Hedvig Mollestad: Weejuns - Jazz Journal
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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The queen of goth-jazz, with organ and drums, meditates on open-ended improvisations variously recalling Hendrix and Tony Williams' Lifetime
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.)
Smashing the boundaries between rock and jazz, Hedvig Mollestad tells Prog about being inspired by mythological monsters, trusting her listeners to keep up, and why she’s not closing the coffin lid with Ekhidna