3 Nights in Oslo

3 Nights in Oslo is a five-disc live box set album by the Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet + 1, led by saxophonist Brötzmann, and featuring an eleven-piece ensemble. It was recorded during February 19–21, 2009, at Victoria, Nasjonal Jazzscene in Oslo, Norway, and was released on CD in 2010 by the Norwegian Smalltown Superjazzz label. On the album, Brötzmann is joined by saxophonists Mats Gustafsson and Ken Vandermark, trumpeter and saxophonist Joe McPhee, trombonists Jeb Bishop and Johannes Bauer, tubist Per Åke Holmlander, cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm, double bassist Kent Kessler, and drummers Paal Nilssen-Love and Michael Zerang. The entire ensemble is heard on discs 1 and 5, while the remaining discs feature duo, trio, and quartet combinations.

Reception

The Guardian's John Fordham awarded the album a rare full five stars, describing it as "flat-out, no-prisoners, no-tunes free-jazz improvisation." He commented: "Sometimes the group's anthemic sax-choir sound suggests the roots of this approach in John Coltrane's Ascension, but there are fascinating subgroups... It's a virtuosic field day for free-jazz admirers with strong nerves." The Free Jazz Collective's Stef Gijssels called the band "the absolute crème-de-la-crème of today's free jazz," and described the music as "magnificent: wild, predictably unpredictable, raw, overwhelming, gargantuan, energetic, forceful... it is absolute fabulous fun for the lovers. You can laugh because of the sheer power and chaos, but the musicians are clever enough to vary with slower, often moving and sensitive moments, giving both artists and listeners a break before all hell breaks loose again." ==Track listing==

Track listing

;Disc I - Chicago Tentet + 1 • "Untitled" – 53:15 ;Disc II - Sonore, Zerang/Nilssen-Love, Bauer/Holmlander • "Untitled" (Sonore: Ken Vandermark, Mats Gustafsson, Peter Brötzmann) – 12:48 • "Untitled" (Sonore: Ken Vandermark, Mats Gustafsson, Peter Brötzmann) – 11:25 • "Untitled" (Michael Zerang / Paal Nilssen-Love) – 22:27 • "Untitled" (Johannes Bauer / Per Åke Holmlander) – 10:54 • "Untitled" (Johannes Bauer / Per Åke Holmlander) – 7:21 ;Disc III - McPhee/Vandermark, Bishop/Nilssen-Love • "Untitled" (Joe McPhee / Ken Vandermark) – 9:38 • "Untitled" (Joe McPhee / Ken Vandermark) – 10:14 • "Untitled" (Jeb Bishop / Paal Nilssen-Love) – 15:00 • "Untitled" (Jeb Bishop / Paal Nilssen-Love) – 14:36 ;Disc IV - Survival Unit III, Trombone Choir • "Untitled" (Survival Unit III: Fred Lonberg-Holm, Joe McPhee, Michael Zerang) – 15:10 • "Untitled" (Survival Unit III: Fred Lonberg-Holm, Joe McPhee, Michael Zerang) – 10:50 • "Untitled" (Trombone Choir: Jeb Bishop, Joe McPhee, Johannes Bauer, Per Åke Holmlander) – 13:01 • "Untitled" (Trombone Choir: Jeb Bishop, Joe McPhee, Johannes Bauer, Per Åke Holmlander) – 8:09 • "Untitled" (Trombone Choir: Jeb Bishop, Joe McPhee, Johannes Bauer, Per Åke Holmlander) – 4:08 ;Disc V - Chicago Tentet + 1 • "Untitled" – 36:32 • "Untitled" – 16:28 == Personnel ==

Personnel

• Peter Brötzmann – reeds • Mats Gustafsson – reeds • Ken Vandermark – reeds • Joe McPhee – trumpet, saxophone • Jeb Bishop – trombone • Johannes Bauer – trombone • Per Åke Holmlander – tuba • Fred Lonberg-Holm – cello • Kent Kessler – double bass • Paal Nilssen-Love – drums • Michael Zerang – drums ==References==

Source: Wikipedia ↗

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