Hegge is Bjørn Marius Hegges jazz quintet playing music strongly influenced by the 60s jazz era in the USA.
The compositions invites the musicians to a playground, where they are allowed to contribute with their own personal playing style and musical qualities, thus making the music very playful and personal.
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Bjørn Marius Hegge – The Creator Has a Bachelor Plan
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Bjørn Marius Hegge:
Ideas for Axel Dörner, Rudi Mahall, Hans Hulbækmo and Håvard Wiik
All music by Eirik Hegdal
Eivind Lønning: Trumpet & Piccolo Trumpet
Eirik Hegdal: C Melody Saxophone, Clarinet & Bass Clarinet Nils-Olav Johansen: Guitar, Banjo & Vocal
Mattias Ståhl: Vibraphone
Ole Morten Vågan: Double Bass
Jon Fält: Drums & Percussion
Recorded live at Vossa Jazz by Tor Breivik, March 24th 2018. Produced and mixed by Eirik Hegdal.
Mastered by Morten Stendahl
Cover design by Hagg
Cover layout by Juliane Schütz
For over 20 productive years, Eirik Hegdal has been a major force in Norwegian jazz. He is known through his years as artistic director of the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, four releases with Team Hegdal (Norwegian Grammy in 2015), several projects with the explorative classical Alpaca Ensemble, among many other constellations.
“Musical Balloon» is a commissioned work for the Norwegian jazz festival Vossa Jazz in 2018, and when it was performed at Voss, a broad press smiled from ear to ear. The jazz magazine Downbeat wrote among other things «..one of the best commissions of recent vintage.” “..a fascinating suite in a micro-big band context, laced with theatricality, moments of swinging bravura and an overall narrative ebb-and-flow.”
This balloon ride offer a very inspired sextet of top musicians: the two Swedes: Mattias Ståhl (vibraphone) and Jon Fält (drums), and Hegdal’s fellow Norwegians: Eivind Lønning (trumpet / piccolo trumpet), Nils-Olav Johansen (guitar / banjo / vocals) and Ole Morten Vågan (double bass). Hegdal plays the clarinet / C Melody saxophone / bass clarinet.
Bjørn Marius Hegge:
Ideas for Axel Dörner, Rudi Mahall, Hans Hulbækmo and Håvard Wiik
Oscar Grönberg Trio – Walking in triangles
Oscar Grönberg – Piano
Tor Haugerud – Drums
Eirik Hegdal – Clarinet
Oscar Grönberg trio´s debut record consists of eight tunes by the Trondheim based Swedish pianist.
Grönbergs compositons are inpsired by Duke Ellington, Thelonoius Monk and Jimmy Giuffre, and gives an insight to his personal world of music, supported by two musicians that know eachother , and the composer very well.
Recorded in Trondheim , December 2017
Bjørn Marius Hegge – The Creator Has a Bachelor Plan
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en en en plays the free music with references to the ’60s free jazz, as well as to the contemporary music. With en en en it is the free tone, the simple sound and the surprisingly turn of events that characterize the music. Names like Albert Ayler, Ornette Coleman and Jimmy Giuffre are clear inspirations, but also Messiaen and Cage are in the musical sphere.
en en en is an amazing blend of jazz and contemporary music, performed by well-known names from the Norwegian jazz scene. This is balm for the soul! 13 melodious and sonorous improvisations characterize this album. The three musicians Eirik Hegdal (clarinet and saxophone), Michael Francis Duch (double bass) and Tor Haugerud (drums / percussion) have played together in many ensembles in the past, and this organic trio exudes self confidence! Genuine harmonic improvisations!
