On Dog
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Piero Bittolo Bon (ITA) – alto saxophone, bassclarinet, flute 
Francesco Bigoni (ITA) – tenor saxophone, clarinet 
Beppe Scardino (ITA) – baritone saxophone, bassclarinet 
Mark Solborg (DK) – electric & acoustic guitars 
Marc Lohr (LUX) – drums and electronics

The Dog is loose June 10th 2013 on ILK : 2 x 1CD set packed with original contemporary food for your ears !

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On Dog is a trans-European project, started and led by Francesco Bigoni and Mark Solborg. It presents a unique selection of original, sought-after musicians from Italy, Denmark and Luxembourg playing new contemporary music with an edge.

Together and invidually the members of On Dog have played and recorded with such prominent artists as Evan Parker, Gianluca Petrella, Enrico Rava, Stefano Battaglia, Greg Cohen, Jim Black, AACM, Herb Robertson, Chris Speed, Paal Nilssen-Love, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Hank Roberts, Bobby Previte and many others.

Musically speaking, it is essentially a study on counterpoint and polyphony which allows five performers (all composers and free improvisers) to be confronted by through-composed pieces.

Here Francesco Bigoni and Mark Solborg’s voices and pens meet again after their first encounter: the Danish- Canadian trio Hopscotch. Hopscotch is melted with the Italian saxophone/clarinet trio Crisco 3 to generate an unusual constellation which ranges from transparent, chamber-like passages to rocking bursts of sound.

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Kites (Solborg)

Under Weather

Anders Banke - Tenor Saxophone 
Mark Solborg - GuItar

”Gimme Some Truth” - John Lennon ...it says on the wall in the back-room of the small bar KIND OF BLUE, Nørrebro, Copenhagen.

Regardless that the world definitely is in shortage of honesty, this album does not, in any way claim to be the thruth or more truthfull than other music. But it is the true unpolished story of what saxophonist Anders Banke and guitarist Mark Solborg played for an exclusive invited audience at three consecutive nights during the Danish Vinterjazz Festival 2013.

In the intimate living-room-ish concert format the duo could work with a focused audience and an atmosphere suitable for good songs. The result is 8 tracks that let’s you eavesdrop on the dry, intense experience the guests at KIND OF BLUE had those days in February.

During the last 10 years Anders and Mark have put some heavy fingerprints on the Danish jazz- and improv scene. Mostly in the groups such as Mark Solborg 4, moLd, Solborg 4+4+1 and/or with New Jungle Orchestra, Spring, with Herb Robertson, Chris Speed, Egberto Gismonti, John Tchicai, Evan Parker and many others....

They insist on musical presence and a personal approach whether the material is improvised, through-composed, abstract or just a good song. The latter is what’s going on with the duo. These are carefully selected favourite songs by Monk, Ellington, Hank Wil- liams, Tchicai, and an original or two. The aim is to respectfully interpret and challenge the tradition and themselves....


Selected quotes from previous collaborations:
Blazing guitar playing of Solborg as he interacts with saxophonist/ clarinetist Banke.... plenty of gusto. -Frank Rubolino, Cadence Magazine

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ..amazing interplay by bandleader Solborg and Anders Banke -Kjeld Frandsen, Berlingske Tidende
...Solborgs 4+4+1 nonet moves like a proud ship with all sails up into the wind, carrying a dear treasure delivered with great trust and loving care. It is set ashore on the pier of this years most exquisite Danish jazz.” - Bjarne Søltoft, Jazznytt, Norge/Jazzspecial DK

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I'm Confessin' That I Love You

Emanuele Maniscalco: Piano
Francesco Bigoni: Saxophone & clarinet
Mark Solborg: Guitar

Francesco (A) is italian - love takes him to Denmark in 2009. Emanuele (B) is italian as well - music takes him to Denmark in 2012. Mark (C) is danish - with deep latin roots.

A and C often play together. A and B already know each other well. C and B feel it natural to meet and set up this constellation. A, B and C enjoy playing concerts in small churches. Improvisation is a vital process for A, B and C.

What you are reading may not be too helpful for understanding the music they play. Then imagine a contemporary chamber ensemble with some dirt in it - a small choir where each voice raises from the ground.

A potentially-folk project.

Standstill - extended version (Solborg)

Fred feat. Anders Bo Eriksen

A track from the new album: Solborg 4+4+1

Mark Solborg 4 + 4 piece hornsection + 1 featured soloist. A tour de force from the musical frontline carried by a fabulous rhythm-section performing new contemporary music with an edge.

Lineup:
Anders Banke - tenor saxophone/clarinet/bassclarinet 
Mark Solborg - guitar 
Jeppe Skovbakke - bass 
Bjørn Heebøll - drums 
+ 
Gunnar Halle (NO) - trumpet 
Laura Toxværd - alto saxophone 
Torben Snekkestad (NO) - tenor & soprano saxophone/clarinet 
Jakob Munck - tuba &trombone
+ 
Chris Speed (US) - tenor saxophone & clarinet

The project holds Solborgs compositional ideas for a large hand-picked ensemble with
strong international individualists given a great amount of freedom within a composed framework.Texture and melody, transparency and warmth, composed and improvised are keywords. It’s about mutual intuitive understanding, musical equilibrium and a certain collective approach to joining complex, intricate writing, strong melodies and free organic interplay.

Mrs. Pedersen takes the Tram

New release from Mark Solborg 
feat. Herb Robertson & Evan Parker

Mark Solborg: Electric & Acoustic Guitars 
Mats Eilertsen: Double Bass
Peter Bruun: Drums, Percussion & Kalimba
Herb Robertson: Trumpets, Voice, Kalimba & Pump Organ 
Evan Parker: Tenor & Soprano Saxophone, Kalimba & Gong

Rustle, blast, scratch and howl. The world is noisy (and a great place to live)… 
At Copenhagen Jazzfestival 2011 Danish guitarist and composer Mark Solborg invited the legendary British saxophonist and improviser Evan Parker to join his trio and the fabulous american trumpetplayer Herb Robertson. An unusual and unique meeting across borders and generations was at hand. The group played three exclusive concerts in Copenhagen, one at Århus International Jazzfestival and spent a day in the studio - documenting discoveries made during the concerts. What you hear on The Trees is a selection of what happened that day. 

Solborg describes the project as an essential peak in his work with improvised music. The extreme collective awareness of all 5 players, and Parkers deeply rooted aproach, gives the music an almost symphonic caracter - like a walk through an arboretum (a botanical garden of trees). This music is not about oneway soliloquies but a conversation between equal musical landscape-architects. Listen carefully and you will find a curious world of views, light and tales within the sounds and shapes carefully molded by these master musicians.

British pianoplayer and composer par excellence Django Bates has added the very poetic linernotes on The Trees. The album is available digitally, as CD and on a beautiful 180g limited edition LP.

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Album info

Artist: Mark Solborg Trio 
feat. Herb Robertson & Evan Parker
Title: The Trees
Catalogue. no. : ILK199CD / ILK199LP
Label: ILK
Barcode: 5706274003796
Release date: February 7th, 2013

Tracks
1. The Whip 5:50
2. Hophornbeam 5:09
3. Dogwood 2:33
4. Skyrækker No. 1 3:32
5. Oak and The Alder 6:38
6. Skyrækker No. 2 2:04
7. Chestnut and the Woods 7:29
8. Apples, Apples 4:23
9. Dark Boat 4:50
10. Closure 5:18
Total time 47:54

All compositions by Solborg/Eilertsen/Bruun/Robertson/Parker
Except 4. and 6. by Solborg/Parker

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With 12 releases as leader or co. leader and performances at leading European jazzfestivals  Solborg has established himself with clear defined imprints on the Danish and International Jazz- and Improv-scene. His production includes both composed and improvised music. 

Besides Eillertsen, Parker & Robertson collaborators include Chris Speed, Hank Roberts, Paal Nilssen-Love, Francesco Bigoni, Marc Lohr, Lotte Anker, a.o.  Solborgs work as guitarist and composer has recieved substantial international recognition.  

On his latest release with new original compositions for nonet, Solborg 4+4+1 :

Solborgs 4+4+1 nonet moves like a proud ship with all sails up into the wind, carrying a dear treasure delivered with great trust and loving care. It is set ashore on the pier of 
this years most exquisite Danish jazz - Bjarne Søltoft, Jazznytt, Norge

. ..stunningly built up from a palette of tonal colors. Solborg’s CD impresses. 
- Ken Waxman, New York City Jazz Record


Standstill - extended version (Solborg)

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