8 Comments on Frode Gjerstad - Duos (CD)

1. Gjerstad played in the trio Detail together with the British drummer John Stevens, in the period –, and they released fourteen albums. Other members of the band were the pianist Eivin One Pedersen (–82) and the mega bassist 's Johnny Dyani (–) or Kent Carter (–).

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2. The tapes for this recording (made on a portable DAT recorder) were thankfully discovered by Frode Gjerstad in , eight years after the performance, and brought to disc by producer Martin pebefakarrebyvijecoutetavan.coinfo a find they are. This early documentation of the Norwegian saxophonist with John Stevens and Derek Bailey provides more than an hour of outstanding free .

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3. FRODE GJERSTAD was born in Stavanger, Norway, He started trying to play improvised music as a trumpeter in When he moved to Lund in Sweden ( to ) he got a chance to meet, talk and play with musicians interested in this music. He had at that time started playing tenor saxophone ().

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4. Less More by Detail: Frode Gjerstad,saxes, Kent Carter, bass, John Stevens, dr + Billy Bang, violin, released 23 November 1. Duo 2. X-mas Cards ll & lll 3. Bang Roll 4. Second piece 5. Stop start fade The first 2 tracks were recorded before and after we recorded with Billy Bang which was in May So Bang is on track 3,4,5 only.

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5. In February , Norwegian alto saxophonist and clarinetist Frode Gjerstad took the collective Circulasione Totale Orchestra to the United States for a few select performances, the first time the multinational group had been convened on American soil and a massive undertaking and feat of organization for the year-old improviser.

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6. Detail was a band ahead of its time. The co-operative trio formed in by Norwegian reedman Frode Gjerstad and English drummer John Stevens, was completed in its first incarnation by South African bassist Johnny Dyani. Day Two was recorded in Gjerstad's hometown Stavanger, and as the name suggests, it was the result of the second day in the studio, following on from .

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7. The Circulasione Totale Orchestra is a powerful ever-changing band. But it's not easy to keep such a big group together. In he decided to keep the core of the band which at that time was Paal Nilssen-Love on drums and Øyvind Storesund on bass and try to develop that sound. It became Frode Gjerstad Trio.5/5(1).

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8. Frode Gjerstad Appears on Silver Cornet CD () $ Cornetist Bobby Bradford and saxophonist Artist have been performing together since they were first introduced in by drummer John Stevens.

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