Bugge Wesseltoft’s New Conception of Jazz
20th annivarsairy remake of Bugge’s legendary New Conception of Jazz.
Band of Gold
Photo: Anthony Huus
Band of Gold is Nina Mortvedt and Nikolai Hængsle Eilertsen. They won Nordic Music Prize for their self titled album earlier this year. Electronic and acoustic sounds mixed in new and exiting ways, makes a warm, organic and groovy sound based around Nina's characteristic vocal. They are touring as Band of Gold with Olaf Olsen and Peter Estdahl.
Siv Øyunn Kjenstad – occasionally substituting Olaf, and some other times doing percussive amplifying and backing vocals.
keys/ electronics
Bugge Wesseltoft
drums / vocals
Øyunn
saxophone
Marthe Lea / Harald Lassen
tablas
Sanskriti Shrestha
guitar
Oddrun Lilja
vocal/keys
Nina Mortvedt
bass/backing vocals
Nikolai Hængsle Eilertsen
drums/percusion /backing vocals
Olaf Olsen
drums/percusion /backing vocals
(occasionally)
Siv Øyunn Kjenstad
guitar/synth/backing vocals
Peter Estdahl
Trondheim Jazz Orchestra
Trondheim Jazz Orchestra is a project based orchestra operated as a musicians' pool, and changes instrumentation, musicians and size from project to project.
Siv has played with:
Trondheim Jazz Orchestra
& Christian Wallumrød
- a commision work for Kongsberg Jazzfestival's 50th anniversary in 2014. The 50 minutes long piece, Untitled Arpeggios And Pulses was released on Hubro music in 2015, followed by a tour with the orchestra in Norway. The clearly pulse-driven work consists of four parts that are connected and range from the unassertively acoustic to the intensely forceful.
acoustic gitar /el-guitar /pedal steel
Ivar Grydeland
acoustic guitar/el-guitar
Lars Ove Fossheim
upright piano / harmonium /cembalo/synth /electronics
Anja Lauvdal
grand piano /synth / drum machine /electronics
Christian Wallumrød
tenor sax
Espen Reinertsen
trumpet
Eivind Lønning
tuba/electronics
Heida K.J. Mobeck
drums /percussion /electronics
Fredrik Wallumrød
drums /gran cassa /percussion
Siv Øyunn Kjenstad
kontrabass
Michael Duch
Time is A Blind Guide
Photo: Knut Bry
Drummer Thomas Strønen's project, where he is incorporating several ensembles within the framework of a larger ensemble. Melodic compositions played by a chamber ensemble manned by strong, expressive musicians. The album Time is A Blind guide was released on ECM records in 2015.
for other previous projects and bands, see bio.
piano
Kit Downes
cello
Lucy Railton
violin
Håkon Aase
bass
Ole Morten Vågan
drums /compositions
Thomas Strønen
percussion /vocals
(occasionally)
Siv Øyunn Kjenstad
percussion
(occasionally)
Steinar Mossige