On December 12, 2025, Marilyn Mazur died aged 70. She was percussionist, performed and recorded with Six Winds, Alex Riel, Gil Evans, Wayne Shorter, Jan Garbarek, Lindsay Cooper, Makiko Hirabayashi. Pierre Dørge, Makiko Hirabayashi, Frans Bak, Frans BakJon Balke, Peter Bastian, Harry Beckett, Kirsten Braten Berg, Ketil Bjornstad, Kristian Blak, Birgit Bruel, Etta Cameron, Nikolaj Hess, Carsten Dahl, Lars Danielsson, Laurent Cugny, Yelena Eckemoff, Agnes Buen Garnas, Caroline Henderson, Nikolaj Hess, Jan Gunnar Hoff, Robert Irving III, Morten Kaersa, Iver Kleive, Peter Kowald, Wolfgang Lackerschmid, Michala Petri, Jean-Michel Pilc, Caecilie Norby, Charlie Mariano, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Rena Rama, Helge Sunde, Eje Thelin, Trondheim Voices, Hans Ulrik, Andreas Vollenweider, Dhafer Youssef, Eberhard Weber and Miles Davis. As leader she released 14 albums.
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Miles Davis: Aura
On September 12, 1989, “Columbia” label released “Aura”, album by Miles Davis. It was recorded January – February 1985, at “Easy Sound Studio” in Copenhagen, Denmark, and was produced by Palle Mikkelborg. This was Miles Davis’s final album released in his lifetime.
Personnel:
- Miles Davis – trumpet
- Bent Jædig, Flemming Madsen, Jesper Thilo, Per Carsten, Uffe Karskov – saxophones, woodwinds
- Benny Rosenfeld, Idrees Sulieman, Jens Winther, Palle Bolvig, Perry Knudsen, Palle Mikkelborg – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Jens Engel, Ture Larsen, Vincent Nilsson – trombone
- Ole Kurt Jensen – bass trombone
- Axel Windfeld – bass trombone, tuba
- Niels Eje – oboe, English horn
- Bjarne Roupé, John McLaughlin – guitar
- Kenneth Knudsen, Ole Kock Hansen, Thomas Clausen – keyboards
- Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen – bass
- Bo Stief – Fender bass, fretless bass
- Lennart Gruvstedt – drums
- Vincent Wilburn Jr. – electronic drums
- Ethan Weisgaard, Marilyn Mazur – percussion
- Lillian Thornquist – harp
- Eva Hess-Thaysen – vocals
- Palle Mikkelborg – arrangements
- Henrik Lund, Niels Erik Land – engineer
- Stacy Drummond – art direction
- Gilles Larrain – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Palle Mikkelborg
- Intro
- White
- Yellow
- Orange
- Red
- Green
- Blue
- Electric Red
- Indigo
- Violet
Jan Garbarek: Rites
On October 5, 1998, “ECM” label released “Rites”, the 30th Jan Garbarek album. It was recorded in March 1998, at “Rainbow Studio” in Oslo, and in Tbilisi, Georgia, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.
Personnel:
- Jan Garbarek – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, synthesizers, sampler, percussion
- Rainer Brüninghaus – piano, keyboards
- Eberhard Weber – bass
- Marilyn Mazur – drums, percussion
- Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra – conducted by Jansug Kakhidze
- Bugge Wesseltoft – synthesizer, accordion
- Sølvguttene Choir – conducted by Torstein Grythe
Track listing:
All tracks by Jan Garbarek except where noted.
- Rites
- Where the Rivers Meet
- Vast Plain, Clouds
- So Mild the Wind, So Meek the Water
- Song, Tread Lightly
- It’s OK to Listen to the Gray Voice
- Her Wild Ways
- It’s High Time
- One Ying for Every Yang
- Pan
- We Are the Stars
- The Moon Over Mtatsminda – Jansug Kakhidze
- Malinye – Don Cherry
- The White Clown
- Evenly They Danced
- Last Rite
Jan Gunnar Hoff: Fly North
On January 6, 2014, “Losen Records” label released “Fly North”, the 14th Jan Gunnar Hoff album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Rainbow Studios” in Oslo, Norway, and was produced by Arve Henriksen and Jan Gunnar Hoff.
Personnel:
- Jan Gunnar Hoff – piano, keyboards
- Arve Henriksen – vocals, trumpet
- Anders Jormin – bass
- Marilyn Mazur – drums, percussion
- Jan Erik Kongshaug – recording, mixing
- Darcy Proper – editing
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- Petter Furuseth – front cover photography
- Guro Skjelderup – group photography
- Mari Rokkan – Jan Gunnar Hoff photography
- David Fishel – liner notes
- Odd Gjelsnes – executive producer
Track listing:
All tracks by Jan Gunnar Hoff.
- Fly North
- Living
- Arise
- Places
- Sacrifice
- Böcklin
- Spheres
- Valse De Décembre
- Questions
- Gathering
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