Sept 2 – FRODE GJERSTAD TRIO (Norway)

UPCOMING SHOW:

FRODE GJERSTAD TRIO

Frode Gjerstad – alto sax and clarinet
Paal Nilssen-Love – drums
Jon Rune Strøm – bass

Frode Gjerstad Trio plays at Audio for the Arts on September 2

Ben Watson, Hi-Fi News:
“This trio has a freshness which the big names in London and New York find it hard to muster these days.”

Glenn Astarita, All about Jazz:
“This band often performs with a distinct sense of spiritualism to coincide with an abundance of hearty soloing and curiously interesting three-way dialogue.”

After two decades of trios with various international musicians, this is Frode Gjerstad‘s first all-Norwegian trio. And it is a significant move towards a Nordic improvised sound. In the past, he has played in trios with Hamid Drake, William Parker, John Stevens, Johnny Dyani, Kent Carter, Wilber Morris and Rashid Bakr.
(From http://frodegjerstad.com/)

Paal Nilssen-Love first started playing with Frode Gjerstad when he was 15. Since then, he has become one of the most active musicians of the new generation in Norway. He has also played and recorded with international sax-players Mats Gustavsson, Joe McPhee, Ken Vandermark and many, many more! He is now traveling the world and also is a permanent member of the Brøtzmann Tentet.

Check out www.paalnilssenlove.com

Jon Rune Strøm plays the acoustic bass with several Oslo-based bands.

This trio has made 6 recordings so far: “Last First” on the US label, Falcata-Galica. A studio-recording from November -99 when the group was quite fresh. Then came a live recording from September 2000 in Oslo, “The Blessing Light” on Cadence Jazz Records. This CD is dedicated to the late British drummer, John Stevens. “Sharp knives cut deeper” with Peter Brøtzmann on the Italian label Splash came in-03, “St.Louis” is a live recording from our 2002 US tour that came out on FMR in -04 and in 2005 we recorded “mothers & fathers”. In 2007 we recorded “Nothing is forever” at a concert in Oslo.

The trio has so far toured and/or played festivals in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Austria, Poland, Slovenia,Kroatia, Italy, USA and Canada.

~ by Surrounded by Reality Jazz on September 2, 2011.