Results for "Bergen Big Band"

Bergen Big Band

Yvonne Rogers, Adam O'Farrill, Monfort, Nina Tonji & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
March 31, 2026

Another week of sifting through the flood of recent and upcoming jazz releases, another playlist full of gems you won't find on shuffle.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Simona Severini, Jacopo Ferrazza “Caravan" Dream Scenario (Parco Della Musica) 0:16 Host talks 3:11 Alexa Tarantino ...

Kristina Koller, Stan Getz, and The Peddlers

by Jerome Wilson
May 21, 2025

This program features saxophones, organs, and pianos among other instruments. Musicians heard include Kristina Koller, Stan Getz, Phil Haynes, Sullivan Fortner, and the Peddlers. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Bergen Big Band “Canto Mai" ...

Vossa Jazz Festival at 52, with New Blood

by Josef Woodard
April 28, 2025

https://s3.amazonaws.com/allaboutjazz/photos/2010/9509f2e2a3547fddb4d7263cf3eb6ff5.jpg Each year around Easter, the lovely and smallish lakeside city of Voss, Norway springs to musical life for a weekend. Voss is a go-to destination for skiers flocking to the snowy slopes high above the town, and host to an extreme sports festival come summer. But the legendary Vossa Jazz festival, which staged ...

International Jazz

by Jerome Wilson
November 2, 2022

This show highlights jazz from Sweden, South Africa, Japan, and Slovenia. Musicians heard on the show include Kaja Draksler, Monica Zetterlund, Aki Takase, and Louis Moholo-Moholo. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 John Surman “Mayflower" ...

Vossa Jazz 2022: In Three Dimensions

by Josef Woodard
April 20, 2022

Vossa Jazz Festival Voss, Norway March 31-April 2, 2022 Like many jazz festivals trying to find a safe passage through the challenging pandemic hurdles, Norway's venerable Vossa Jazz festival kept the faith via “Plan B" operations in the past two years. Hybrid streaming and live models and a pared-down festival last September ...

Som Den Gyldne Sol Frembryter

By Bergen Big Band

Label: Columbia
Released: 2008

Meditations On Coltrane

By Bergen Big Band

Label: Columbia
Released: 2007

Seagull

By Bergen Big Band

Label: Grappa
Released: 2006
Track listing: Sweet Talker; La Calade; Lament; My Shining Hour; The Seagull; Northern Sun; Don't Get Around Much; Jubilee; Canto Mai; Don't Just Sing; Angel Eyes, You'd Better Love Me.

Bergen Big Band with Karin Krog: Seagull

by Marc Medwin
June 17, 2006

Norwegian singer Karin Krog is best known in more avant-garde settings, so this big band session of standards came as a surprise. The experience grew more and more pleasant as the music progressed--Krog's conversational delivery is engaging and her obvious joy in the music is infectious. Approaching 70, Krog is as energetic and as thoughtful as ...