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Spring River (2008) |
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VRCD 009 |
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Håvard Graff (piano), Knut Mikalsen (guitar)
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Piano-gitar er en gjennomprøvd sammensetning i jazzen. Graff-Mikalsen har allikevel
valgt en litt annen vinkling enn vanlig, ved at det meste av musikken er skrevet
spesielt for anledningen. Det svinger av det hele uten bass og trommer. Håvard Graff
har komponert og har arrangert mesteparten av låtene, mens det er funnet plass til
tre standardlåter som er omarrangert.
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Karbon-Karbon - Karbon-Karbon EP (2006) |
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VRCD 008 |
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Jørgen Thorstvedt (vocals), Lars Mikalsen (guitars) |
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Karbon-Karbon's debut EP contains five alternative rock compositions. The orchestration includes
vocals, guitars, and tediously programmed drums and synthesized sounds.
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Paradoxal Intervention (2005) |
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VRCD 007 |
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Louis Stewart (guitar), Knut Mikalsen (guitar)
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'Paradoxal Intervention' invites to a certain peace from the ever increasing sound
pressure from the surroundings. Mr Stewart and Mr Mikalsen has chosen to go in the
opposite direction on this recording, emphasizing the acoustic sound. The program
spans from Spanish via Nordic to American music. 54 minutes of comforting guitar
playing.
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Core Business (2004) |
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VRCD 006 |
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Louis Stewart (gitar), Egil Kapstad (piano),Terje Venaas (bass) og Eyvind Olsen
(trommer) |
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On ‘Core Business’ Louis Stewart plays along with some of the best competence in
norwegian jazz. Recording with Egil Kapstad has long been a wishful plan for Louis,
and the reason is obvious when you hear the result of the recording. The inclusion
of two of Louis’ other favourites Terje Venaas and Eyvind Olsen leads in the most
natural way to musicianship based on a mutual respect for a common jazz tradition.
‘Time’ is always first priority in this ‘company’, and followingly it swings from
all corners of this CD. Another general item on the agenda are the slightly prolonged
improvisations, offering the musicians a somewhat extended variational freedom in
addition to their interpretation of the melodic material. |
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Bopalong - Road Song (1997) |
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VRCD 005 |
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Trond Mathisen (altsax), Jon-Sverre Berg (piano), Dag Einar Aasen (bass), Jens-Ivar
Dagestad (drums), Knut Mikalsen (guitar) |
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Bopalong is a Norwegian jazz quintet, first organized in 1995. The band played
a.o on The Guinness jazz Festival in Cork in 1997, Molde int Jazz Festival in 1998
and Oslo Jazz Festival in 1999, plus on the Big Band festival at Sandvika in 1997,2002
and 2003. The band also played on the jazz cruise with Color Line, organized by
the Big Band festival in 2004. Bopalong played regularly Saturday afternoons at
the music café “Prammen” in Sandvika just outside Oslo from 1995. The ‘Road Song’
CD was recorded in Tønsberg (60 km south of Oslo) in 1997, with Johnny Sareussen
as producer. Terje Rypdal plays guitar on four of the CD’s 13 tracks. |
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Joycenotes (1993) |
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VRCD 004 |
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Louis Stewart (guitar), Knut Risnæs (tenorsax and flute), Nils Jansen (altsax og
flute), Roy Nicolaysen (trumpet og flugelhorn), Henryk Lysiak (piano), Kåre Garnes
(bass), Ole-Jacob Hansen (drums), Jens-Ivar Dagestad (percussion), Knut Mikalsen
(guitar) |
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This is a live recording from September 5, 1992. It was recorded in Sandvika theatre,
Sandvika being a small town just outside of Oslo. The music was composed by Louis
Stewart in connection with the celebration of the centennial for James Joyce’s birth
in 1982. It is called ‘Joycenotes’ and consist of six music sequences, blended with
the reading of passages from James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’. The passages are read by norwegian
actor Lars Andreas Larssen. |
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String Time (1988/1990) |
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VRCD 003 |
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Louis Stewart (guitar), Knut Mikalsen (guitar), Terje Venaas (bass), Ole-Jacob Hansen
(drums) |
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Recorded in two portions, first half in August 1988, then in February 1990 - both
times in Rainbow studio with Jan-Erik Kongshaug as technician. |
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Louis Stewart & 4sure - "Good News" (1986) |
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VRCD 001 |
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Louis Stewart (guitar), Knut Mikalsen (guitar), Sjur Bræin (piano), Sture Janson
(bass), Jens-Ivar Dagestad (drums)
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This is a release from 1986, recorded in the legendary Roger Arnhoff sound studio
in Oslo. Louis Stewart plucked his strings straight into a five-star “Excellent”
review in Downbeat Magazine (May 1988). The booklet included with the CD contains
a facsimile of the reveiew from Downbeat, and a transcription of Louis Stewart’s
solo on Dream Dancing’. The release in 1986 was on vinyl (still available), and
the CD version came in 1989 (executive producer Martin Gulliksen)
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