The Belleville bass/drums/saxophone trio of Norwegian bass legend Arild Andersen, the Norway-based Italian drummer Paolo Vinaccia, and Scottish saxophone icon Tommy Smith, build up to the January release of their new ECM studio album Mira with touring next month featuring dates in Scotland at the Tolbooth in Stirling on 12 November http://tolbooth.stirling.gov.uk; Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh (13 Nov) http://www.thequeenshall.net; and Blue Lamp, Aberdeen (14 Nov) http://www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/events/jazz-at-the-blue-lamp-arild-andersen-trio-with-tommy-smith; followed south of the border by a London Jazz Festival show in Ronnie Scott’s, as part of a Radio 3 broadcast show (15 Nov) http://www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/shows/shows/jazz_on_3_15nov13; and a concert next day at the South Bank Centre in the Queen Elizabeth Hall with Andersen and Smith joined by trumpeter Matthieu Michel, pianist Marcin Wasilewski (Faithful), and drummer Patrice Héral http://www.londonjazzfestival.org.uk/events/info/arild-andersen. Mira was recorded at the famed Rainbow studio in Oslo, with compositions mostly written by Andersen, plus Burt Bacharach’s ‘Alfie’ a feature for Smith.
Paolo Vinaccia, pictured left, Arild Andersen, and Tommy Smith