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A classically trained jazz pianist using a bent toward avant-garde improvised music, Ketil Bjørnstad is really a well-known musician and article writer in Europe. Along with his cerebral, atmospheric design that belies a palpable internal enthusiasm and an inclination toward genre-crossing compositions, Bjørnstad helped develop and popularize the “Western jazz” …

A Norwegian jazz vocalist of legendary stature, Radka Toneff produced her award-winning record debut in 1977 and recorded just three albums during her life time, which was trim brief by her tragic loss of life in 1982. Delivered on June 25, 1952, in Oslo, Norway, she actually is the daughter …