When comedy and jazz particles collide

January 18, 2008. Posted by Joshua Jackson.

Add new comment | Filed under: art music, bear witness, Diversions, improvisation, international phenomenon, jazz critics, listmania, mainstream, national treasure, new year, pianist, rages, Video, www youtube

And Now for Something Completely Different ...
Since we're headlong into the New Year, and the 2007 listmania has ended - Best Of, Top Ten, Bottom Eleven etc. - permit me to right an historic wrong among jazz critics. Since I'm not one of them.
There's no debating that jazz has become an international phenomenon. However, the stale argument about who's moving the music forward still rages. While Americans can clearly take ownership of our national treasure, it's foreign-born artists like the Austrian pianist, Hans Groiner, who are finding ways to bring improvisation and art music back into the mainstream. Without any further discussion, bear witness to the Most Overlooked Artist, two years running:

If you'd like to hear The Shape of Jazz to Come, check out Hans Groiner Plays Monk on MySpace.
- Josh Jackson

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IAJE Evening 1 - Ingrid Jensen and Nordic Connect

January 10, 2008. Posted by Joshua Jackson.

Add new comment | Filed under: exercise machine, good intentions, IAJE 2008, improvisation, jazz, jensen family, lionel loueke, nordic track, oslo, Places and Spaces, scandinavian friends, sorts, trumpeter

Nordic Connect is not really an exercise machine. This is more a vehicle for improvisation. The Jensen Family Band, of sorts. With fellow Scandinavian friends.

I really wanted to see them, but Lionel Loueke's set started late, and finished even later. So the Nordic Connect show didn't happen for me. The road to Oslo was paved with good intentions...

However, I did interview trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, and we did talk about Nordic Connect. Have a listen:

Interview with Trumpeter Ingrid Jensen

Check out Nordic Connect on MySpace.

Ingrid is also a member of a Secret Society in jazz. More about that in another post. - Josh

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