The Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Eirik Hegdal with special guest Joshua Redman are soon ready to visit Europe! Some new music, and some of the older ones. We are going to visit Dokkhuset in Trondheim (Feb 26th), Institit Francais in Berlin (Feb 27th), Opderschmelz in Luxembourg (Feb 28th), Jazzit in Salzburg (Mar 1st), Theater Krefeld in Krefeld (Mar 2nd), Moods in Zurich (Mar 3rd), Treibhaus in Innsbruck (Mar 4th), Unterfahrt in Munich (Mar 5th) and at Jazz Fabrik in Rüsselsheim (Mar 6th).
The fantastic orchestra: Trine Knutsen (flute), Stig Førde Aarskog (clarinets), Joshua Redman (saxophones), Eirik Hegdal (saxophones/clarinet), Eivind Lønning (trumpet), Stein Villanger (French horn), Erik Johannessen (trombone), Ola Kvernberg (violin), Marianne Baudouin Lie (violoncello), Øyvind Engen (violoncello), Nils Olav Johansen (guitar), Ole Morten Vågan (double bass), Tor Haugerud (drums), David Solheim (sound engineer) and Martin Taxt (tour manager).
In 2010 this band released the album “Triads and More”. Check it out!
“A masterpiece” (6 of 6 stars) – Tor Hammerø, Side 3
“Triads and more is simply great music” (6 of 6 stars) – Terje Mosnes, Dagbladet
“The stunning Eroiki features some of Redman’s most beautiful tenor playing to date” (4 of 5 stars) – Yoshi Kato, Downbeat
“Triads and More is a vivid, stylistically unbound hour of music by one of Norway’s bright compositional lights and performers, and a far-reaching orchestra, clearly capable of handling anything and everything that’s put in front of it.” – John Kelman, All About Jazz
“Ein perfekt eingestimmtes Jazzensemble, dessen Witz und Spielfreude begeisterten.” – Kreis Zeitung
Previous concert with this edition of the orchestra:
2011
March 20th – Untherfahrt, München, Germany
March 19th – Porgy & Bess, Wien, Austria
March 17th – Sendesaal, Bremen, Germany
March 16th – Stadtgarten, Köln, Germany
March 15th – Victoria, Oslo, Norway
2008
November 29th – Gamla Teatern, Østersund, Sweden
November 28th – Bodø Kulturhus, Bodø, Norway
November 22nd – Folken, Stavanger, Norway
November 21st – Sardinen, Bergen, Norway
November 20th – Victoria, Oslo, Norway
November 19th – Dokkhuset, Trondheim, Norway
2006
July 17th – Bjørnsonhuset, Molde, Norway