Talking and Improvising

Talking and Improvising

Talking and Improvising is both the name of this podcast and an apt description of the activities that take place within it. Swedish bass player Jesper Nordberg meets top-of-the-line improvisers from different countries, talks to them, and subsequently improvises with them in the duo format.

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October 8, 2025 50 mins

Episode 9The ninth and final episode of Talking & Improvising! This episode features conversations in words and music between bass player Jesper Nordberg and the two New York-based musicians James Paul Nadien (drums) and Àlvaro Torres (piano). The podcast was recorded at Brooklyn Music Conservatory and Eastside Sound in November 2024, with financial support from the Swedish Arts Council. James Paul Nadien is a percussionist, im...

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Eighth episode of Talking & Improvising. This episode features conversations in words and music between bass player Jesper Nordberg and the Serbian violinist, ethnomusicologist, and radio host Tijana Stanković. The podcast was recorded in September 2024, with financial support from the Swedish Arts Council. Though a dedicated free improviser, Tijana Stanković’s background in folk and Ethnomusicology puts her in touch with an an...

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August 27, 2025 42 mins

Seventh episode of Talking & Improvising. This episode features conversations in words and music between bass player Jesper Nordberg and the Danish saxophone player, composer, and researcher Laura Toxværd. The podcast was recorded in February 2024, with financial support from the Swedish Arts Council. Laura Toxvaerd is a Danish saxophonist, composer, and researcher brought up in the tradition of jazz music. Her particular inter...

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August 13, 2025 42 mins

Fifth episode of Talking & Improvising. This episode features conversations in words and music between bass player Jesper Nordberg and the Danish trombone player Maria Bertel. The podcast was recorded in June 2024, with financial support from the Swedish Arts Council. Maria Bertel is a Danish trombone player, improviser and composer. The amplified acoustic sound of her instrument creates an output that draws inspiration from d...

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July 30, 2025 54 mins

Fifth episode of Talking & Improvising. This episode features conversations in words and music between bass player Jesper Nordberg and the Hungarian viola player Szilard Mezei, based in Senta, Serbia. The podcast was recorded in September 2024, with financial support from the Swedish Arts Council. 

The multi-instrumentalist and composer Szilárd Mezei is one of the most original and interesting voices working in the fields of jaz...

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July 16, 2025 59 mins

Fourth episode of Talking & Improvising. This episode features conversations in words and music between the two bass players Jesper Nordberg and Brandon Lopez. The podcast was recorded in October 2024, with financial support from the Swedish Arts Council. 

Brandon Lopez is a New York-based Puerto Rican/American musician working at the fringes of jazz, free improvisation, noise an,d new music. His music has been praised as “bruta...

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July 2, 2025 36 mins

Third episode of Talking & Improvising. This episode features conversations in words and music between bass player Jesper Nordberg and the Swiss-Filipina pianist Margaux Oswald, based in Copenhagen. The podcast was recorded in February 2024, with financial support from the Swedish Arts Council. Margaux Oswald has played the piano since the age of 5 and is now committed to the art of free improvisation.Her solo piano debut album...

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June 18, 2025 60 mins

Second episode of Talking & Improvising. This episode features conversations in words and music between bass player Jesper Nordberg and the American harpist Zeena Parkins, based in New York. The podcast was recorded in November 2024, with financial support from the Swedish Arts Council. Electro-acoustic composer and improviser Zeena Parkins is a pioneer of contemporary harp practices. Using expanded techniques, object preparati...

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June 4, 2025 45 mins

Episode 1 Premiere episode of Talking & Improvising! This episode features conversations in words and music between bass player Jesper Nordberg and the Polish trumpet player Tomasz Dabrowski, based in Malmö, Sweden. The podcast was recorded in May 2024, with financial support from the Swedish Arts Council. Praised by DownBeat Magazine as one of Europe's most versatile and curious players, Polish-born trumpeter Tomasz Dąbrowski ...

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