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
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
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
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
