Ora Fonogram Archive
WAKO – Urolige Sinn – Ora Fonogram
Bracing new music from those bold jazz innovators from Norway.
Martin Myhre OLSEN: “Modes for All Eternity” and “Lonely Creatures” – AMP and Øra Fonogram
Martin Myhre OLSEN & Wako & Oslo Strings = Modes for All Eternity – AMP Music, 43:39 (1/20/17) ****½: Martin Myrhe OLSEN & MMM Ensemble = Lonely Creatures – Øra Fonogram, 48:50, (4/1/16) ***½: Two bright concept albums featuring small jazz ensembles exploring musical territory of wide visual and literary reference. I suspect that the students walking through the hallways of the Trondheim Musical Conservatory in Norway are nearly interchangeable with the gifted youngsters at Berklee or the Manhattan Conservatory, for the level of musical culture in Scandinavia is very high indeed. Indeed, these musicians have a significant advantage in that jazz is more widely appreciated by the mainstream, fostering a visible and widespread self-sustaining musical culture in clubs and public venues. That does not mean that Norwegian musicians have much exposure to audiences such as our readers on this side of the pond. Thus it is a happy sail sighted on the horizon bearing new music from that part of the world. Under review here are two projects led by Martin Myhre Olsen featuring original compositions played by two different octets, the first named Wako & Oslo Strings and the second MMO. This record takes its title from the five-part […]
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