Active from 1999 Record label ACT Music | Genre Jazz | |
Albums Boahjenásti - The North Star, Korall Similar Geir Lysne, Oslo Groove Company, Frank Brodahl, Ole Jørn Myklebust, Jørn Øien | ||
Geir Lysne Listening Ensemble is a 20-piece big band led by Geir Lysne established in 1999. The band has gained international fame, especially in Germany for the performances of Lysnes compositions. The music is in the genre free jazz and contemporary music.
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Biography
For the work M.B. the ensemble was nominated for the Edvard Prize (2000). The poem «Hornelen» by Jakob Sande introduced the four-piece suite, Aurora Borealis (Groove Records, 2000), followed up with Live in Berlin - Aurora Borealis (ACT, 2002) from the Berlin Jazz Festival (2001) that gave the band a great breakthrough in Germany.
On the band's third album, Korall (ACT, 2003), the recognized Norwegian folk singer Sondre Bratland contributed. The last of four releases are Boahjenásti, Sami for the North Star, where Johan Sara the yoiker of concert recordings from the Jazz scene Cosmopolite in Oslo, Norway (ACT, T2006). The album gave the German Critics Jahrespreis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik.
Contributing musicians include
Discography
Songs
The Zoo BalletBoahjenásti - The North Star · 2006
Theme For OJKorall · 2003
Nor Id Suite Part IBoahjenásti - The North Star · 2006