Moving [IMPORT]

Bugge Wesseltoft

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 4, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Jazzland
• ASIN: B00005CD3X
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #86,685 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and inspired!, September 28, 2003

By	"scruzdj" (Santa Cruz, CA USA) - See all my reviews

OK - my 5-star reviews are for things like the Beatles White Album and Miles Davis' Kind Of Blue - you get what I mean.

That being said, this is an excellent album that will warrant repeated listening. What to say:

1) Very musical - mellow, but with a direction and a message. Great interplay by the players give it the true dialogue of jazz music being played live. This is where many of the pretenders in this genre lose it and Bugge and crew really excel. It's Nu Jazz that really doesn't forget the "jazz", and the playing is excellent. Bugge's playing in particular is very sensitive and this disc will transport you to a land of fantasy and introspection.

2) Don't let the house/dance/trip hop-style beats throw you *or* fool you. This album really sits in it's own place on the spectrum and maybe only overuses the beat factor a little bit... the only (small) critique I have. I may have changed the song sequence had I programmed it, but then again, maybe not. The tune-to-tune programming flow is good, but not outstanding. It's probably just the DJ in me talking.

3) The packaging is beautiful. One of my favorites in a collection of 10,000 plus!

So - BRAVO Bugge! Keep it coming. And check out the Jazzland Recordings website - I think we're only seeing the tip of the iceberg (no pun intended) here!!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a nice try, very nice indeed, October 16, 2001

By	Gabriel Barrenechea (Paris France) - See all my reviews

this album is a very nice try to mix techno/dance with
jazz, an lies in between. it is a very nice music to be
listened, and wesseltof is a quite good piano player. he is
creative and has a good band with him.

from a jazz point of view is not a huge album, but is a very
good "fusion" album (the word fusion is not really sharp, but
you understand). i really have fun when i listen to it, and i
dance a lot when i do. it can even be played in a party and
everybody will dance and nobody will tell "get out that jazz
stuff out of the CD player".

overall, this is a very nice contribution to the exploration of
a new way of doing jazz.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Micro Review..., August 9, 2009

By	Audiostar (USA) - See all my reviews

Bugge Wesseltoft's "Moving" is a inspirational journey into the realms of nu-jazz, it's a logical progression of sublime recorded at Bugge's legendary downtown Oslo studio "Bugge's room".

Including an all-star cast of Norway's most finest progressive jazz artists, this music captures the very essence of their compellingly eclectic and acoustic "New conceptions of Jazz" performances.

The album starts off with "Change" and sets you up for a journey of surreality. The third track "Yellow Is The Colour" has the most increadible brush groove on snare that reminds you of a peaceful rain shower that is way beyond chill-out, with Bugge's soft piano, it's truly mesmerizing. The original 2001 Jazzland (REC 013 534-2) release on CD is mastered to audiophile perfection and nicly packaged in a digipak of great design.

Bugge's European concert performances are described as a ride in to the realm of space, a hypnotic experience into the realms of ambient, electronic, brushed with the acoustic, being one foot on the dance floor, the other in the stratosphere. -Audiostar