Tag Archives: Oslo

Karin Krog & Friends: Joy

In February 1970, “Sonet” label released “Joy”, album by Karin Krog & Friends (the third Karin Krog album). It was recorded in July 1968, at “the Kongsberg Jazz Festival” and October 1968 in Oslo, Norway.

Personnel:

  • Karin Krog – voice, percussion
  • Terje Björklund – piano
  • Arild Andersen, Palle Danielsson – bass
  • Svein Christiansen – drums
  • Jan Garbarek – tenor saxophone, percussion
  • Espen Rud – percussion
  • Fred Nöddelund – design
  • Knut Lönö – photography
  • George Russell – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Mr. Joy – Annette Peacock. B. Colburn
  2. Karin’s Mode – Jan Garbarek
  3. Round About Midnight – Babs Gonzales, Thelonious Monk
  4. Maiden Voyage – Lazy Afternoon – Maiden Voyage – Herbie Hancock / Lazy Afternoon – Jerome Moross, John La Touche

Charles Lloyd: Canto

On June 3, 1997, “ECM” label released “Canto”, the 30th Charles Lloyd album. It was recorded in December 1996, at “Rainbow Studio” in Oslo, Norway, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Charles Lloyd – tenor saxophone, Tibetan oboe
  • Bobo Stenson – piano
  • Anders Jormin – double bass
  • Billy Hart – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Charles Lloyd.

  1. Tales of Rumi
  2. How Can I Tell You
  3. Desolation Sound
  4. Canto
  5. Nachiketa’s Lament
  6. M
  7. Durga Durga

Jenny Hval: Viscera

On April 26, 2011, “Rune Grammofon” label released “Viscera”, the debut Jenny Hval (under her name) album. It was recorded in 2011, “Kampen Kirke” in Oslo, Norway, and was produced by Deathprod and Jenny Hval.

Personnel:

  • Jenny Hval – vocals, guitar, church organ, zither, arrangements, additional recording
  • Håvard Volden – acoustic and electric guitar, baritone Guitar, psaltery, arrangements 
  • Kyrre Laastad – drums, synth, drum machine, church organ
  • Helge Sten – recording, mixing
  • Bob Katz – mastering
  • Kyrre Laastad – arrangements
  • Kim Hiorthøy – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Jenny Hval.

  1. Engines in the City
  2. Blood Flight
  3. Portrait of the Young Girl as an Artist
  4. How Gentle
  5. A Silver Fox
  6. Golden Locks
  7. This Is a Thirst
  8. Milk of Marrow
  9. Black Morning / Viscera

Ulver: Flowers Of Evil

On August 28, 2020, “House of Mythology” label released “Flowers of Evil”, the twelfth Ulver studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, in Oslo, and was produced by Kristoffer Rygg, Tore Ylvisaker, Ole Alexander Halstensgård and Jørn H. Sværen.

Personnel:

  • Kristoffer Rygg – vocals, additional programming
  • Tore Ylvisaker – keyboards, programming
  • Ole Alexander Halstensgård – electronics
  • Jørn H. Sværen – miscellaneous
  • Ivar Thormodsæter – drums
  • Anders Møller – percussion
  • Christian Fennesz – guitar, electronics
  • Stian Westerhus – guitar
  • Ole Henrik Moe – viola, cello
  • Kari Rønnekleiv – violin
  • John Stark – bass
  • Suzanne Sumbundu – vocals
  • Mimmi Tamba – vocals
  • Michael J. York – bagpipes
  • Martin Glover – mixing
  • Michael Rendall – mixing
  • Renée Jeanne Falconetti – cover still image

Track listing:

  1. One Last Dance
  2. Russian Doll
  3. Machine Guns and Peacock Feathers
  4. Hour of the Wolf
  5. Apocalypse 1993
  6. Little Boy
  7. Nostalgia
  8. A Thousand Cuts

Marcin Wasilevski Trio: Trio

On April 23, 2005, “ECM” label released “Trio”, the debut Marcin Wasilewski Trio album. It was recorded in 2004, at “Rainbow Studio” in Oslo, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Marcin Wasilewski – piano
  • Slawomir Kurkiewicz – bass
  • Michal Miskiewicz – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Marcin Wasilewski, Slawomir Kurkiewicz and Michal Miskiewicz except where noted.

  1. Trio Conversation (Introduction)
  2. Hyperballad – Björk
  3. Roxana’s Song – Karol Szymanowski
  4. K.T.C. – Michal Wasilewski
  5. Plaza Real – Wayne Shorter
  6. Shine – Michal Wasilewski
  7. Green Sky – Tomasz Stańko
  8. Sister’s Song – Ewa Wasilewska, Michal Wasilewski
  9. Drum Kick
  10. Free-Bop – Michal Wasilewski
  11. Free Combinations for Three Instruments
  12. Entropy
  13. Trio Conversation (The End)

Cloud Nothings: The Shadow I Remember

On February 26, 2021, “Carpark Records” label released “The Shadow I Remember”, the seventh Cloud Nothings studio album. It was recorded in 2020, at “Electrical Audio” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Steve Albini.

Personnel:

  • Dylan Baldi – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Chris Brown – lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • TJ Duke – bass, backing vocals
  • Jayson Gerycz – drums
  • Macie Stewart – vocals
  • Brett Naucke – synthesizer
  • Steve Albini – engineer
  • Greg Obis – mixing, mastering
  • Rob Carmichael – design, layout

Track listing:

  1. Oslo
  2. Nothing Without You
  3. The Spirit Of
  4. Only Light
  5. Nara
  6. Open Rain
  7. Sound of Alarm
  8. Am I Something
  9. It’s Love
  10. A Longer Moon
  11. The Room It Was

Paul Bley: The Paul Bley Quartet

In December 1987, “ECM” label released “The Paul Bley Quartet”, the 46th Paul Bley album. It was recorded in November 1987, at “Rainbow Studio” in Oslo, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Paul Bley — piano
  • John Surman — soprano saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Bill Frisell — guitar
  • Paul Motian — drums

Track listing:

  1. Interplay – Paul Bley
  2. Heat – John Surman
  3. After Dark – Bill Frisell
  4. One in Four – Paul Motian
  5. Triste – Paul Bley

Bugge Wesseltoft: Songs

On December 2, 2011, “Jazzland Recordings” label released “Songs”, the tenth Bugge Wesseltoft album. It was recorded in 2011, at “Bugge’s Room” in Oslo, Norway.

Personnel:

  • Bugge Wesseltoft – piano
  • Atle Aamodt – mixing, mastering
  • Rune Mortensen – design
  • Egil Hansen – photography

Track listing:

  1. Darn That Dream – Jimmy Van Heusen
  2. My Foolish Heart – Ned Washington, Victor Young
  3. How High the Moon – Morgan Lewis
  4. Moon River – Henry Mancini
  5. Chicken Feathers – Steve Kuhn
  6. Lament – J.J. Johnson
  7. We’ll Be Together Again – Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine
  8. Like Someone in Love – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  9. Giant Steps – John Coltrane

Manu Katché: Neighbourhood

On September 23, 2005, “ECM” label released “Neighbourhood”, the second Manu Katché album. It was recorded March – November 2004, at “Rainbow Studio” in Oslo, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Manu Katché – drums, percussion
  • Jan Garbarek – saxophones
  • Tomasz Stańko – trumpet
  • Marcin Wasilewski – piano
  • Sławomir Kurkiewicz – double bass

Track listing:

All tracks by Manu Katché:

  1. November 99
  2. Number One
  3. Lullaby
  4. Good Influence
  5. February Sun
  6. No Rush
  7. Lovely Walk
  8. Take Off and Land
  9. Miles Away
  10. Rose

Jan Garbarek Group: Photo with Blue Sky, White Cloud, Wires, Windows and a Red Roof

On July 22, 1979. “ECM” label released “Photo with Blue Sky, White Cloud, Wires, Windows and a Red Roof”, the eleventh Jan Garbarek album. It was recorded in December 1978, at “Talent Studio” in Oslo, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Jan Garbarek – soprano and tenor saxophone
  • John Taylor – piano
  • Bill Connors – guitar
  • Eberhard Weber – bass
  • Jon Christensen – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Jan Garbarek.

  1. Blue Sky
  2. White Cloud
  3. Windows
  4. Red Roof
  5. Wires
  6. The Picture