Promotion anxieties: Jazz promoters within the UK scene
Journal Article
Medbøe, H., & Moir, Z. (2017)
Promotion anxieties: Jazz promoters within the UK scene. Jazz Research Journal, 11(1), 7-27. https://doi.org/10.1558/jazz.32504
Definitions and roles of the promoter within the ecology of the music industries have over recent years become the subject of attention by academics working within the eld of...
Continental Drift: 50 years of jazz from Europe
Conference Proceeding
Medboe, H., Bares, W., Webster, E., Frost Fadnes, P., Inglis, C., Kahr, M., …Heyman, M. (2017)
Continental Drift: 50 years of jazz from Europe. In Z. Moir, & C. Atton (Eds.), Continental Drift: 50 years of jazz from Europe - Conference Proceedings. , (v-vi
Following popular exposure in France to the proto-jazz of James Reese Europe and his 369th “Harlem Hellfighters” Infantry Regiment during the latter years of WW1, the jazz bug...
Beyond Borealism: New Perspectives on the North
Book Chapter
Medboe, H. (2016)
Beyond Borealism: New Perspectives on the North. In Beyond Borealism: New Perspectives on the North (149-166). Norvik Press
Since the 1970s, jazz from Scandinavia has represented a distinct reimagining of the erstwhile American music form with the term “Nordic tone” being liberally applied in the m...
Medbøe/Eriksen/Halle - The Space Between
Other
Medbøe, H. (2015)
Medbøe/Eriksen/Halle - The Space Between. [Compact Disc, Digital Download and Streaming]. Norway
An album of original compositions performed by Haftor Medbøe (guitar), Espen Eriksen (piano), Gunnar Halle (trumpet)
Released on Losen Records, November 2015 with financal su...
Reframing popular music composition as performance-centred practice
Journal Article
Moir, Z., & Medbøe, H. (2015)
Reframing popular music composition as performance-centred practice. Journal of Music, Technology and Education, 8(2), 147-161. https://doi.org/10.1386/jmte.8.2.147_1
This article reports on a qualitative study of four undergraduate students specializing in popular music composition, and examines links and overlaps between three related are...
The compass of Nordic tone: jazz from Scandinavia.
Presentation / Conference
Medbøe, H. (2015, February)
The compass of Nordic tone: jazz from Scandinavia. Paper presented at Nordic Research Network 2015, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh UK
Jazz from Scandinavia has, over the past fifty years, come to represent a distinct reimagining of the erstwhile American music form. Following the global spread of jazz throug...
Improvisation in the digital age: New narratives in jazz promotion and dissemination.
Journal Article
Medbøe, H., & Dias, J. (2014)
Improvisation in the digital age: New narratives in jazz promotion and dissemination. First Monday, 19, 1-26. https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v19i10.5553
Those that create, promote and disseminate jazz are experiencing a period of radical change. The dwindling interest from the major labels in releasing jazz has led to a mushro...
Dictated dichotomies: Locating Scandinavian jazz.
Presentation / Conference
Medbøe, H. (2014, September)
Dictated dichotomies: Locating Scandinavian jazz. Paper presented at Rhythm Changes 2014 - Jazz Beyond Borders
Scandinavian jazz is arguably the most established appropriation of the genre outside the United States, with a uniquely defined cultural identity stretching back to the early...
Jazz Scenes and Networks in Europe: Repackaging Independent Jazz – New Strategies for Emerging Markets.
Presentation / Conference
Medbøe, H. (2014, July)
Jazz Scenes and Networks in Europe: Repackaging Independent Jazz – New Strategies for Emerging Markets. Paper presented at KISMIF conference: Underground music scenes and DIY cultures, Porto PT
Recent years have witnessed significant changes to the methods by which artists connect with their fans. Where in the previous century these connections were primarily made th...
Popular music provision at Edinburgh Napier University: observations and points of enquiry.
Presentation / Conference
Medbøe, H. (2014, January)
Popular music provision at Edinburgh Napier University: observations and points of enquiry. Presented at Popular Music Pedagogy, University of Edinburgh