Jazz Articles about Bosse Broberg

Bosse Broberg and Nogenja: Conspiracy in Flat Five

by Jack Bowers
September 1, 2001

More big–band Jazz for the thinking man or woman from Swedish trumpeter Bosse Broberg’s fifteen–piece ensemble, Nogenja (for “non–generation Jazz,” signifying that there’s no generation gap within the music itself or among those who play it). Broberg calls his band the “Jazz Soloist Ensemble,” an appropriate name indeed, as it is comprised of a number of Sweden’s most accomplished improvisers. Conspiracy in Flat Five is Nogenja’s third album; the second, Hommage à Maigret, from 1997 (Sittel 9240), was, like this ...