Pa krigsstigen

Yesterday, i got a phonecall from a working partner who was on the warpath (= Pa krigsstigen). Our opinions on how to handle certain matters differed, but I am not so sure that the thing we discussed was really what it was all about. But I stuck to the hard facts and have since had a talk with The Leader and it turns out I was right all along.

Today, a good meeting with the two drumming Peters (Danemo and Nilsson) from the jazz co-op Kopasetic. There's a great name here if they ever want to do a duo project: Tva trumpeter. Remember where you read it first! But I digress. They presented a great and tempting idea for a two day jazzfestival in September. I will leave the decision to the booking group and we will see what happens. Their ideas were very cohesive and some aspects reminded me of IB Expo and the input I got from Jerry Marotta after the event. Very helpful comments indeed, for IB and for Kopasetic. On behalf of both: thanks Jerry!

When I am working in my office at the university, I tend to listen to iTunes on shuffle with the tracks overlapping at the beginnings and endings of each track. Occasionally, some really interesting mergers appear. Today, a Derek Bailey improvisation worked its way seamlessly into a Morcheeba track ("The Sea"). A random work of pure genious if you ask me.

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NP: Militanta Jazzmusiker - Bunker
I have had my eye on this CD for a while, but haven't listened to it until last week. Now I am listening to it again simply because it's a great album! It's wild, crazy and it comes with a healthy dose of fun! Some great solos by sax player Tomas Jonsson and guitarist Thomas Gunillasson.

My favourite track from Bunker is På Krigsstigen, which features Gunillasson performing some seriously anarchic guitar playing in between a stately theme which reminds me of something Shostakovich could have used while protesting against his political regime at the time. Their website enables you to download four tracks, among them Pa Krigsstigen. Go ahead, do it!