Release Date: 14 April 2017
Label: Grappa
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 7033662045426
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
Description
'On Anodyne' is Norwegian jazz pianist and composer Jon Balke's commissioned work for the vocal ensemble Trondheim Voices and percussion group Batagraf, based on the poem "Anodyne" by the American poet Yusef Komunyakaa.
Trondheim Voices is an improvisational vocal ensemble formed of professional singers, all of whom have studied in the jazz programme at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. The ensemble has been regarded as one of the leading groups of its type in Norway and the rest of the world for the past ten years. The group has commissioned new music and presented works by a number of prominent composers, and has worked closely together with sound designer Asle Karstad and artist Anne-Cathrin Hertling for many years.
The percussion collective Batagraf was established by Jon Balke in 2005. Batagraf is described as a musical "think tank", and from the start its objective has been to explore the connections between rhythm, language and literary content. Batagraf has collaborated with a long list of poets, comedians, dancers and writers, and has released two critically acclaimed albums on the ECM label.
'On Anodyne' was recorded and mixed at Rainbow Studio, and was produced by Live Maria Roggen, Jon Balke and Jan Erik Kongshaug.
Tracklisting
Stian Carstensen
Ase Kleveland & The Salmon Smokers
Trygve Seim & Andreas Utnem
Karin Krog & Jacob Young
Elvira Nikolaisen & Mathias Eick
Siri Nilsen
Three Souls
Ketil Bjornstad
Sultan Stevenson
John Patitucci
Tommy Whittle & Alan Barnes
Xhosa Cole
John Clayton & Mulgrew Miller
George Cables
Sylvaine Helary & Orchestre Incandescent
The Exu
