Larsen å di – demo recording
During a weekend in late april 2008, I brought my audio pc to Studio Bergen to do my first ever demo recording using Cubase SX 2.2 and the Creamware Scope DSP system. Having invested in a 8 x 8 Luna… Continue Reading
Author: Ø. Kvinge
Jazzspinneriet, October 5th 2013
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
Autumn leaves – again
Autumn 2012, (1 year ago…) at the October edition of Jazzspinneriet, we were fortunate to be joined by Kristin Raknes (vocals), Thomas Nøkling (sax), Jan Erik Reknes (trumpet) and Torbjørn Hillersøy (bass) – 4 great musicians who substituted the regular… Continue Reading
Tutu – jam track for guitar improvisation
Here is a recording I made of Miles Davis’ Tutu. We did the tune recently at the Jazz spinneriet, and I thought it might be a good idea to lay it down in Cubase playing all instruments but the drums myself.… Continue Reading
Snowman (Howard Blake/Rainbow)
In an attempt to get to know better the minor scale positions on my guitar, I recorded the main parts of Ritchie Blackmore’s version of Howard Blake’s Snowman. The chords shift nicely between Em – D – Am – C… Continue Reading
Maiden Voyage meets Creamware Scope
Audio file: Maiden Voyage Scope For the sake of reference I have added to the media library a recording I did in 2008 of Herbie Hancock’s Maiden Voyage. The clip was uploaded to the Creamware user community on PlanetZ, and… Continue Reading
September song
Saturday September 3rd marked the opening of the third season of the monthly event, the Jazzspinneriet. The autumn term 2011 is still in the planning, but new and exciting local musicians have already marked the dates in their calendars and… Continue Reading
Jazzspinneriet feat. Lisbeth Svardal and Roy Vorland
On May 7th, we had the pleasure of being joined by the great local singers Lisbeth Svardal and Roy Vorland. The band members know the singers from previous projects, dating back to the early 90’s when me and Lisbeth and… Continue Reading
Jazz in Norwegian and Swedish – Jazzspinneriet March 5th 2011
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
Chick Corea “Folk song” – demo recording
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
