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Jon Balke: Siwan (NO/IR/MA) – ECM releasekoncert at Copenhagen Jazz Festival

Courtesy of JazzDanmark | Posted on September 15, 2017

When

Sun, November 5, 2017
23:00

About

The history of Norwegian jazz would hardly have been the same without Jon Balke. Not only did he begin his musical life as an accomplice of Radka Toneff and Arild Andersen, the kingdom’s most famous jazz vocalist and bassist. Also Masqualero, The Magnetic North Orchestra and Jøkleba – three, in different ways, highly significant ensembles – are molded by the pianist’s finely tuned artistic flair.

However, Balke’s probably most outstanding project is Siwan. It’s an equally timeless as mysterious work of art, inspired by the poetry of Al-Andalus, also known as the medieval Muslim Spain. Siwan came to life in 2007 as a commissioned work for Cosmopolite Scene, later recorded and released on ECM, and now blessed – on the occasion of the 10th anniversary – with its second incarnation as a studio album....

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