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Joycenotes (1993) |
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Louis Stewart (guitar), Knut Risnæs (tenorsax og 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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1. Bronse ved gull (Bronze by gold)
2. Gery McDowell
3. Natteliv (Nightlife)
4. Stephen
5. W.B.Murphy
6. Molly
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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.
The performance was part of the annual Big Band Festival in Sandvika in 1992.
The translation of ‘Ulysses’ into norwegian by Olav Angell, had just been
published by Cappelen. The composition ’Joycenotes’ was initially performed at
the Guinness Jazz Festival in 1982.
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Review Dagens Næringsliv june 1993 |
(Translated from norwegian by Villa Records)
”Jazzy James Joyce
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[…] Joyces wild cascades of words found an excellent transmitter in Lars
Andreas Larssen[…]. From a solistic viewpoint this release is a real feast.
Nicolaysen (on both trumpet and flugelhorn) and Jansen (alto saxophone)
delivers multiple and well articulated solos, however, the undisputable
gravitational centre is naturally Riisnæs. His ablity to spread an original
drizzle of music on his surroundings should soon be reckognized as a national
treasure […]. Louis Stewart’s guitar playing is some of the most thoroughly
musical to be offered on the music market, and he deserves a much larger
audience than he enjoys today […]. In honesty a daring and unexpected
experiment […]. “Joycenotes” offers ample playing time – more than 73 minutes,
of which the Joyce-lyric is about twenty minutes […]. -KB”
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