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Jazzpunkensemblet

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Years active
  
1983–present

Genres
  
Jazz, Big band

Origin
  
Oslo, Norway

Labels
  
Odin Records, Curling Legs

Past members
  
Jon Balke Geir Holmsen Jon Christensen

Albums
  
Thirteen Rounds, Live At Rockefeller

Members
  
Jon Eberson, Nils Petter Molvær, Tore Brunborg, Bugge Wesseltoft, Bjørn Kjellemyr

Jazzpunkensemblet (established 1983 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz ensemble orchestra led by the famous musicians Jon Eberson guitar and Nils Petter Molvær on trumpet, and known for a clean style duel between two rhythm sections, and the two records Live At Rockefeller (1991) og Thirteen Rounds (1998), presenting compositions by Jon Eberson.

Contents

They visited a series of festivals and concert halls in the 1990s, among them the 1998 Moldejazz

Band members

Woodwinds
  • Erik Balke - saxophone
  • Tore Brunborg - saxophone
  • Morten Halle - saxophone
    • Brass
  • Nils Petter Molvær - trumpet
  • Torbjørn Sunde - trombone
    • Rhythm section
  • Jon Eberson - guitar
  • Christian Wallumrød - keyboards
  • Bugge Wesseltoft - keyboards
  • Bjørn Kjellemyr - double bass
  • Tom Erik Antonsen - bass
  • Pål Thowsen - drums
  • Bjørn Jenssen - drums
  • Paolo Vinaccia - drums
    • Past members
  • Jon Balke - piano, keyboards
  • Geir Holmsen - bass
  • Jon Christensen - drums

    • Discography

  • 1991: Live At Rockefeller (Odin Records)
  • 1998: Thirteen Rounds (Curling Legs)

    • Songs

    Sunny - The ChampThirteen Rounds · 1997
    The Ensemble IiiThirteen Rounds · 1997
    Muhammad's DanceThirteen Rounds · 1997

    References

    Jazzpunkensemblet Wikipedia
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