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Ingebrigt Håker Flaten KNARR
Dates:
From
25 January 2022
to
01 February 2022
Musicians:
Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (ac. and el. bass), Mette Rasmussen (alto sax), Atle Nymo (tenor sax, Bb and bass clarinet), Eivind Lønning (trumpet), Oddrun Lilja Jonsdottir (vocals, el. guitar), Oscar Grönberg (piano, keyboards), Veslemøy Narvesen and Olaf Olsen (drums, percussion)
Description:
With this new and exciting band and with music originally commissioned by Vossajazz 2020, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten continues to develop his eclectic musical world where different genres and traditions are allowed to merge with each other. Ingebrigt’s music draws as much inspiration from jazz and avant garde as from world music and psychedelic rock. All the compositions for his new band are tributes to places Ingebrigt has strong connections to after many years as a touring musician based in Chicago and Austin, TX. As a direct result of the events of 2020 Ingebrigt is now back in his native country of Norway and based in Trondheim. The band he put together for the Vossajazz commission are some of Scandinavia’s most versatile jazz musicians. The commission is premiered at Vossajazz on September 26th, 2021. The music was recorded live at studio Paradiso in Oslo in March 2021 and (EXIT) KNARR will be released early 2022.
From the liner notes: You can imagine the journey of Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, bass player and composer, as an odyssey in a Viking ship of classic ‘knarr’ construction, with its long range, high speed and strong seaworthiness in a storm. His story can also be told purely in music, as he does in the commissioned work (Exit) Knarr. The piece is divided into six destinations along the route – a tribute to the people, music and places that have shaped him. (Martin Eia-Revheim)
Listen: https://ingebrigtflaten.bandcamp.com/album/exit-knarr
