Release Date: 25 April 2025
Label: Losen Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 7090025832970
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
Description
A wondrous extended work where Norwegian medieval ballads converges with Andalusian music, Arabic maqamat, medieval and Middle Eastern music, performed in concert by Norwegian saxophonist and composer Mathilde Grooss Viddal and members from her group, FriEnsemblet. Mathilde Grooss Viddal's' Tri vendur bles ho i den hogaste sky'is a commissioned work, first performed at Vossajazz in 2018. The work, however, is in constant dialogue with the distant past and geographically distant areas. Viddal herself points out. That the work is about dreams and fears, about longing for freedom, about loss and conflicts, today and throughout history. The work also presents itself as a contemplation on cultural heritage and cultural encounters.
One of the elements opening the work to other dimensions is the basis of Norwegian medieval ballads and the tradition these ballads originated. This is a tradition primarily known within folk music environments. At the same time, the ballads are an integral part of folk beliefs, storytelling and legends, and a reservoir of earlier understandings of nature. As a second phenomenon, the Norwegian ballad tradition can be understood in a more global and globalized context. Some ballads seem to have travelled; versions exist in different languages and musical cultures.
"What really strikes the listener is the way in which she creates such complex music and presents this so accessibly, which is a rare talent and one to be celebrated." - Chris Barber, Jazz Views
"A nifty mix of old-school ECM folk-jazz and 1970s Alice Coltrane soul-on-the-sleeve spiritual adventurism." - Bird Is The Word
Mathilde Grooss Viddal- bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, Bb clarinet
Naissam Jalal-flute &voice
Unni Boksasp- vocal
Kristoffer Alberts-alto saxophone
Per Willy Aaserud- trumpet, electronics
Oyvind Braekke -trombone
Britt Pernille Froholmviolin, Hardanger fiddle
Tellef Kviftekeyboards, organ, sea flute, laptop
Egil Kalmandouble bass
Knut KvifteNesheimdrums, vibraphone
Tracklisting
Karin Nakagawa, Hans Tutzer & Paolino Dalla Port
EH3
Arne Torvik Trio
Olga Konkova
Per Mathisen
Michael Aadal
LRK Trio
Troen - Arnesen Quartet
Kai Craig
Bill Stewart
Sam Coombes
Rez Abbasi
Bram De Looze, Thomas Morgan, Joey Baron, Hank Roberts
Olga Amelchenko
Pierre Dorge & New Jungle Orchestra
Joe Magnarelli
