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The queen of goth-jazz, with organ and drums, meditates on open-ended improvisations variously recalling Hendrix and Tony Williams' Lifetime

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For a stiff contraption of metal and wood, the guitar can convey an extraordinary range of human emotions. Combine it with an 11-piece ensemble and the options expand like a flower. Norway’s Hedvig Mollestad, her blonde Gibson ES-335 in hand, revels in these myriad possibilities on her latest album Maternity Beat, a commissioned project with the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra. (Previous TJO guest collaborators include Chick Corea and Joshua Redman—not too shabby.)

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Accompanied by the 12-person Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, the Norwegian metal-jazz guitarist explores motherhood and mayhem on nine action-packed songs full of overdriven riffs and warring counterpoints.

In a first-time collaboration, WRTI and WBGO have created a Fall Preview to cover the field, in a range of sounds and styles.