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European free-improvisation. ".Detached from the American model and absolutely not jazz-like. No throbbing Free Jazz with take-it-away-solo’s but a well thought through succession of musical ideas." (Herman te Loo, Jazzflits, 02/2007) "The six players mix
Recommended if you like
Evan Parker,
Instant Composers Pool,
Paul Lovens.
Paxselin Quartet: A Guide to Desolation Wilderness
Third stream, avant-garde jazz.
Recommended if you like
Ornette Coleman,
Steve Lacy,
William Parker.
Sean Egan: Alone, Raining
A genre-defying confluence of jazz, rock, folk, and classical music ranging in mood from quiet contemplation to frenzied hysteria.
Anne Mette Iversen: Best Of The West + Many Places
Modern jazz fused with contemporary classical music. New york meets Scandinavia.
Recommended if you like
Antonín Dvořák,
Kurt Rosenwinkel,
Wayne Shorter.
Joey Sellers' Jazz Aggregation: El Payaso
Jazz, Third stream, stretchy
Recommended if you like
Charles Mingus,
Gil Evans,
Sun Ra.
Bill Koehler: Glimpse
As Gods of Music reviewer, Alexander Johannesen puts it Bassist Bill Koehler's music is "music on the edge and you don't know which way it will fall."
Recommended if you like
Dave Holland,
Eberhard Weber.
Lepistö&Lehti: Helsinki
Scandinavian jazz
Christian Finger: Merge Into Beauty
Sophisticated, very melodic jazz music in the vein of ECM/Pat Metheny/Thelonious Monk, blended with classical (string quartet) and pop influences. Features Top Jazz Musicians.
Recommended if you like
John Coltrane,
Keith Jarrett,
Pat Metheny.
Haftor Medboe Group: NEW:HAPPY
Contemporary jazz with a nod to mogwai, radiohead, sigur ros. Sumptuous soundscapes with a cinematic vibe over deep groove.
Recommended if you like
Esbjörn Svensson Trio,
Radiohead,
The Bad Plus.