New album: Vigleik Storaas – Open Ears
Multiple Norwegian Grammy Winner, jazz pianist Vigleik Storaas, has through several recordings established himself as a master of any jazz setting, from the intimate duo setting, up to the fat sound of the big band. Inner Ear is proud to be the first record company however, to present Storaas within a ”medium-sized-orchestra”, with the release of Open Ears. This recording reveals the long-living Vigleik Storaas Trio teamed up with a four-piece horn section from the top shelf in Scandinavian Jazz today. The septet brings Vigleik’s compositions brilliantly to higher grounds with the elegant blend of small chamber-music-like passages, wall to wall with the bigger sound of the ”almost-big-band-sound” when everyone hits together. Open Ears is an exiting and interesting release, which features Vigleik Storaas’ brilliant piano playing, as well as his challenging writing.
Line up: Vigleik Storaas (piano), Mats Eilertsen (bass), Per Oddvar Johansen (drums), Jukka Perko (alto- & soprano sax), Tore Brunborg (tenor-, soprano sax & flute), Tore Johansen (trumpet & flugelhorn), Øyvind Brække (trombone)
