruit of the pan-European cooperation between German trumpet player Markus Stockhausen, Hungarian classical guitar player Ferenc Snétberger, Norwegian bass player Arild Andersen and French drummer Patrice Héral, Joyosa (2004) is more than a traditional solo jazz recording with sidemen. Coming to life as distinct duos from…
Arve Henriksen: Migration
In addition to his improvised work with experimental electronica trio Supersilent, Arve Henriksen has also perfected over the years a characteristic floating trumpet sound that is mainly derived from his study of the Japanese Shakuhachi flute. Confirming the musician’s status as a major improviser and…