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Ballrogg (Ellerhuse-Holm / Arntzen / Grydeland): Abaft the Beam (Clean Feed)

The Ballrog duo of multi-reedist Klaus Ellerhusen Holm and double bassist Roger Arntzen is expanded with pedal steel guitarist Ivar Grydeland as they explore jazz influenced at the intersection of Jimmy Giufree and Eric Dolphy with Morton Feldman-esque non-linear structures.
 

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Klaus Ellerhusen-Holm-b clarinet, bass clarinet, bass amplification

Roger Arntzen-doublebass

Ivar Grydeland-pedal steel guitar, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, banjo, drum machine


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UPC: 5609063004038

Label: Clean Feed
Catalog ID: CF403
Squidco Product Code: 23382

Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2017
Country: Portugal
Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold
Recorded by Morten Qvenild at The Green Room, Nesodden, December 2014 and 2015. Mixed by Johnny Skalleberg at Amper Tone, June 2016. Mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi, October 2016. Produced by Klaus Ellerhusen Holm / Roger Arntzen / Ivar Grydeland.

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"For some time, and for two released albums, Ballrogg was the name of the duo formed by clarinetist and saxophonist Klaus Ellerhusen Holm (Honest John, Large Unit) and double bassist Roger Arntzen (In the Country, Chrome Hill), identified by a captivating approach which combined an exploration of the influence of Jimmy Giufree and Eric Dolphy's particular brand of jazz with the kind of non-linear structures patented by the indeterminist new music composer Morton Feldman.

Meanwhile, a third element joined the project and things got more complex, and that because Ivar Grydeland (Huntsville, Dans les Arbres) brought with him a strong country & western influence. Pointed out as the Bill Frisell of experimental improvised music, Grydeland's pedal steel guitar and banjo contributions are key to the "free chamber Americana" now proposed by the group, in a much clearer way than the one played by the Chicago's band Town & Country. Curiously enough, neither of these musicians are from the United States and the music itself denounces its Scandinavian origin. The ability of the North European scene to reinvent "American classical music" (the label Duke Ellington gave to jazz) and even to reinvent the American folk roots is legendary, and here we have one precious example."-Clean Feed


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"Studied music at the jazzdepartment of the Trondheim music conservatory 2000-2004 and is now located in Oslo working mostly with improvised music and free jazz. I the recent years the most active groups have been Ballrogg, Trondheim jazzorchestra and his own group Klaus Holm Kollektif, who were awarded "Young Nordic Jazzcomets 2003". Holm plays improvised music with the Norwegian quartet Murmur and has worked with international artists such as Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Ingar Zach, Jim Denley, Raymond Strid, Axel Dörner og Mattias Ståhl. He has been touring festivals and jazzclubs in several countries in both Europe, America and Asia. The last years he has also composed music for various chamber music settings and also music for film."

-Ballrogg Website (http://www.ballrogg.no/bio.html)
3/13/2024

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"Studied music at the University of Oslo from 1998-1999 and at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo from 1998-2006. He is known from the piano trio In The Country, who was awarded "Young Jazz Musicians Of The Year 2004" in Norway. The trio has released three albums on the Norwegian indie-label Rune Grammofon to much acclaim. He is a regular together with Shining-leader Jørgen Munkeby with the noise-rock-jazz-quartet Chrome Hill and has teamed up with Chrome Hill-drummer Torstein Lofthus as two thirds of Håvard Stubø Trio. He has also worked with downtown NYC icon Marc Ribot and pedal-steel guitarist Bob Hoffnar, and other international artists such as Neil Metcalfe, Terry Day, John Russell, Sidsel Endresen, Susanna Wallumrød og Stian Carstensen."

-Ballrogg Website (http://www.ballrogg.no/bio.html)
3/13/2024

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"Has been a musician and a composer for a decade. He has been touring and recording with his own bands, ad hoc projects and project based ensembles at big festivals and clubs in Norway, Sweden, Italy, Belgium, The Netherlands, Portugal, Austria, Germany, France, Canada, USA, Greece, Argentina, Spain, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia and Japan. Grydeland is currently most frequently playing with the quartet Dans Les Arbres (Wallumrød, Zach, Charles, Grydeland), who released their debut album on ECM in April 2008. He�s also active with the trio Huntsville (two releases on Rune Grammofon) and has a key role as a guitarist and pedal steel player with the Norwegian singer Hanne Hukkelberg. Grydeland plays his acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo and pedal steel guitar often in the direction of Country & Western, with a facination for streching the possibilities in the sound quality itself in his instruments."

-Ballrogg Website (http://www.ballrogg.no/bio.html )
3/13/2024

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Track Listing:



1. Aloft 5:37

2. Bear Down 3:36

3. Abaft 5:43

4. Bosom Barb 6:31

5. Avast 3:06

6. Block And Tackle 7:35

7. Anchor's Aweigh 6:25

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Improvised Music
Jazz
Free Improvisation
Trio Recordings
European Improvisation, Composition and Experimental Forms
Melodic and Lyrical Jazz
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