AKODE + Akira SakataAKODE + 坂田明

Live: AKODE Alan Wilkinson (sax) Kim Johannesen (guitar) Ola Høyer (bass) Dag Erik Knedal Andersen (drums) Akira Sakata Artist info: AKODE - intense Anglo-Norwegian free jazz featuring UK sax legend Alan Wilkinson  Alan Wilkinson There can be few more daunting sounds in free music than that of Alan Wilkinson in overdrive, whether the headlong flights of his alto playing, or the beefier heft he gets from the baritone. Often featured lately with bassist John Edwards and drummer Steve Noble ( their CD ‘Live at Cafe Oto’ was among the CDs of the last decade in the Times) he’s also appeared with Derek Bailey, Peter Brötzmann, Chris Corsano, Talibam!, Eddie Prevost, and his trio with Simon Fell and Paul Hession, among many others. Kim Johannesen Guitarist Kim Johannesen has a speed and dexterity that places him closer to a Joe Morris than Derek Bailey yet with a take on abstraction that’s entirely his own. Based in Oslo his impressive record includes work with Raymond Strid, Ingebrigt Haaker Flaten, John Butcher, Pat Thomas and Roger Turner. Ola Høyer After a spell in Berlin but now back in Oslo bassist Ola Høyer, like many of the erudite new generation of Norwegian musicians, is equally at home in Jazz, improv and noise. What he brings to free improvisation is an acute musicality and an unfettered approach that is making him increasingly in demand, sharing a strong relationship in particular with Johannesen. His record includes work with Rudi Mahall, John Schröder, Henrik Wahlsdorf, Paal Nilssen Love and Martin Küchen. Dag Erik Knedal Andersen Dag Erik Knedal Andersen is the wild card whose flamboyant, hyperactive, take-no-prisoners approach to drumming place him somewhere between Paal Nillsen-Love and Han Bennink. He is an ubiquitous part of the Oslo and Norwegian improvised music scene having won the title of ’Talent of the Year’ at the Molde Jazz Festival in 2010. Akira Sakata  [Akira Sakata homepage](http://www.akira-sakata.com/)