Olga Konkova

Olga Konkova, Jens Thoresen - December Songs (2016)  Music

Posted by Domestos at May 29, 2018
Olga Konkova, Jens Thoresen - December Songs (2016)

Olga Konkova, Jens Thoresen - December Songs (2016)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 155.74 Mb | 51:35 | Cover
Contemporary Jazz | Label: Losen Records - LOS 157-2

December Songs is a sly title for an album of mostly Christmas music, but it suits the subtle approach taken by the Norwegian duo of pianist Olga Konkova and guitarist Jens Thoresen. The arrangements consistently find fresh approaches to very familiar music, transforming the tunes into something elusive and beautiful. Add in the improvisational element, and the result is an openness rare in holiday music. This is music first: the holiday theme is an organizing principle, not the whole reason for the project.

Olga Konkova & Per Mathisen - Unbound (2006)  Music

Posted by Domestos at May 29, 2018
Olga Konkova & Per Mathisen - Unbound (2006)

Olga Konkova, Per Mathisen With Ole Mathisen And Gary Husband - Unbound (2006)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 281.46 Mb | 49:14 | Cover
Contemporary Jazz, Fusion | Label: Alessa Records - ALR 1005

Olga Konkova und Per Mathisen haben sich in Berkley kennengelernt, in jener Talenteschmiede in der schon viele große Karrieren begonnen haben. Für den musikalischen Stil auf dieser CD hätten sie sich keinen besseren Namen wie unbound aussuchen können, es wird mit unglaublicher Virtuosität drauflos musiziert quer durch alle Richtungen, wobei ein "jazzrockiges" Idiom letztlich im Vordergrund steht.

Olga Konkova - Return Journey (2011)  Music

Posted by Domestos at June 3, 2018
Olga Konkova - Return Journey (2011)

Olga Konkova - Return Journey (2011)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 220.83 Mb | 57:33 | Cover
Contemporary Jazz | Label: Losen Records ‎- LOS 106-2

Olga Konkova was born in Moscow 1969. She started her music education in her hometown and later at Berklee in Boston. She moved to Oslo in 1994. Her fi rst CD release is “Flow” 1997, on The Norwegian Curling Legs label. Then she had three releases in a row on The English Candid label: “Her Point Of View” 1991, Northern Crossing” 2001, “Some Things From Home” 2001. Together with Per Mathisen she released “Unbound” in 2006, on The Austrian Alessa label. In 2009, she released a CD with solo piano improvisations with music inspired by Joni Mitchell on The Swedish Caprice label. In 2010 we had the pleasure of releasing her fi rst CD on Losen Records, “My Voice”. This CD received fantastic good reviews and several reviewers had it the best jazz release in Norway 2010.

Olga Konkova & Jens Thoresen - Old Songs (2017)  Music

Posted by Domestos at June 2, 2018
Olga Konkova & Jens Thoresen - Old Songs (2017)

Olga Konkova & Jens Thoresen - Old Songs (2017)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 147.89 Mb | 53:35 | Cover
Contemporary Jazz | Label: Losen Records - LOS 181-2

Olga Konkova and Jens Thoresen seemingly can't sit down for a chat without something beautiful coming out. Each has a mellifluous touch on their instrument, but their eloquent back-and-forth chemistry is the bigger part of what makes their duo recordings special. Following on from the holiday collection December Songs (Losen, 2016), the pair sticks to the same approach of re-shaping their source songs almost beyond recognition, producing another excellent release suitable for late-night quiet moments during any time of year.

Olga Konkova Trio - The Goldilocks Zone (2015)  Music

Posted by Domestos at Jan. 8, 2018
Olga Konkova Trio - The Goldilocks Zone (2015)

Olga Konkova Trio - The Goldilocks Zone (2015)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 275.90 Mb | 51:09 | Cover
Contemporary Jazz | Country: Norway | Label: Losen Records - LOS 134-2

The Goldilocks Zone is an area of space in which a planet, like our own Earth, is perfectly distanced from its sun. The planet’s surface is neither too hot nor too cold (like baby bear’s porridge in the fairy tale). Conditions are just right so that liquid water remains on the surface of the planet without freezing or evaporating out into space. Life can form and flourish. Olga Konkova sees this as metaphor and as symbol: “It’s a place in the human soul where beautiful thoughts are born and nourished”.

Helge Sunde, Ensemble Denada - Finding Nymo (2009) [Re-Up]  Music

Posted by Designol at June 23, 2021
Helge Sunde, Ensemble Denada - Finding Nymo (2009) [Re-Up]

Helge Sunde, Ensemble Denada - Finding Nymo (2009)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 305 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 141 Mb | Scans included
Contemporary Jazz, Modern Big Band | Label: ACT | # 9492-2 | Time: 00:53:10

Helge Sunde is a 44-year-old Norwegian trombonist and composer who often works with jazz/classical composer Geir Lysne, sounds as if he checks out Hermeto Pascoal, Django Bates, Carla Bley, and British jazz and TV composer Colin Towns – and who has produced a cracker of a contemporary big-band album with this set. Sunde's Denada ensemble has produced powerful work before, but the balance of moods, melodic variety and arranging ingenuity on Finding Nymo (the sax-playing Nymo brothers Frode and Atle are star soloists) ought to raise his standing outside continental Europe. He throws listeners off the big-band scent with the eerie vocoder whispers at the start, but busy phrase-swapping between the horns, and arrhythmic ensemble riffs with solo-sax wails rising out of them introduce a Django Bates feel. When In Rome is a hooting, swaggering theme with revving engines and street noise, Valse Triste starts like a funeral lament and turns into a demonically waltzing dance, and the title track begins as tentative, sputtery improv, then coalesces into a melody. Guests Olka Konkova (piano) and Marilyn Mazur add flourishes to an already formidable set.

Paolo Vinaccia - Mystery Man (2018)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Dec. 17, 2022
Paolo Vinaccia - Mystery Man (2018)

Paolo Vinaccia - Mystery Man (2018)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 2,14 Gb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 847 Mb | 06:09:44
Folk, Folk Rock, Jazz | Label: C+C Records

Paolo Vinaccia turned 64 on March 27. Paolo is not so well these days, and is having his second round of chemotherapy, combined with many different alternative treatment methods.

Focusyear Band - After This (2018)  Music

Posted by Domestos at June 30, 2018
Focusyear Band - After This (2018)

Focusyear Band - After This (2018)
MP3 CBR 320kbps | 01:03:21 | 145.99 Mb | Cover
Vocal Jazz | Label: Neuklang

Europaweit einzigartig: Unter der künstlerischen Leitung des österreichischen Gitarristen Wolfgang Muthspiels treffen sich sechs Jazzmusiker und zwei Jazzmusikerinnen, die von einer Fachjury für das Focusyear im Jazzcampus aus weltweit eingereichten Bewerbungen ausgewählt wurden, um sich mit einem Stipendium ein ganzes Jahr zusammen mit der Focusyear Band intensiv der Musik zu widmen.

Helge Sunde Norske Store Orkester - Denada (2006)  Music

Posted by gribovar at May 31, 2021
Helge Sunde Norske Store Orkester - Denada (2006)

Helge Sunde Norske Store Orkester - Denada (2006)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 293 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 133 MB | Covers - 22 MB
Genre: Contemporary Jazz, Big Band | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: ACT Music (9805-2)

The music of Helge Sunde requires musicians with great technical capacity and ability to sense their position in the musical landscape. Playing the music has been described as a hike in Sundes native western Norway: Even if you know the terrain and can reed the map, you actually have to climb a few peaks, jump over icy streams and pass through steep fjord valleys - without loosing contact with the rest of the hikers. The reward is a magnificent musical view and a new understanding of what a big band can be. The band Norske Store is the ensemble of the East Norway Jazz Centre, and the musicians are personally selected to work with innovation, production and performance of new Norwegian music for large jazz ensembles…