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
Siri Nilsen
Ase Kleveland & The Salmon Smokers
Trygve Seim & Andreas Utnem
Karin Krog & Jacob Young
Elvira Nikolaisen & Mathias Eick
Three Souls
Ketil Bjornstad
Stephane Kerecki; Marc Copland; Tore Brunborg; Fabrice Moreau; Ralph Alessi
Quatuor Hanson; Philippe Hattat; Theo Fouchenneret; Emmanuel Jacquet; Rodolphe Thery
Ensemble Fractales; Elis Hallik
Ensemble InterContemporain
Carla Rees, RSNO Wind Ensemble
Silvia Tarozzi; Deborah Walker; Julia Eckrardt
Orchestre Victor Hugo; Orchestre National de Bretagne
Alexej Gerassimez, SIGNUM saxophone quartet
