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The Real Thing
The Real Thing or Real Thing may refer to: Film and television * The Real Thing (film), ''The Real Thing'' (film) or ''Livers Ain't Cheap'', a 1996 American film * ''The Real Thing'', a 1980 television documentary by James Burke (science historian), James Burke * The Real Thing (All Saints), "The Real Thing" (''All Saints''), a television episode * The Real Thing (Lovejoy), "The Real Thing" (''Lovejoy''), a television episode Literature * The Real Thing (play), ''The Real Thing'' (play), a 1982 play by Tom Stoppard * The Real Thing (story), "The Real Thing" (story), an 1892 short story by Henry James * ''The Real Thing'', a 1980 collection of humorous essays by Kurt Andersen * "The Real Thing", a 2006 short story by Alison Goodman Music Performers * The Real Thing (British band), a pop group * The Real Thing (Norwegian band), a jazz quartet * The Real Thing, an American jazz group fronted by Ray Santisi Albums * The Real Thing (Angela Winbush album), ''The Real Thing'' (Angela Win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Real Thing (Norwegian Band)
The Real Thing is a jazz band from Oslo, Norway, founded in 1992 when Sigurd Køhn and Palle (Paul) Wagnberg formed the forerunner, The B3 Blues Band with Vidar Busk and Hamlet Pedersen. They changed the name when Staffan William-Olsson and Fredrik Carl Størmer joined the band. Størmer was replaced by Torstein Ellingsen in 1995, and Ellingsen again by Børre Dalhaug in 1998. Due to the sudden death of the band's saxophonist Sigurd Køhn in the tsunami in Thailand in December 2004, The Real Thing was hibernating until a reunion in 2010. In the 2010s, Hermund Nygård replaced Dalhaug on the drums, with Dave Edge playing the saxophone. Before their hiatus, the quartet released eight albums, debuting in 1992 with the album ''The Real Thing'' and continuing with both live and studio recordings. They mostly play original music, combining influences from American Blue Note jazz (represented by people such as Jimmy Smith, George Benson and Wes Montgomery) and elements from modern p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |