 |
|
The UK's Biggest Selling Jazz Magazine 
|
| Arve Henriksen - Cartography |
| Friday, 28 November 2008 14:26 | |||||||
|
Arve Henriksen (t, v), Jan Bang (elec), Audun Kleive (perc), David Sylvian (v, elec), Helge Sunde (arr, elec), Eivind Aarset (g), Lars Danielsson (b), Erik Honoré (syn, elec), Arnaud Mercier (elec), Trio Mediaeval, Vérène Andronikof (v) and Vytas Sonndeckis (arr). Rec. 2005-6. **** This is quite lovely. Henriksen first impressed with Iain Ballamy and Food. Since then, he has grown in stature and Cartography marks his emergence as an important composer. An admirer of the ambient minimalism of Brian Eno and Jon Hassell, this record is a remarkable tapestry of episodic collaborations and, as such, it also recalls some of Gavin Bryars’ work. Improvisation permeates the whole record and even part of the process of its assembly. Electronic experimenters, Jan Bang and Erik Honoré, are perhaps the key collaborators here with other performers and contributors being used as much for their colouration and textural qualities. Music like this seems to suspend time, moving slowly across the landscape with cautious grace. It is more concerned with the journey than with its start and end points. Some might find it unemotional but for me it allows rather than prompts one’s own reflections. It’s like the state of neither waking nor sleeping known as “hypnogogic”, in which sounds and images of the day flash through the mind without ever becoming defined. The tracks that use voices – ‘Recording Angel’, ‘Assembly’, ‘Famine’s Ghost’ – are most effective but then it’s Henriksen’s vocalised trumpet that leaves the dominant impression in one’s mind on this fine album. Excellent. Duncan Heining
Only registered users can write comments!
Powered by !JoomlaComment 3.26
3.26 Copyright (C) 2008 Compojoom.com / Copyright (C) 2007 Alain Georgette / Copyright (C) 2006 Frantisek Hliva. All rights reserved."
|
|||||||
| Last Updated on Friday, 28 November 2008 15:49 |
news
features
features
features
reviews
UK Jazz Venues
Pizza Express Jazz Club London (1871)
Vortex Jazz Club London (1664)
606 Club London (1609)
Ronnie Scotts London (1597)
Hideaway Streatham (350)
Swansea Jazzland Swansea (316)
Matt & Phred's Jazz Club Manchester (242)
Pizza on the Park London (237)
St Ives Jazz Club St Ives (219)
Wakefield Sports Club Wakefield (188)
Barbican Hall London (171)
Komedia Studio Bar Brighton (165)
Friends Life Social Club Dorking (151)
The Spin Oxford (125)
Seven Arts Leeds Leeds (115)
Octave Bar London (107)
Charlie Wright's London (105)
The Stables Theatre Wavendon (101)
Symphony Hall Foyer Birmingham (100)
The Sage Gateshead (95)
Cafe Oto London (93)
Purcell Room London (90)
Watermill Jazz Dorking (86)
Matt & Phred's Manchester (83)
The Oxford Pub London (74)
The Dysart Arms Surrey (74)
The Sands Venue Gainsborough (72)
The Bell Hotel Clare (67)
Cheltenham Town Hall Cheltenham (66)
Boisdale's Canary Wharf (64)
Millennium Hall Sheffield (62)
National Theatre Foyer South Bank SE1 (61)
The Forge London (55)
The Jazz Bar Edinburgh (54)
Band on the Wall Manchester (54)
Spice Of Life London (53)
Orange Street Music Club Canterbury (51)
Jagz Ascot (51)
Joogleberry Playhouse Brighton (50)
Turner Sims Hall Southampton (49)
The Beaver Inn Appledore (48)
Royal Festival Hall London (47)
Queen Elizabeth Hall (47)
Queen Elizabeth Hall London (46)
Lauderdale House Waterlow Park London (45)
Villandry Bar London (44)
Leeds College of Music Leeds (44)
Bonington Theatre Nottingham (44)
Kings Place London (44)
East Side Jazz Club Leytonstone E11 (42)
Vortex Jazz Club London (1664)
606 Club London (1609)
Ronnie Scotts London (1597)
Hideaway Streatham (350)
Swansea Jazzland Swansea (316)
Matt & Phred's Jazz Club Manchester (242)
Pizza on the Park London (237)
St Ives Jazz Club St Ives (219)
Wakefield Sports Club Wakefield (188)
Barbican Hall London (171)
Komedia Studio Bar Brighton (165)
Friends Life Social Club Dorking (151)
The Spin Oxford (125)
Seven Arts Leeds Leeds (115)
Octave Bar London (107)
Charlie Wright's London (105)
The Stables Theatre Wavendon (101)
Symphony Hall Foyer Birmingham (100)
The Sage Gateshead (95)
Cafe Oto London (93)
Purcell Room London (90)
Watermill Jazz Dorking (86)
Matt & Phred's Manchester (83)
The Oxford Pub London (74)
The Dysart Arms Surrey (74)
The Sands Venue Gainsborough (72)
The Bell Hotel Clare (67)
Cheltenham Town Hall Cheltenham (66)
Boisdale's Canary Wharf (64)
Millennium Hall Sheffield (62)
National Theatre Foyer South Bank SE1 (61)
The Forge London (55)
The Jazz Bar Edinburgh (54)
Band on the Wall Manchester (54)
Spice Of Life London (53)
Orange Street Music Club Canterbury (51)
Jagz Ascot (51)
Joogleberry Playhouse Brighton (50)
Turner Sims Hall Southampton (49)
The Beaver Inn Appledore (48)
Royal Festival Hall London (47)
Queen Elizabeth Hall (47)
Queen Elizabeth Hall London (46)
Lauderdale House Waterlow Park London (45)
Villandry Bar London (44)
Leeds College of Music Leeds (44)
Bonington Theatre Nottingham (44)
Kings Place London (44)
East Side Jazz Club Leytonstone E11 (42)
Jazzwise magazine - digital edition
Jazzwise Branded App
Live Twitter Feed
Jazzwise E-newsletter
Jazzwise Facebook Page
WORK EXPERIENCE
Jazzwise Intern Opportunities
instrument guide
recommended jazz gigs
See all the UK's hottest jazz gigs here
Abram Wilson, featuring Jason Marsalis and Myrna Hague A New Orleans Christmas Kings Place Friday 17th December 2011
Archie Shepp – Thursday 17 November, London Jazz Festival
Phronesis – Pitch Black – Weds 16 November
McCoy Tyner – Barbican Hall, Saturday 12 November
Magnus Ostrum Band – The Camp Basement, London, 17 November
Archie Shepp – Thursday 17 November, London Jazz Festival
Phronesis – Pitch Black – Weds 16 November
McCoy Tyner – Barbican Hall, Saturday 12 November
Magnus Ostrum Band – The Camp Basement, London, 17 November
related items
April 2009 Jazz Instrument News
Kenny Wheeler Quintet - East Side Jazz Club, London, 03/03/09
LOOP Festival Showcases New Jazz Stars
Johnny Griffin - Live at Ronnie Scott’s
Hard bop legend Freddie Hubbard dies
Issue #126 - Miles Davis
Sibongile Khumalo/Jack DeJohnette's 'Intercontinental' 21/11/08 QEH, LJF
Ben Allison's 'Man Size Safe' Quintet - 20/11/08 Pizza Express Soho LJF
Manu Katché Band - 17/11/08 QEH, LJF
Femi Kuti – 14/11/08 Royal Festival Hall, LJF
Kenny Wheeler Quintet - East Side Jazz Club, London, 03/03/09
LOOP Festival Showcases New Jazz Stars
Johnny Griffin - Live at Ronnie Scott’s
Hard bop legend Freddie Hubbard dies
Issue #126 - Miles Davis
Sibongile Khumalo/Jack DeJohnette's 'Intercontinental' 21/11/08 QEH, LJF
Ben Allison's 'Man Size Safe' Quintet - 20/11/08 Pizza Express Soho LJF
Manu Katché Band - 17/11/08 QEH, LJF
Femi Kuti – 14/11/08 Royal Festival Hall, LJF