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muzycy:
Jon Irabagon: Saxophone
Nils Are Dronen: Drums
John Hegre: Guitar

Editor's Info:
The debut album from this Norwegian-American trio consists of two long tracks that move between intimate lyricism and hardcore expressionism, shaping one of the strongest free jazz offerings we have heard for quite some time. Filipino-American Jon Irabagon has topped both the Rising Star Alto Saxophone and the Rising Star Tenor Saxophone categories in Down Beat´s critics polls and been named one of Time Out New York´s 25 New York City Jazz Icons. Among the seemingly endless praise we can read "stalwart technique and a deep understanding of avant-garde vocabulary" (JazzTimes), "a musician of intense concentration who wants nothing more than to indulge a spirit of play, emphatic and unreserved" (New York Times), "some of the most galvanizing jazz of the past few years" (Time Out New York) and "one of the strongest, most flexible, and daring saxophonists at work today" (Peter Margasak). A founder member of Mostly Other People Do The Killing, he is also an integral member of the Mary Halvorson Quintet, Dave Douglas Quintet and Barry Altschul´s 3Dom Factor and has taken part on a vast number of records. Guitarist John Hegre and drummer Nils Are Dronen have both been central on the fertile music scene in Bergen for many years, Hegre possibly most known for his long partnership with Lasse Marhaug in Jazzkammer and Jazkamer, while Dronen has played in a number of project and groups including The Last Hurrah!!. They met up with New York resident Irabagon during one of his many visits to Bergen where he has established a deep musical friendship with The Last Hurrah!! founder HP Gundersen.

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The 18 minute 'Berlin', Recorded in Germany in 2013, begins with a tone, a note, a drum scratch and then as the silence gets filled a little more, the true nature of this trio consisting of Jon Irabagon (Sax), John Hegre (Guitar) and Nils Are Dronen (Drums) starts to emerge. It soon becomes quite clear that all involved ha.......
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Bardzo dynamiczna, grana z pasją muzyka z norweskiego Rune Grammofon.
Norwesko-amerykańskie trio w poruszającym nagraniu oscylującym między intymnym liryzmem a hardcorowym ekspresjonizmem. Jedna z najmocniejszych free-jazzowych propozycji, jakie słyszeliśmy od dłuższego czasu.
Urodzony na Filipinach (1979r.), mieszkaniec Nowego Jorku, najbardziej znany z Mostly Other People Do The Killing to współpracownik m.in. Mary Halvorson, Dave'a Douglasa, Barry'ego Altschula i Nathaniela Smitha, to zwycięzca rankingu Down Beat´s critics polls w dwóch kategoriach - Rising Star Alto Saxophone i Rising Star Tenor Saxophone. Trafił na krótką listę 25 Jazzowych Ikon Nowego Jorku wg. Time Out New York. JazzTimes tak pisze o nim "cechuje go niezłomna technika i głębokie zrozumienie języka awangardowego jazzu".
Gitarzysta John Hegre to połowa znakomitego Jazzkammer/Jazkammer (druga połowa to Lasse Marhaug), występuje w takich zespołach, jak Der Brief, Rehab i Noxagt. Od końca lat 80. wykonuje muzykę na żywo, tworzy instalacje i nagrania studyjne; współpracuje m.in. z Lassem Marhaugem, Merzbow, Mają Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje, Francisco Lopezem i MoHa!
Najmniej znany ze składu, perkusista Nils Are Dronen to członek Der Brief i The Last Hurrah!!. Pojawia się gościnnie w nagraniach Jazzkammer/Jazkammer i Steina Urheima.
autor: MAd
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