6 hours 14 demo tunes
The other day we teamed up in our (secret) trio to record a demo with our (secret) guest singer from Spain. The project is in its initial phase, and the session was our first meeting. The trio had not met… Continue Reading
The other day we teamed up in our (secret) trio to record a demo with our (secret) guest singer from Spain. The project is in its initial phase, and the session was our first meeting. The trio had not met… Continue Reading
Here is a simple backing track of Julia (Lennon/McCartney) as harmonised by Medeski, Martin & Wood on their album Out Louder which features John Scofield on guitar. The track is made to help practicing improvising over the changes which requires… Continue Reading
The October edition of Jazzspinneriet was dedicated to the music of Herbie Hancock. In addition to previously presented material, which is documented elsewhere on this blog, we added this time Hancock’s “Driftin’” and Charles Mingus’ “Goodbye pork pie hat”, which… Continue Reading
Theme for the March edition of Jazzspinneriet was “Jazz in Norwegian and Swedish”. Forming the basis for the repertoire was a selection of the enchanting Swedish folk tunes from Jan Johanssons legendary record, “Jazz på Svenska”. Although the originals were recorded in the duo format by Johannson and… Continue Reading
With Chick Corea’s upcoming 70th birthday (June 12th) in mind, our quartet will start focusing on the jazz legend’s compositions and add a number of those to our repertoire. Hopefully we will be able to celebrate Chick’s works in the… Continue Reading
In December we did 2 gigs at the Fana kulturhus featuring christmas songs only (with the exception of a few Shorter / Hancock tunes). The main source of printed music is The Real Christmas book which we stumbled upon. This book… Continue Reading
Logen teater On September 19th 2010, we performed at the Logen bar in Bergen for a small but enthusiastic crowd. The 2 sets featured music by Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter only. Herbie Hancock’s Cantaloupe island got another chance, here in… Continue Reading
In August 2010 we performed for the first time at a jazz festival. The Sildajazz festival is located in Haugesund on the west coast of Norway. The programme this year featured a great mixture of artists spanning from well known international… Continue Reading
For the spring term, one our assignments were to give a concert where we apply ICT as a musical tool. In addition we will produce an accompanying text with reflections on the creative process seen in relation to relevant theories… Continue Reading
On Friday December 11th, the band Dukat was booked for playing at the annual christmas ball for the seniors at the Vitalitetssenteret in Bergen. Most of the job consisted of playing background music, which we did for nearly 3 hours,… Continue Reading