Tuesday at Moldejazz

Some great music being played in Molde these days, in between (and during) showers of rain!

Tuesday I heard Tim Berne´s Snakeoil play in the early afternoon. Tim Berne (alto), Oscar Noriega (clarinets), Matt Michell (piano) and Ches Smith (dr, perc) did a fantastic concert, partly strictly composed, partly great solos. One extra star to Noriega this time.

The ECM release "Snakeoil" (2012) is still hot!

Around midnight Stian Westerhus & Pale Horses entered the stage! I was a bit shocked when Westerhus started singing (!), but it all worked out fine!

The trio might be new, but the musicians are well known, with Øystein Moen on keyboards and Erland Dahlen drums.

Great music (please note, some people claim that this must be good stuff for Sigurd Ros fans), and fantastic lights during the concert.

Follow up: Mary Halvorson Trio at Nattjazz

And then we have got a close-up-video of Mary Halvorson Trio, playing at the Nattjazz festival in Bergen 23 May. The Trio: Mary Halvorson (g), Ches Smith (dr) and John Hébert (b).

More Nattjazz videos, and videos from several of Bergen´s venues, over at Egil Andersen´s channel on YouTube.

Mary Halvorson Trio

As I have told you already it´s Nattjazz time in Bergen, and I´m busy listening!

For me the highlight of the first two days was Mary Halvorson Trio. Mary Halvorson (guitar), John Hébert (bass) and Ches Smith (drums) played a fantastic concert yesterday evening, that will be hard to beat!

I´m not quite sure how much of it was composed, and how much of it was improvised, but even the drummer was reading music (we don´t often see that on jazz concerts?).

Impressive and good fun, and thanks a lot!

Sorry, have to run!