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How High Is The Sky
''How High is the Sky'' (released 14 November 2011 in Oslo, Norway by label Bolage – BLGCD 018) is a Jazz album by the Norwegian jazz singer Kjersti Stubø Quartet feat. «MiNensemblet» Critical reception Stubø pick some of her favorite tunes on his second solo album, and along with her regular quartet and the MiN ensemble, she offers music of the highest quality her, sprawling and full of surprises. Jørn Øien has done a wonderful job with the arrangements, ranging all the way from the playful riffs to steel blue textures associations with Gil Evans, Debussy and Messiaen. The Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet review awarded the album dice 5. Track listing #«Charade» (6:14) #«If I were a bell» (3:48) #«Some other time» (5:54) #«All of you» (3:24) #«Åh, så intensiv» (5:43) #«You've changed» (7:34) #«If you never come to me» (3:41) #«How deep is the ocean» (5:50) #«Radio Ga Ga» (5:01) #«Mood» (2:17) Musicians Kjersti Stubø Quartet *Kjersti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kjersti Stubø
Kjersti Aasan Stubø (born 25 April 1970) is a Norwegian Jazz musician vocalist, daughter and musical successor of Jazz guitarist Thorgeir Stubø (1943–1986), mother of elektronica musician Mathias Stubø (b. 1992), and sister of Jazz guitarist Håvard and theatre director Eirik Stubø. Career Stubø was born in Narvik, and studied jazz on the Jazz program at the Trondheim Music Conservatory (1991–93). Aged 14 she performed with her father, Thorgeir, who died from cancer two years later. During her studies in Trondheim she established her own Jazz orchestra ''Kjersti Stubø Band'' in 1991. Co-musicians on this project were Vigleik Storaas (piano), Tore Brunborg (saxophones), Odd Magne Gridseth (bass) and Ernst-Wiggo Sandbakk (drums). With a different lineup Vigleik Storaas (piano), Olaf Kamfjord (bass) and Per Oddvar Johansen (drums), she released an album in 2001. In 2010 there was a third lineup with Jørn Øien (piano), Magne Thormodsæter (bass) and Håkon Mjås ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major form of musical expression in traditional and popular music. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. Jazz has roots in European harmony and African rhythmic rituals. As jazz spread around the world, it drew on national, regional, and local musical cultures, which gave rise to different styles. New Orleans jazz began in the early 1910s, combining earlier brass band marches, French quadrilles, biguine, ragtime and blues with collective polyphonic improvisation. But jazz did not begin as a single musical tradition in New Orleans or elsewhere. In the 1930s, arranged dance-oriented swing big bands, Kansas City jazz (a hard-swinging, bluesy, improvisationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Shining Hour (album)
''My Shining Hour'' (released 2001 in Oslo, Norway by label Blue Jersey Records – BJCD 02) is a jazz album by the Norwegian jazz singer Kjersti Stubø Band. Review With this stylistic debut album as a solo artist, Stubø has chosen to go her own ways and seek her musical roots in jazz standard material. Track listing #«If I Should Lose You» (3:44) #«My Shining Hour» (3:36) #«My Foolish Heart» (5:22) #«I'm Old Fashioned» (3:18) #«It Could Happen To You» (3:58) #«Angel Eyes» (4:18) #«Blame It On My Youth» (5:52) #«It's Allright With Me» (3:50) #«I Could Never Fool You» (2:59) #«My One And Only Love» (3:14) Musicians *Kjersti Stubø - vocals *Anders Bergcrantz - trumpet & flugelhorn *Vigleik Storaas - piano * Per Oddvar Johansen - drums *Olaf Kamfjord Olaf Kamfjord (born December 8, 1962 in Tønsberg, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (double bass and guitar bass) and composer, known from co-operations within bands like "Ab und Zu", "Herrene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of in 2019, and the metropolitan area had an estimated population of in 2021. During the Viking Age the area was part of Viken. Oslo was founded as a city at the end of the Viking Age in 1040 under the name Ánslo, and established as a ''kaupstad'' or trading place in 1048 by Harald Hardrada. The city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V of Norway around 1300. Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 reduced its influence. After being destroyed by a fire in 1624, during the reign of King Christian IV, a new city was built closer to Akershus Fortress and named Christiania in honour of the king. It became a municipality ('' formannskapsdistrikt'') on 1 January 1838. The city fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency of Norway; it also lays claims to the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo. Norway has a total area of and had a population of 5,425,270 in January 2022. The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden at a length of . It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south, on the other side of which are Denmark and the United Kingdom. Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. The maritime influence dominates Norway's climate, with mild lowland temperatures on the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegians
Norwegians ( no, nordmenn) are a North Germanic ethnic group and nation native to Norway, where they form the vast majority of the population. They share a common culture and speak the Norwegian language. Norwegians are descended from the Norse of the Early Middle Ages who formed a unified Kingdom of Norway in the 9th century. During the Viking Age, Norwegians and other Norse peoples conquered, settled and ruled parts of the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Greenland. Norwegians are closely related to other North Germanic peoples and descendants of the Norsemen such as Danes, Swedes, Icelanders and the Faroe Islanders, as well as groups such as the Scots whose nation they significantly settled and left a lasting impact in. The Norwegian language is part of the larger Scandinavian dialect continuum of generally mutually intelligible languages in Scandinavia. Norwegian people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in the Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dagbladet
''Dagbladet'' (lit.: ''The Daily Magazine'') is one of Norway's largest newspapers and is published in the tabloid format. It has 1,400,000 daily readers on mobile, web and paper. Traditionally ''Dagbladet'' is considered the main liberal newspaper of Norway, with a generally liberal progressive editorial outlook, to some extent associated with the movement of cultural radicalism in Scandinavian history. The paper edition had a circulation of 46,250 copies in 2016, down from a peak of 228,834 in 1994. The editor-in-chief is Alexandra Beverfjord, the political editor is Geir Ramnefjell, the news editor is Frode Hansen and the culture editor is Sigrid Hvidsten. ''Dagbladet'' is published six days a week and includes the additional feature magazine ''Magasinet'' every Saturday. Part of the daily tabloid is available at ''Dagbladet.no'', and more articles can be accessed through a paywall. The daily readership of ''Dagbladet''s online tabloid was 1.24 million in 2016. History '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NRK Jazz
NRK Jazz is a Norwegian radio station operated by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) that broadcasts jazz on DAB Digital Radio Digital radio is the use of digital technology to transmit or receive across the radio spectrum. Digital transmission by radio waves includes digital broadcasting, and especially digital audio radio services. Types In digital broadcasting syst ... and the internet. External links NRK Jazz NRK Radio stations in Norway Jazz radio stations [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jørn Øien
Jørn Øien (born 19 January 1968 in Narvik) is a Norwegian jazz pianist and keyboard player. He is known from a number of festival performances and record releases, and cooperations with the likes of Thorgeir Stubø, Kjersti Stubø, Ernst-Wiggo Sandbakk, John Pål Inderberg, Tore Brunborg, Knut Værnes, Kjell Karlsen, Terje Gewelt, Roger Johansen, Paal Nilssen-Love, Per Zanussi and Torstein Lofthus. Career Øien was educated at the "Nord-Norsk Musikkonservatorium" (1987–91), where he studied the music of Edvard Grieg while he played in bands such as "Stett", "Tutu" and "Corny Horns". Øien participated in the NRK series "Ung norsk jazz" with a trio comprising Trond Sverre Hansen (drums) and Konrad Kaspersen (bass). This led to the formation of a jazz band "Jazz i Nord" from Troms, consisting of country musicians, where the trombonist Øystein B. Blix also contributed. This partnership is evidence on the record ''Song, Fall Soft'' (1995) with the vocalist Marit Sandvik. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Håkon Mjåset Johansen
Håkon Mjåset Johansen (born 1 August 1975 in Trondheim, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz drummer and composer, known from playing with the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra featuring Chick Corea at Moldejazz 2000, cooperations with Bugge Wesseltoft's New Conceptions of Jazz, Ole Morten Vågan's Motif, Siri Gjære's Cricket Club and the Ola Kvernberg Trio. He has also contributed to releases with Jon Larsen, the Atle Nymo/Frode Nymo Quartet and Jan Garbarek. Career Johansen was educated on the Jazz program at '' Trondheim Musikkonservatorium'', where he and fellow students established the band Urban Connection in 1996 and Come Shine (1999–2003). He also plays with a series of other bands and participates on many recordings. With the Håvard Wiik Trio he has performed with Ole Morten Vågan, and at the Oslo Jazz Festival 2006, he played with Jon Gordon in quartet with Roger Arntzen and Asbjørn Lerheim. He has also been a regular member of Håvard Stubø Quartet. Honors *199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Rune Strøm
Jon Rune Strøm (born 29 January 1985 in Namsos, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (Double bass, upright bass, bass guitar). Biography Strøm was raised on an island in north-western coast of Norway, and was early influenced by musicians like Gary Peacock and Frode Gjerstad, and participated on the album ''East of the West'' (2011), the Kjersti Stubø album ''How High Is the Sky'' (2011), he collaborates on the Norwegian Free Jazz scene with Paal Nilssen-Love's band ''Large Unit'', Petter Wettre and with Mats Gustafsson's ''Nu Ensemble'', further with musicians like Mats Äleklint, John Dikeman, Martin Küchen, Thomas Johansson and Tollef Østvang in different constellations like the ''SAKA Trio, Universal Indians, All Included'' and ''Friends & Neighbors''. In 2013 he released the solo album ''Jøa''. Discography Solo albums *2013: ''Gøa'' (Stone Floor Records) Collaborations ;With Kjersti Stubø *2011: ''How High Is the Sky'' (Bolage) ;With SAKA trio (Dag Erik Kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kjersti Stubø Albums
Kjersti is a given name. Notable people with the given name include: *Kjersti Alveberg (born 1948), Norwegian choreographer and dancer *Kjersti Bale (born 1959), Norwegian philologist *Kjersti Beck (born 1979), Norwegian handball player * Kjersti Buaas (born 1982), Norwegian snowboarder * Kjersti Døvigen (born 1943), Norwegian actress * Kjersti Engan (born 1971), Norwegian researcher in signal and image processing *Kjersti Ericsson (born 1944), Norwegian psychologist, criminologist, writer, poet and former politician *Kjersti Fløttum (born 1953), Norwegian linguist *Kjersti Graver (1945–2009), Norwegian jurist * Kjersti Grini (born 1971), Norwegian handball player * Kjersti Holmen (born 1956), Norwegian actress *Kjersti Horn (born 1977), Norwegian theater director and storyboard artist *Kjersti Markusson (born 1955), Norwegian politician * Kjersti Plätzer (born 1972), Norwegian race walker *Kjersti Reenaas (born 1981), Norwegian ski-orienteering competitor *Kjersti Scheen (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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