Maria Kannegaard - Maryland (2008)

While a new generation of Scandinavian musicians explores the integration of electronics and live sampling with conventional instrumentation, it's easy to forget that many of these intrepid young artists have an equally strong foundation in the jazz tradition. Danish-born but now Norwegian-resident pianist Maria Kannegaard, who graduated from Trondheim University in Jazz Performance, has been exploring the acoustic side of things, although at least one of her partners on Maryland—saxophonist Hakon Kornstad—has been equally deep into the arena of Nu Jazz and electro-centric improvisation.