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A Musical Portrait Of Cortex

By Centro d'Arte Padova | Centro d'Arte
July 25, 2018
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For this new installment of our "50/50" series, we asked the members of

Cortex

band / ensemble / orchestra
b.2011

" data-original-title="" title="">Cortex (

Thomas Johansson

trumpet
b.1983

" data-original-title="" title="">Thomas Johansson,

Kristoffer Berre Alberts

saxophone

" data-original-title="" title="">Kristoffer Berre Alberts,

Ola Høyer

bass, acoustic

" data-original-title="" title="">Ola H?yer,

" data-original-title="" title="">Gard Nilssen), one of the most interesting groups in the burgeoning Norwegian jazz scene, to choose five tracks that inspired them in their music making. We then completed the selection with five other tracks taken from the band's already rich discography.

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Cortex
band / ensemble / orchestra
b.2011
" data-original-title="" title="">Cortex "Opening" from Live! (Clean Feed) 00:00
Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath
" data-original-title="" title="">Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath "Mra" from Brotherhood of Breath (RCA) 07:36
Cortex
band / ensemble / orchestra
b.2011
" data-original-title="" title="">Cortex "Grinder" from Avant-Garde Party Music (Clean Feed) 12:35
Yosuke Yamashita
piano
b.1942
" data-original-title="" title="">Yosuke Yamashita Trio "Double Helix" from Frozen Days (Crown) 18:13
Cortex
band / ensemble / orchestra
b.2011
" data-original-title="" title="">Cortex "Higgs" from Live in New York (Clean Feed) 22:56
Wayne Shorter
saxophone
1933 - 2023
" data-original-title="" title="">Wayne Shorter "Lost" from The Soothsayer (Blue Note) 30:44
Cortex
band / ensemble / orchestra
b.2011
" data-original-title="" title="">Cortex "Waltz" from Avant-Garde Party Music (Clean Feed) 37:58
Don Cherry
trumpet
1936 - 1995
" data-original-title="" title="">Don Cherry "Symphony for Improvisers" from Symphony for Improvisers (Blue Note) 43:49
Cortex
band / ensemble / orchestra
b.2011
" data-original-title="" title="">Cortex "Gray Matter" from Live! (Clean Feed) 1:03:28
Bill Frisell
guitar, electric
b.1951
" data-original-title="" title="">Bill Frisell &
Thomas Morgan
bass, acoustic
" data-original-title="" title="">Thomas Morgan "Small Town" from Small Town (ECM) 1:11:59

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