www.gutvik.com
posted apr 26.
To the bone:
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Earlier this year I decided to cut down my number of running projects. These are now the running acts:
no, gutvik is a trio with the amazing Børre Mølstad and Dag Erik Knedal Andersen. We play texture music rooted in improv, noise and free jazz. Check the sound page for bytes! We played Göteborg-Oslo-Trondheim in february. Stavanger-Kristiansand-Oslo is up early in June. Check the myspace page.
Solo-solo-duo w/ Michael Duch. Touring project with Trondheim's own bass-grace Michael Francis Duch. We played Göteborg-Oslo-Trondheim in april, and will continue with more concerts this fall. Check out my solo-work at myspace.
Gutvik Ukentlig, my own summer concert series in July and August with a 5 years anniversery. Program updates will be posted soon.
posted oct 3.
Again:
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..time for a little newsbreak.
First; check out Ketil Gutvik solo at Myspace.
Gutvik Ukentlig - my summer concert series at Blå, for the fourth time in 2006. Seven concerts every week from July 12th through August 29th. Really fun this year! Lots of audience and a number (7) of highly inspiring constellations.
I did a very nice concert at the Oslo Jazzfestival in August with Frode Gjerstad, Niklas Korssell and Johan Berthling. After this concert we decided to make the MGBK and GGBK into a brand new group: Niklas Korssell/Johan Berthling/Michael Francis Duch/kKetil Gutvik/Frode Gjerstad/Kjetil Møster - More news will follow!
More things are coming up with Swedish drummer Niklas Korssell: In November we will play several duo-gigs in Oslo and Stockholm. Also a new trio will follow.
posted may 9.
Duo with Tanja Orning:
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I've had the honor to play with the wonderful cellist Tanja Orning at the last two years of Gutvik Ukentlig. This winter we made our collaboration into a working duo, and in May we perform at different venues in Oslo.
Tanja Orning (cello) & Ketil Gutvik (akustisk gitar)
Ketil og Tanja har tidligere spilt sammen i ulike kvartetter med Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Eivind Opsvik og Klaus Holm. Vinteren 05/06 bestemte de to seg for å formaliser sitt til da, heller løse samarbeide. Gjennom intense øvedager i slutten av januar falt ting på plass, og en ny gruppe så dagens lys. På duo-format er de to instrumentenes klang og lydkvaliteter mer tydelig enn I tidligere kvartetter. Tanja kombinerer klassisk virousitet med stor lydbeherskelse, mens Ketil fremkaller plastbefengte lyder med jazzens spøkelseskladd luskende bak ryggen. Duoen spilte på Blå 6. mai og konserten på Sound of MU er deres andre konsert.
http://www.nymusikk.no/albedo/index.php?id=20
posted march 5.
Right now, in 2006:
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So far this year has turned out very well, and also rather interesting. I played at the All Ears festival in January, with cellist Amit Sen and saxist Magnus Granberg. The music turned out VERY quiet, and for me to play down like that was a thrill. Difficult though, but thrilling.
In February me and sax-player Kjetil Møster went to Stockholm, to play with Johan Berthling and Niklas Korssell, at the famous Glenn Miller Café. It was a rockin' night and only the future knows where this project will go.
Also; my duo with Klaus E Holm is going in a new direction using clarinet and acoustic guitar, instead of alto sax and GB-10. Watch it!
After playing together only once a year at Gutvik Ukentlig, me and Tanja Orning decided to play some duo-sessions to see where the music could be taken. We did some very nice hours of music in the end of January, and will perform with this new constellation at Fritt Fall in May.
The Monstad/Gutvik/Nymo Trio has turned into one of my hardest working groups. We rehearse as often as possible, plan to record in May, and will tour Norway in the autumn. Mats Monstad is without doubt one of Norway's best freejazz-drummers, and it's great fun to play free form music with the wonderful "JAZZ"-saxophonist Atle Nymo.
Stay tuned!
posted dec 28.
Derek Bailey has passed away:
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I'm very sad to announce that I read today, in the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet, that guitarist Derek Bailey died on December 25th. Based on information I have found on the net it seems like he passed away in London, and not in Barcelona as some have reported.
We all know of Derek's enormous influence on modern improvised music, and I'm pretty sure I would not have done what I do if it was not for him and the endless inspiration in his incredible work. Thank you so much, Derek Bailey, for defining a musical path that still today makes the community of improvising musicians grow. We will miss you!
Some relevant links on Derek Bailey:
European Free Improvisation page on Derek Bailey
An interesting article on Derek Bailey
Honoral blog on Derek Bailey
posted dec 22.
all ears:
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I'm very happy to announce that I've been invited to play at next years All Ears Festival, at January 14th. The festival has just released it's program and it's as exciting as ever. Check it out at the website www.all-ears.no.
I will perform in a trio with Amit Sen and Magnus Granberg. This is the first time ever I play with these two musicians. Very exciting!!
posted dec 22.
førjulskonsert:
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As previously promised we played with the wonderful quartet Brække/Bye/Opsvik/Gutvik last sunday. We carried a very nice event in Peter Opsvik's lovely showroom, also in double concert with prepared-piano-wizard Else Olsen S. Read more (in Norwegian).
Again, our quartet proved it's potential. Now it's for sure; if Eivind is in town, we will perform..
Else jumps..
posted dec 6.
a picture:
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Just got an e-mail including this nice little picture. It's taken at this year's Gutvik Ukentlig-concert with Kjetil Møster and Paal Nilssen-Love, in August. Photographer is Anders Hana:
posted dec 1.
News in general:
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Once upon a time there was a club named Jazid. At this club there was an association of musicians presenting live jazz. The board concisted of; Paolo Vinaccia, Håvard Wiik, Bugge Wesseltoft, André Utvik, Hans Petter Lindstrøm and Ketil Gutvik. In 2002 the Jazid Club closed. The association went into a sleep modus while a new member of the board intended to re-establish the activity in a new room and in the same spirit. In August 2005 this happened. Tomorrow, the Jazid Jazzklubb will celebrate it's first (new) half year and, among others, members of the old board are invited to play.
I will perform with this quartet: Ketil Gutvik - gitar, Bugge Wesseltoft - rhodes, synth, Paolo Vinaccia - drums, Guro Skumsnes Moe - double bass
visit JJK's webpage
During this years' "Gutvik Ukentlig" we put together a brand new quartet with Øyvind Brække, Eivind Opsvik and Andreas Bye. This worked so well we decided to do it again when Eivind visited Norway in November. Again, lots of fun. We will play on, in Oslo, right before Christmas. Be sure to check the "future concert"-pages regularly for updates.
re-posted dec 1. (oct 27.)
Next year:
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A new quartet with Kjetil Møster, Johan Berthling and Niklas Korssell will be launched. We play in Stockholm, at Glenn Miller Café, on February 7th. and also in Oslo around that time (TBA). We hope some of our favourite festivals will find this project interesting too...
Also; Ketil Gutvik F E M will be giggin around at spread dates.
Check the "future concert"-pages regularly for updates.
posted august 12.
Gutvik/Ellerhusen Holm Duo:
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Since we played a duo-set at my mothers birthday-party three years ago we have grown into a steady working duo, playing concerts and rehearsing as much as possible. In July we played at the wonderful Kongsberg Jazz Festival and next week (Aug 17th) we will play support for the new group Power House Sound, at the Oslo Jazz Festival. Buy tickets here!
posted august 12.
Gutvik Ukentlig:
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My summer-concert-series at Blå has concluded it´s fifth concert-date, and there is now two left. This is the third year me and my fellow musicians puts up this project in the small room, Lillebar.
Please check the pages (in Norwegian) for info and program. Also, from the same page, download (pdf) and read the one-page newspaper Lillebar Tidende (in Norwegian). You will find line-up info for all the concerts written in english at the future -section.
Thanks to all the musicians, FFUK, Njf, Østnorsk Jazzsenter, Blå and Gaute Gjøl Dahle for their help and support to the project.
posted june 22.
summers news update:
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Aufbauproject goes Mozart
Under the company-name Kahn/Lorenz we will do a ten minutes pitch in Vienna on Saturday, June 25th. This is our special interpretation of Mozart's Figaro's Wedding. I will perform improv-guitar on top of a live soprano-perfomance. Read more at the festival's webpage www.hoellenfahrt.at
Site Specific Dance
is a dance-company using the variables in outdoor surroundings as their scenery. I will compose music for three different SSD-productions this year. In May we did a performance inside the famous "Farris"-river in Larvik. The performance consisted of three dancers performing on stone-blocks in the middle of the river. My music consisted of water-sounds and acoustic guitar only. This project wil continue in November focusing on dark and cold movements.
Ketil Gutvik F E M
after a "short" winter-break F E M continued the january-tour in the middle of May doing two more concerts in Sweden. Thanks to Ole and Kajsa at Kulturverket in Halmstad, and Jonny at BrötzNow in Göteborg for all of their wonderful hospitality, and their efforts for music in general.
Håkon Kornstad is now replaced with the wonderful saxophonist, Atle Nymo. We all look forward to our concert at The Kongsberg Jazz Festival at July 7th.
KLAUS & KETIL
My duo with alto-saxophonist Klaus Ellerhusen Holm has increased it's activity lately. We played at Blå in April, and did some interesting outdoor-concerts in the beginning of June. This summer we will perform at Kongsberg Jazz Festival (July 9th) and Oslo Jazz Festival (August 17th.).
GUTVIK UKENTLIG
recieved financial support from FFUK and will roll on from July 12th. Check in regularly as the program is formed. GU-webpage
posted january 15
A new year is here.. and this is up:
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Ketil Gutvik F E M is now a well rolling train. We played a concert at Blå/Fritt Fall i December, and started this year by doing some very pleasing concerts in Oslo and Stockholm. Again, thanks to Marit at Kampen Jazz for running such a wonderful club. Also thanks to Ulf and Maria at Glenn Miller Café in Stockholm for their wonderful hospitality.
Guitar-wizard Anders Hana moved to Oslo i September, We have joined forces and established Gutvik&Hana Drum Ensemble, with Mats Monstad and another crazy drummer. We played at Blå in September, Dattera til Hagen in November. Another concert with Paal Nilsen-Love is up at Mono in the end of February.
My first duo ever with alto-man Klaus Ellerhusen Holm was in my mothers birthday-party two years ago. After that funny experience we have played a few more concerts together in Oslo and Stockholm, and rehearsed even more. The music is sounds and notes in a nice blend, inspired by freejazz and Bailey's different duo-works. You can hear us in Berlin in March.
This will also be an exciting year for an aufbauproject. We have several new projects coming up and I will post info as we go along.
My plan for this year is also to post more recent live-recording of my several projects in the sounds-section. In my opinion there is to much old stuff there now, and I want to make it easier for you to follow my actual activities through this page. Check in!
yours sincerly..
posted august 3.
Gutvik Ukentlig
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Improvised music in lillebar at Blå every tuesday through July and August. Norwegian info-page here.
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Concert in Lillebar, July 27th.
Ketil Gutvik - Eivind Opsvik - Tanja Orning - Ingebrigt Håker Flaten
posted april 20.
The Guitar in Jazz
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Read more about this new serie of concerts here (in Norwegian)
posted february 18.
Guitar Trio!
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Back home after spending much time working i Trondheim lately (more about this under..), February turned out to be the big "trio-month" this year. Two concerts at Parkteatret, one at Bare Jazz' Café and also Original Nilsen (haven't played there since 94 or 95). Check future-page for dates an more info.
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SonyEricsson-shot by Tom from Bare Jazz Feb 13th:
Also: Aufbauproject's PUSHING PENCIL in Trondheim City 2004 is landed. We played it at Teaterhuset Avant Garden between January 30th and february 2nd. Read more at www.aufbauproject.com
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The String Trio from PUSHING PENCIL photo by Kjuul
posted december 5.
What's new, what's old?
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This summers most happy story was Gutvik Ukentlig, my weekly concerts in Lillebar at Blå. Plenty of good music, for plenty of people, is always a good combination. We will definitly follow up with more concerts like this next summer. If your Norwegian is in good shape you will probably enjoy the 2003 info-pages.
Autumn Leaves - No tours this season, but many small concerts around at different places in Oslo. You can catch me playing standards with different bassplayers at the very intimate bar Fyret, once a month (Dec. 8th. is next). I have also played every now and then with my own trio at Grünerløkkas new success-bar & café, Parkteatret. Saturday afternoon, this is.
Fritt Fall never dies. This network of improvisers still perform the most far out music you can imagine for a small but exclusive audience. The venue is Blå, day Satur, and date.. about twice a month, from September to December. I have done two concerts for Fritt Fall this season.
Trio, duo, already told you, but Ketil Gutvik F E M is a group to watch out for. In the battlefield between free-improvised and strictly composed and arranged music this new group will increase it's activity in 2004. I'll publish pictures, text, and sounds soon!
Kjetil Møster and I found eachother musically earlier this year by improvising in a quite sound-based way while we still believe in jazz. We will tour Norway and Sweeden this winter/spring, playing duo-concerts combined with quartet-sets with local rythm-sections. Check the future-schedule for concerts at a venue near you.
..You might get fooled if you come from out of town.. - Thanks to FFUK I had the opportunity to make a workshop-trip visiting and working with Eivind Opsvik in New York in the beginning of November. This was my first trip over there ever, and I liked the taste. Eivind and I did sessions with several different and great musicians, I had a wonderful lesson in the outskirts of Putnam Valley, and I heard lots of great music. A very rich experience, and I have to go back soon to follow up the good work.
Thank you for reading!
posted july 10.
GUTVIK UKENTLIG - this summer
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"Ukentlig" means "weekly". Every thuesday through July and August I will present, and of course play, in the intimate "Lillebar" (smallbar) at my favorite local live-music-club; BLÅ. The program will concist some of Norways top young players and the genre is quite free jazz music.
First out, July 15th, is the amazing and young altosaxophonist Klaus Holm, bassfire ingebrigt Håker Flaten and myself. Check in again for the entire program (ready tomorrow...!!).
posted march 1.
FUTURE CONCERTS, AGAIN
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If you live in Oslo (or visit sometimes), there will be opportunities to catch me live the coming months with some new and quite interesting constellations.
First out is Ketil Gutvik / Mats Eilertsen duo at the small guitarists-joint, Fyret, March 17th.
Next; Fritt Fall at Blå March 29th, freeimprovised music with Nils-Olav Johansen, Per Oddvar Johansen and Peder Kjellsby (two guitars, two drums).
Then; Marits Lautens fantastic club Kampen Jazz feature us on April 23rd. This is the same group as 3/29, except Ingebrigt Håker Flaten is replacing Nils-Olav Johansen, playing cello, electric bass and effects. Fun!
Last; May 10th I'll be improvising with the wonderful saxophonist Kjetil Møster (duo) at Blå for Fritt Fall.
Check the future concert-pages for details on venues!
Following is the Norwegian pressclip for the two Fritt Fall-dates:
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FRITT FALL VÅR 2003
KETIL GUTVIK PRESENTERER:
29. mars
De to gitaristene KETIL GUTVIK & NILS-OLAV JOHANSEN spilte sammen for aller første gang i forbindelse med Fritt Fall på Blå og Høvikodden i mars 2002. Nå viderefører de samarbeidet med en utvidelse fra duo til kvartett. De har fått med seg de to trommeslagerne Peder Kjellsby og Per Oddvar Johansen, og kommer til å spille løse tolkninger av store hits fra neste tiår. Du kan ha hørt KETIL GUTVIK & NILS OLAV JOHANSEN DUO på NRK P2 8. mars ifjor. Dette er oppfølgeren.
10. mai
KETIL GUTVIK & KJETIL MØSTER. Gitar og sax på fritt søk etter noe disse to tatt har latt seg fasinere av og undret seg over siden barndommen. Hva er det egentlig som ligger mellom det femtende og sekstende båndet på en gitarhals..? Fram til 10. mai kommert disse to til å slite mang en flis og ryke mange strenger i denne forskningen. Forskningsresultatene får du presentert hvis du kommer på Fritt Fall lørdag 10. mai.
posted february 13.
CONCERTS THE NEXT MONTHS
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..not too many, I'm sorry, but last season was quite busy so it is actually nice to chill out a little, and spend more time practicing and composing. Anyway, as far as I know by now, there will be two different Fritt Fall-dates and one duo-gig at the small guitarists-joint, Fyret.
Check the future concert-pages for details on venues!
Following is the Norwegian pressclip for the two Fritt Fall-dates:
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FRITT FALL VÅR 2003
KETIL GUTVIK PRESENTERER:
29. mars
De to gitaristene KETIL GUTVIK & NILS-OLAV JOHANSEN spilte sammen for aller første gang i forbindelse med Fritt Fall på Blå og Høvikodden i mars 2002. Nå viderefører de samarbeidet med en utvidelse fra duo til kvartett. De har fått med seg de to trommeslagerne Peder Kjellsby og Per Oddvar Johansen, og kommer til å spille løse tolkninger av store hits fra neste tiår. Du kan ha hørt KETIL GUTVIK & NILS OLAV JOHANSEN DUO på NRK P2 8. mars ifjor. Dette er oppfølgeren.
10. mai
KETIL GUTVIK & KJETIL MØSTER. Gitar og sax på fritt søk etter noe disse to tatt har latt seg fasinere av og undret seg over siden barndommen. Hva er det egentlig som ligger mellom det femtende og sekstende båndet på en gitarhals..? Fram til 10. mai kommert disse to til å slite mang en flis og ryke mange strenger i denne forskningen. Forskningsresultatene får du presentert hvis du kommer på Fritt Fall lørdag 10. mai.
posted september 9.
WALKIE TALKIE
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Two years ago I started a very nice quartet named Walkie Talkie. We played the Ungjazz-festival i Ålesund that same fall, but after that it's been pretty quiet around the group.
Now, we are back, and will tour Norway this fall. This is the route:
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September 23. BLÅ - OSLO
October 11. GLENG - SARPSBORG
October 12. DØLAJAZZ FESTIVAL - LILLEHAMMER
November 26. BERGEN JAZZFORUM - BERGEN
November 28. HAMAR JAZZKLUBB - HAMAR
November 29. KONGSVINGER JAZZKLUBB - KONGSVINGER
Check the future concert-pages for details on venues!
Also, check the Walkie Talkie-pages for sound and more info!
posted august 9.
www.gutvik.com
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After six years on the net I can finally announce gutvik.com open. From now www.gutvik.com is my main adress, though all old links will still work.
Please update your bookmarks!
posted june 20.
FRITT FALL
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It seems like the (fritt) fall dates are ready. I'll perform at August 31th. September 1th. and September 14. and this is the entire program (only host and dates are ready so far):
Blå
August 31. - Ketil Gutvik & Apartment Records
September 14. - Fritt Fall All-stars
November 9. - Sofa Records & Apartment Records
November 23. - Tonny Kluften & Janne Stang Dahl
December 30. - Drivhuset & ???
Høvikodden Kunstsenter
September 1. - Ketil Gutvik
September 15. - Ny musikk
September 29. - Sofa Records
October 27. - Janne Stang Dahl
November 3. - Apartment Records
November 24. - Tonny Kluften
December ? - Drivhuset
Read more about Fritt Fall at the Fritt Fall - webpages
posted may 14.
SUMMER ACTIVITY
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Marvin Charles + 6 plays at Sommerjazz in Kragerø and the Oslo Jazzfestival. For more info, check Marvin Charles' own webpage.
GUTVIK-VINACCIA-WALLUMRØD-KORNSTAD had a great deal of success at last years festival and the Oslo Jazzfestival has invited us back this year. Read more about oslo jazzfestival here! ..and more about the group here!
posted june 20.
MEIR - THEATRE MUSIC
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For the first time I have written and will also perform my own theatre-music. My old friend and theatre instructor, Cathrine Kahn, is back in Norway after years of work and studies in London. When she was asked to make an alternative version of Maria Tryti's play, "Meir", at Det Norske Teater, Cathrine asked me to write and perform some alternative music. The result is performed Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June 20-22, at Det Norske Teater. The performance is a part of "Norsk Dramatikerfestival". More info about playingtime and tickets at Det Norske Teater's website.
posted may 14.
MARVIN CHARLES4
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with Marvin Charles, Mats Eilertsen, Knut Riisnæs and Ketil Gutvik plays for Gleng Musikkforum, at Glenghuset in Sarpsborg, Saturday may 18th. Don't miss this concert if you're nearby!! For more info on MC4, check Marvin Charles' own webpage.
posted april 23.
REBIRTH OF JAZID
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marks the release of JAZID COLLECTIVE's first full lenght album. It's made and produced by Jazid Collective-artist slowSupreme. The party wilI be hold at the student's house, Château Neuf, in Oslo, Tuesday April 30th. from 2100 to 0300. The party will offer music from six different stages in six different rooms. I was asked to provide music for the party's jazzroom and this is the line-up:
2300-2400 KETIL GUTVIK TRIO
0030-0130 HÅVARD WIIK QUARTET
musicians: Ketil Gutvik - guitar, Johannes Eick - bass, Per Oddvar Johansen - drums, Håvard Wiik - piano, Petter Wettre - sax, Steinar Raknes - bass, Per Oddvar Johansen - drums, Paolo Vinaccia - sound
..more about "Rebirth of Jazid"
posted march 2002
NEW WEBPAGE
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Basicly, the Ketil Gutvik-webpages has been the same for six (!) years by now (since 1996). It was definitly time to make a change, and now it's done. Enjoy!!
posted february 19.
FRITT FALL - spring 2002 pressemelding på 9. og 10. mars
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New this spring: We (the Fritt Fall-artists) will play concerts on Sundays afternoons at the Henie Onstad Kunstsenter (artcenter), besides our regular Saturday afternoons at BLå.
I'll perform the following weekends:
March 9. and 10. (Blå on Saturday and Henie Onstad on Sunday) together with guitarist Nils-Olav Johansen.
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April 6. at BLÅ, with drummer Paal Nilssen Love.
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Check the future concerts-page for details on venues, playingtime etc.
posted february 11.
MARVIN CHARLES4
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Marvin Charles4 played at the wonderful Kafé K in Porsgrunn last Saturday. We had a full house, and the local press was thrilled. Read the concert-review from the paper Varden (in Norwegian). Also read more about this super group at marvin.charles's pages.
posted january 10.
HAPPY NEW YEAR !!
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New year with new possibilties:
-> Watch out for this sensational constellation with Paolo Vinaccia, Christian Wallumrød and Håkon Kornstad. This group is dangerous and a perfect festival act. This was proved at our concert at last years Oslo Jazz Festival.
-> My group Walkie Talkie (designed for Ungjazzfestivalen 2000), will be freshly resparked this year. We're planning a tour in the autumn, thanks to financial support from Fond For Utøvende Kunstnere. Check out our nice demo at WT's own webpages
-> Also Marvins hot new septet, Marvin Charles + 6, will increase in activity this year. Follow up at MC's webpages
-> Jazid Club closed January 12, but the jazzclub is not dead. We're looking for a new room, and will be doing stunts through the year. Follow on www.jazid.no