Jan Erik Kongshaug

Jan Erik Kongshaug (born 4 July 1944) is a Norwegian jazz musician (guitar), sound engineer and composer, the son of guitarist John Kongshaug. Kongshaug was born in Trondheim. During his childhood and adolescence, he began to play the accordion (1950), guitar (1958) and bass (1964). Kongshaug got his examen artium in 1963, and took education in the electronics by the Trondheim Technical School in 1967. Then he worked for Arne Bendiksen Studio (1967–1974) and Talent Studio (1974–79) in Oslo, and undertook some jobs in New York. In 1984, he founded his own recording studio, Rainbow Studio in Oslo and has evolved to be one of the grand masters of Sound engineering. Altogether, he has produced over 4,000 records, and is particularly known for his recordings of some 700 recordings for ECM Records since 1970.

"Magico: Carta de Amor" is a fascinating set of previously unreleased live recordings from three outstanding musicians: Jan Garbarek, Egberto Gismonti and Charlie Haden. The album documents music captured at Munich’s Amerika Haus in April, 1981 and highlights the trio’s improvisational empathy and sensibilities. Each musician contributes pieces to this repertoire which includes five pieces by Gismonti, Garbarek’s “Spor” and Charlie Haden’s “La Pasionaria”.

Jan Lundgren is a triumph of musicality over virtuosic display. Known for his quiet and subtle playing, the Swedish pianist brings to his instrument together with his trio rhythmically intricate music with complex harmonies and structures in "Flowers Of Sendai".

This 1978 release features four original, extended-length pieces by Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek, leading his quartet comprising keyboardist John Taylor, guitarist Bill Connors and drummer Jack DeJohnette.

Flowers Of Sendai is a 2014 album by the Jan Lundgren Trio, which includes Zoltán Csörsz Jr. and Mattias Svensson. This was released by Bee Jazz.

"My Song" is aptly titled, as the six Jarrett compositions do indeed have the individual characteristics and bearing of songs. Infused with elements of folk and gospel, the music has a friendly resonance that aligns it with the likes of Horace Silver. While not as overtly soulful as Silver, the quartet's interpretations celebrate the power of melody and harmony. Garbarek's crystalline tone in particular flies through the rhythmic architecture like a bird over a winter landscape.

Considered one of Ralph Towner's greatest albums, this 1975 release features the guitarist leading a quartet consisting of Jan Garbarek on saxophones and flute, Eberhard Weber on bass and cello and drummer Jon Christensen. Towner composed all the songs except for one contribution from Weber.

The renowned Norwegian guitarist - who has previously contributed to ECM recordings with Nils Petter Molvær, Marilyn Mazur, Arve Henriksen, Andy Sheppard, Arild Andersen and Jon Hassell - with a first ‘leader’ disc for the label, recorded in Kristiansand and Oslo. “Dream Logic” is aptly named, its slowly developing drifting pieces, built up from layers of guitars, have an almost hallucinatory quality, an otherworldly ambience. Jan Bang, who is co-composer of a number of the pieces, also contributes sounds and samples, and co-produced the disc.

Bassist Gary Peacock's 1982 album "Voice From The Past - Paradigm", called "landmark" by All About Jazz, draws inspiration from the energetic music Peacock was playing in New York City in the early 1960s. Jan Garbarek, in some of his finest performances ever recorded, evokes the aura of that era in emotionally powerful exchanges with Tomasz Stanko.

John Abercrombie's debut as leader has lived up to its title: the album is a collection of TIMELESS music, a fiery session with Jan Hammer on keyboards and drummer Jack DeJohnette that sounds as fresh on this reissue as when it was first released in 1975.