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Sandvika Storband

Frode Kjekstad: The Italian Job

by Ian Patterson
March 11, 2013

The sound of a Hammond organ has the knack of automatically resetting your watch to 1960-something, just as wah-wah guitar unfailingly conjures the 1970s and the dreaded synthesizer, the 1980s. And whilst Norwegian guitarist Frode Kjekstad's organ trio unequivocally revives the spirit of organists Jack McDuff and Jimmy Smith on The Italian Job, his trio--with organist ...

Live at B

By Sandvika Storband

Label: Trumpet Jungle
Released: 2005
Track listing: Midnight State of Mind; Dorian Craze; Brooklyn Bound; Autumn in Rome; Rafa Blues; Moon Song; Funky Fingers; The Nightcup Suite (After Hours/Hours After/The Nightcup Shuffle). (53:04)

Sandvika Storband: Live at B

by Jack Bowers
October 29, 2005

Even though the Sandvika Storband (big band) is tucked away in an enclave near Norway's capital, Oslo, far removed from the antennae of most listeners outside northern Europe, you'd have to travel the world over to find a more proficient ensemble. As I wrote when reviewing Sandvika's album Greenhouse - Live at Smuget six years ago, ...

Live at B

By Sandvika Storband

Label: Trumpet Jungle
Released: 2003

Greenhouse -- Live at Smuget

By Sandvika Storband

Label: SSCD
Released: 1999

Lining Up!

By Sandvika Storband

Label: SS
Released: 1999

Sandvika Storband: Lining Up!

by Jack Bowers
June 1, 1999

This is the second superlative recording we’ve heard in the last two months by Norway’s world–class Sandvika Storband (the other, Greenhouse—Live at Smuget, was reviewed in May). This time around, the band has some help (not that it needs any) from three acclaimed guest artists, two from the UK (trombonist/composer Mark Nightingale, vocalist Claire Martin), the ...

Sandvika Storband: Greenhouse -- Live at Smuget

by Jack Bowers
May 1, 1999

Far from being “dead,” as some have seen fit to pronounce them, big bands are alive and flourishing in countries all over the world — and in every country there are one or two names that set the standard for excellence. In Norway, that name is Sandvika. I’ll tell you how good these guys are. Add ...

Contemporary Music For Big Band

By Sandvika Storband

Label: SS
Released: 1991