Ensemble Denada and Mari Kvien Brunvoll: Commissioned work by Lars Horntveth and Erik Johannessen
Newly written music and new musical collaboration!
The 15-member big band Ensemble Denada comes to the festival with the premiere of a brand new work by Lars Horntveth (Jaga Jazzist etc.) and Erik Johannessen (Ensemble Denada, Jaga Jazzist etc.) especially written for Ensemble Denada and Mari Kvien Brunvoll. As if that wasn't enough; the audience also gets to hear newly written compositions by the band's musical director Helge Sunde.
In the commissioned work by Horntveth/Johannessen, Ensemble Denada meets for the first time the unique vocalist Mari Kvien Brunvoll in a unique new musical collaboration. Brunvoll is one of the most exciting voices in new Norwegian jazz, and has captivated both a Norwegian and international audience for several years with her sensational solo project in which she plays with voice, sound props, electronics and loop boxes.
Ensemble Denadas is one of the country's top jazz ensembles. The band functions in many ways as an oversized quintet, where the flexibility and timing of a small crew is combined with the punch and dynamics of the big band.
In addition to the commissioned work from Lars Horntveth and Erik Johannessen, the audience at Kongsberg will also be treated to new music from the band's musical director Helge Sunde, one of our leading jazz composers and arrangers. After the magazine Downbeat showered a number of superlatives on the music on Ensemble Denada's latest release "Windfall" in 2013, it is finally time to hear newly written songs by the man who has left his clear signature on Ensemble Denada.
Ensemble Denada and Mari Kvien Brunvoll consists of:
Vocals/Electronics: Mari Kvien Brunvoll
Trumpet: Frank Brodahl, Marius Haltli, Anders Eriksson
Soprano sax: André The tranquility
Alto sax, flute: Børge-Are Halvorsen
Tenor sax, bass clarinet: Atlé Nymo
Bassax, contra alto clarinet, tubax: Nils Jansen
Trombones: Even Kruse Skatrud, Erik Johannessen, Helge Sunde (musical director)
Guitar: Jens Thoresen
Plan: Olga Konkova
bass: Mats Eilertsen
Drums: Håkon Mjåset Johansen
Composers: Lars Horntveth, Erik Johannessen, Helge Sunde
Ensemble Denada is run by the East Norwegian Jazz Center and receives an ensemble grant from the Norwegian Cultural Council.
