Circulasione Totale Orchestra - Bandwidth

The title of this monumental 3CD set is relevant on several levels. Between the youngest and oldest musician there are some fifty years, they come from three continents and they cover a wide range of musical ideas with their unique blend of acoustic, electric and electronic instruments.CTO has been going since 1984 with various members, but a couple of years ago Frode Gjerstad handpicked a new band with musicians that has meant something special for him during his long career as well as some young guns. We first heard them at the Molde International Jazz Festival in 2008 and the recording of that great concert is included here, together with recordings from a couple of European festivals. .CTO have released 5 low profile albums since 1989, the previous one, ”Open Port” from 2008 was hailed as one of the best jazz releases in Norway that year. All About Jazz chose it as ”best large ensemble CD” of 2008.Frode Gjerstad (NO 1948), leader, sax and clarinet: Legendary Norwegian musician that has worked with improvised music for 40 years. Louis Moholo-Moholo (RSA 1940), drums: Played with Cecil Taylor, Archie Shepp, Evan Parker. .Morten J. Olsen (NO 1982), drums and electronics: Member of MoHa! and Ultralyd. Anders Hana (NO 1982), el. guitar: Member of MoHa!, Ultralyd and Noxagt.. Nick Stephens (UK 1946), ac. bass:.Paal Nilssen-Love (NO 1974), drums:. Ingebrigt Haaker Flaten (NO 1971), ac. bass: played with ”everyone” from Brötzmann to Lovano. Member of The Thing, Atomic and Scorch Trio. Børre Mølstad (NO 1979), tuba and electronics:.Sabir Mateen (US 1953), sax, clarinet and flute: Powerful musician that has played with Cecil Taylor,  Hamid Drake, William Parker and a host of other greats. Kevin Norton (US 1956), vibraphone: Prominent percussionist and composer Has played with Braxton, Frith, Zorn and many others. Bobby Bradford (US 1934), cornet: Played with Ornette Coleman.Lasse Marhaug (NO 1974), electronics: The godfather of Norwegian noise with a solid international profile. Per Zanussi (NO / IT 1977), bass: One of the most exciting young bass players on the Norwegian jazz scene. Has played with Marylin Crispell, Jon Christensen, Håvard Wiik and many others. Also a prolific composer.Hamid Drake (US 1955), drums: has played with William Parker, Herbie Hancock, Pharoah Sanders, Wayne Shorter, Ken Vandermark, Adam Rudolph, David Murray and Peter Brötzmann to name but a few.

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