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Newsfeed: Oct,
Nov 2011: The new album "Abacaxeiro" is
released. The complete band from Recife, Pernambuco (Brasil)
comes to Scandinavia for a Nordic Concert Tour playing in all
28 concerts in 29 days through Sweden, Finland, Norway and
Denmark.
August, 2011: Something
like 2000 people had found their way to the main square in the
old town of Warsaw, Poland for this concert at the Jazz Na
Starowce Festival on July 30 - 2011.
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Compelling guitar
lines from Steinar Aadnekvam – a player who mostly handles
acoustic here, but works in this warm mode that has lots of
nice 70s touches too – an airy, atmospheric space that still
finds plenty of room to groove, even in a gentle way –
a bit like Pat
Metheny on ECM
, with all the light
and color such a reference might imply – even though Steinar's
overall sound is quite different! As with some of Metheny's
best, there's a
bubbling undercurrent on some of the best tracks
– almost a trace of Brazilian jazz – thanks to
rhythms from Jonatan Guzman on piano, Petter Eldh on bass, and Anders
Olsson on drums and percussion.
- Dusty Groove America
(USA)
That norwegian guitarist Steinar Aadnekvam
has
studied with Andreas Oberg and
celebrates Paco de Lucia
in his own 'Troubled Dogs' is clearly heard on a
debut album full of Latin and Groove jazz deftly played on
acoustic, nylon stringed guitar. Together with a tight piano
trio (Guzman / Eldh / Anders Olsson) the 26-year-old guitarist
does a tricky balancing act to show width without producing a
fragmented impression. He switches from soft, commercial bossa
in Jobim's "Photograph" to the nervier,
club-inspired rhythms
of "Song From The
Tree Tops". Originals such as the
devilishly catchy waltz "Diabolo en musica"
blends with occasional standards such as "Skylark" - rarely
enough in a very successful up-tempo version.
- Hallandsposten
(Sweden)
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Oct, Nov, Dec, 2010:
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Sept
1, 2010: The YouTube videoclip
for the sologuitar rendition of Thelonius Monk's "Round
Midnight" - recorded in Recife for the 2011
"Abacaxero" album, is
increasingly popular. September 1 the clip passed 12 000
views!
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July 20,
2010: After an astonishing fly-in over
the snow-covered mountains, green plains and icy mountain
lakes that make up the fjord-landscape on Norways western
coast, we arrive in Molde and play at Molde Jazz Festival. A
wonderful experience, leaving with lots of new friends.
check out
www.moldejazz.no for info on this cool
festival. |
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June 5 - 6, 2010: A short tour (with SA Quartet) to southern Finland. Arriving Saturday morning in a beautiful and sunny Helsinki, we do an all-night gig at the very cozy Ekman Jazz Club ( www.sturejazzbar.fi). At stark competition by Guns 'N' Roses, who are also playing in town, we eventually enjoy playing to a packed club of approx. 120 guests. Sunday the 6th we
arrive in Tampere, and the Tampere Guitar Festival.
( www.tampereguitarfestival.com) An
honor to share the program with guitar greats such as
John Williams and John Etheridge, we play an
hour long show at the major club in Tampere - the
"Klubi." |
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May 10,
2010: Steinar Aadnekvam Quartet is a finalist for the prestigious "Norsk Jazz Intro 2010" award, for young Norwegian Jazz Artists by Norsk Jazzforum & Norske Rikskonserter. Read the article here: http://www.maijazz.no/index.cfm/event/maijazz:NewsArticle/id/294014/ |
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May 7 - 8, 2010: Hooking up with Jo in Oslo for rehersals, before continuing to Stavanger and the Mai Jazz Festival, where we eventually win the nomination for Norsk Jazz Intro 2010. |
| April 28, 2010: After a few weeks in Paris, stranded due to a combination of volcano ash and newborn babies, I finally get a flight to Stockholm for this evenings show at Jazzclub Fasching. | 
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| April 10, 2010: Return to Nazaré Da Mata, with Flavio Mamoha for field recordings of the Nature ambiences that inspired me so during the writing for the project "Abacaxeiro". |
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April 1 - 5,
2010: The days have
come.. Recording the future release "Abacaxeiro" at
Estudio Muzak, in Recife (Casa Forte), Pernambuco, Brasil.
With an all star cast of Alexandre Ferreira of Cascabulho,
Junior Areia of Mundo Livre S/A, percussionist Carlos Amarelo
and poet Guga "Rasta" Santos the album will turn out as
quite a memorable meeting of inspired spirits. For me
personally, this project feels as an artistic high-mark, and I
am looking forward to share it with the public !
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February / March,
2010: Residing in
Nazaré Da Mata, Pernambuco, at the old Sugarcane plantation
Engenho Santa Fé, studying and composing,
and continuing the spiritual growth that Pernambuco
offers those who seek through closeness with nature, the
animals, the forest, the history, the culture and in the
midst of all - the human condition. A video clip from Nazaré, working on the "Terra de Cururu" composition can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz68YrW5GCw In March, we return to the hills of Olinda, for further preparations of the record. |
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February 1 - 4,
2010: Four days of
lecturing @ the PreAMP 2010 festival in Recife. Billed
as a guitar "Masterclass" open to an audience of
intermediate to advanced students @ Memorial Chico Science,
Recife. Discussing improvisation, the importance of our inner
ear as our only true instrument, "visualisation"
techniques for comprehending the guitar fretboard
and much more. A wonderful event produced by the PreAMP
festival in collaboration with the Prefeitura do
Recife. Memorial Chico Science Website: http://www.recife.pe.gov.br/chicoscience/ |
| January,
2010: Travelling to Rio De
Janeiro for two weeks, recording an album with Swedish singer,
Matilda Bĺdagĺrd and the band "A Casa Toca". The
recording is engineerd by the wonderful Rodrigo Castro
Lopes, of Chico Buarque's "Carioca" album among other things,
and is recorded at Tenda Da Raposa Studios in the heights of
Santa Teresa. A beautiful location offering, in addition to
excellent recording facilities, some quite spectacular views
of the city! Returning to Recife at the end of the Month, it is time for my friend, drummer Tito Silva to go back home to Portugal. The go-away party in the garden turns into an all-night jam that is even filmed. The part where Mr. Erasto Vasconcelos stops by can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6whWXUaMes |
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November/December,
2010: Back in
Brasil !! Exciting and Inspiering times lie ahead. December will be spent between the states of Paraiba and Pernambuco working with various projects. A guest feature with Michael Loveman, who is also in Pernambuco, and his project Galinha Gorda (with André Mucuwee & Bruno Vinzeuf) result in a recorting that is sponsored by Alto Volt Amps. A Youtube clip from a show at Arte Em Tudo Parte in Olinda can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkrmp7n2M1o |
| October 16 &
17: A tiring (but great)
mini-tour, playing at the Nordic Jazz Incubator in Lilehammer,
Norway the 16th and at the Uppsala Guitar Festival on the
17th. Delayed train, delayed plane, no sleep and a very cold
waiting hall in spite, we play three concerts in two
days. Part of the Norwegian gig was filmed for a DVD by Hoyskolen i Lillehammer, and a Youtube video of "Song From The Treetops" can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFXzWw-sRAk The Uppsala Guitarfestival concert was also broadcasted by Sveriges Radio P2. |
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September 2009: Steinar Aadnekvam is nominated for the "Young Nordic Guitarist 2009" Award, by Uppsala Gitarrsamfund and Uppsala International Guitarfestival. Among the 4 candidates, Steinar finds himself as the only Jazz player in an otherwise classical selection. :-) |
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September 10 & 11
2009: A fun visit
to Finland and the beautiful cities of Jakobstad and Waasa,
and respectively the Jazzoo Club and the Doo Bop Club is
partially documented for Youtube. A take of "Body and Soul" can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epozzle8pII |
| September 5, 2009: Playing, once again, at the wonderful club, Bistro Hijaz in Uppsala. As always, a great night among old and new friends, and an honor to have Swedish guitar-legend Coste Apatrea (of Samla Mammas Manna etc) as a stand-in behind the soundboard! |  |
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August 2009: Participate on the recording (and in the video) of Patrick-El-Hag's new single, the very personal remake of Cornelis Vreeswijks classic "Deridres Samba". The result "Dansa Samba Med Mig (Copacabana Express)" - can be heard and seen on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6fiLhOvdAk |
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July 2009: Copenhagen Jazz Festival, with Lasse Ehn Scandinavian Project. |
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2009: My friend from
Olinda, Brasil - American pianist Michael Loveman visits
Europe and Stockholm, bringing with him a collection of old
Chorinho tunes. We bring along my long time friend Joel
Danell, from Musette, on Bass and Thomas Wingren on Percussion
for a weeks tour in the Stockholm / Uppsala region.
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May 21,
2009: A gig at the beautiful
Hellsten Hotell (probably Stockholms most beautiful Hotel !)
is filmed and documented for youtube. |
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April 7, 2009: Concert in Gothenburg, at Jazzclub Nefertiti. A excerpt from a take on A.C Jobim's tune "Fotografia" can be seen/heard on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n74oo5t10CQ |
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March, 2009: Visit to Recife / Olinda - Brasil. A first time encounter, I collaborate with American Pianist Michael Loveman, Portuguese drummer extraordinaire Tito Silva and bassist André Mucuwe and the project "Flotation Tanks With Mushrooms" together we do a memorable, and slightly crazy show at "Club Iraq" in central Recife. |
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January, 2009: Playing, Co-Writing, Rehersing and Recording for Clara Mendes' album "Passarinho". The music is recorded at OAL Studios in Sollentuna, with an all-star cast featuring Steinar Aadnekvam, Sebastian Berghult, Robert Ikiz, Jonatan Guzman, Magnus Wiklund, Patrik Skogh, Linus Lindblom and Johan Hörlén. The recordings are engineerd by the formidable Lennart Ström and executive producer is Peter Shore. |
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December, 2008: Recording an EP with Anna-Maria Espinosa singing the music of Russian painter and songwriter Micha Shevarjov ( www.shevarjov.com), together with Jonatan Guzman and Nisse Hallberg . |
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November,
2008: Recording
"Simple Things" at OAL Studios Stockholm with Jonatan Guzman,
Petter Eldh and Anders Olsson. Special guests during the
session are Claes Janson and Lena
Swanberg. |
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