Anna Hogberg

Space: Embrace the Space

by John Sharpe
January 11, 2025

The second album from the Swedish collective Space, comprising pianist Lisa Ullén, bassist Elsa Bergman and drummer Anna Lund, finds further intrigue and sustenance in the soil that nurtured its eponymous 2022 debut. The three principals share a vision of the piano trio that accentuates the percussive aspects of the format. They have honed that synergy ...

Vinyl Box

By Bengt Nordstrom

Label: Ni Vu Ni Connu
Released: 2023
Track listing: When Will The Blues Leave? (EP): Take 1&2, Take 3&4; Drastic Plastic: Corsica 1, Corsica 2, Corsica 3, Drastic Plastic; Reality: Sigurd Rascher Variatoner, Reality; Natural Music: Bird Notes And Folk Tunes, Spontaneous Creation; N?gonting: P, N?gonting; To Bengt (10 inch): Det Beh?ver Inte Va Mer, Det ?rBara En Fras, Allts?, Den H?r Har Jag Inte ?vat P?; Vacker Men Kort, Allts?, Det ?r Konkret musik Det H?r, Allts?, Short I, Short II, Short III, Cellar Fright I, Cellar Fright III, Otterberget I, Otterberget II, Otterberget III, Rrrhhmmmm rrrrrrrhhhhmmmmm!; Flickorna I Sm?land.

Bengt "Frippe" Nordstr?m: Vinyl Box

by Mark Corroto
December 27, 2023

Sometimes an artist can tilt the axis of a genre. Tilt it by just a degree or two. The effects might not be felt as such in the moment, but after decades their imprint is profound. Peter Brötzmann was one example, as was Derek Bailey. Add to that list, the Swedish saxophonist Bengt “Frippe" Nordström (1936 ...

Jazzfestival Saalfelden 2023

by Stefano Merighi
August 24, 2023

Esaminare il curriculum di Michiyo Yagi significa inoltrarsi in un fittissimo reticolo di collaborazioni stilisticamente trasversali e tutte di alto livello. E rendersi conto della seriet�� del suo lavoro e della considerazione in cui �� tenuta nel mondo, dall'ambito accademico fino a quello pop. C'�� voluto il festival di Saalfelden per organizzare un invito ufficiale nei ...

Peter Br��tzmann, Liba Villavecchia, & Eric Hofbauer

by Maurice Hogue
August 14, 2023

This episode features a tribute to the magnificent Peter Br��tzmann whose brilliance was appreciated by so many. New albums sampled, aside from the opening track with the great saxophonist and percussionist Hamid Drake, are the powerful trio from Spain led by saxophonist Liba Villavecchia, Orquestra Del Tiempo Perdido from Netherlands, guitarist Eric Hofbauer whose album was ...

We Sick, Soojung Lee, Jane Ira Bloom & Novembre

by Maurice Hogue
April 3, 2023

The release of We Sick is not until the end of April, but definitely watch for this fiery work of improvisation and passion. Not long after George Floyd's murder, pianist deVon Russell Gray, saxophonist Nathan Hanson & drummer Davu Seru recorded We Sick in an abandoned church across from the Minnesota state capitol which was surrounded ...

Resetting the Standard - Part 2

by Ludovico Granvassu
October 11, 2022

This is the second part of an edition of Mondo Jazz that explores the repertoire built over the years by countless women composers, which are in part included in New Standards, the collection of 101 compositions by women composers curated by Terri Lyne Carrington for Berklee Press. For our selection we focus on instrumental tunes by ...

Lisa Ull��n, Elsa Bergman, Anna Lund: Space

by John Sharpe
June 10, 2022

Although pianist Lisa Ullén, bassist Elsa Bergman and drummer Anna Lund supply a formidable bottom end to the surging horn polyphony of Anna Högberg's Attack, on Space they find an alternative means to convey emotion and rapport through collective improvisation. Across five studio tracks, the Swedish threesome practices an egalitarian creed which does not privilege any ...

Fire! Orchestra in Meldola

by Luciano Rossetti
December 14, 2021