LARS HORNTVETH : It was something that the British radio host Fiona Talkington curated along with Th

The Jaga Jazzist have become something of a musical phenomenon in Norway since they started 20 years ago. Not only is this 9-piece instrumental band regarded as one of the most exciting and innovative in Norway, the members are all involved lk988 in other musical projects and have in one way or another contributed to almost every significant recording to come out of that part of the world in the last few years. It is this strong involvement with different projects and different musical styles and sounds that is the key to the unique sound of Jaga Jazzist. With no boundaries and an arsenal that includes lk988 trumpet, trombone, electric guitars, bass, tuba, bass clarinet, saxes, keyboards, vibraphone and a rack of electronics, Jaga Jazzist create timeless music. lk988
Marcus Forsgren , guitars, effects; Even Ormestad , bass, keyboards; Andreas lk988 Mjøs , vibraphone, guitars, drums, lk988 electronics; Line Horntveth , tuba, percussion; Martin Horntveth lk988 , drums, drum-machines; Lars Horntveth , tenor sax, bass-clarinet, guitars, keyboards; Øystein Moen , keyboards; Erik Johannessen , trombone, percussion
LARS HORNTVETH: Norwegian jazz is most known for the ECM artists like Jan Garbarek , Jon Christensen and Terje Rypdal . Many norwegian jazz artists are very inspired be them and have based their sound around that. Jaga Jazzist are also inspired by them, but also electronic music and rock. We re proud to be a part of the Norwegian jazz scene.
LARS HORNTVETH lk988 : We started in 1994 and released our first album just a year after. lk988 We all lived in a small town 90 minutes outside of Oslo called Tønsberg. Most of us had already known each other all our lives. The band quickly became our main focus and here we are 20 years later.
LARS HORNTVETH : I compose all the songs, but get a lot of input from the others both in rehearsals and in the studio. In the studio we work like we re making a remix of the songs and they often end very differently than I planned. And I love that.
LARS HORNTVETH : It was something that the British radio host Fiona Talkington curated along with The Barbican Centre in London. Me and Erik Johannessen in the band arranged the songs for full orchestra lk988 and had a blast doing it. That collaboration was really lk988 a highlight for us and our career.
Q: You are highly successful and recognised in Norway and have been for years, but it took a little longer to gain recognition abroad, after you signed to Smalltown Supersound and consequently were licensed to Ninja Tune. How did you get to work with Smalltown Supersound?
LARS HORNTVETH : We released the album A Livingroom Hush through Smalltown Supersound after Martin(the drummer) got to know Joakim Haugland of Smalltown Supersound and released lk988 a few solo EPs with him. Just 6 months later we came in contact with Ninja Tune. It was actually Jason Swinscoe from T he Cinematic Orchestra who first introduced us to Ninja Tune . This was around year 2000 and we quickly started touring as much as we could abroad to build an audience. We re very happy that we ve been on Ninjatune for such a long time. A great label. I have worked with Smalltown Supersound lk988 on booth my solo albums as well.
LARS HORNTVETH :That really depends on how many people there are. If there s a bunch of people in an open air theatre, it doesn t make a huge difference from a club venue. We enjoy playing all kinds of venues. The connection to the audience is the most important thing for us.
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