Vigleik Storaas is ready with his fifth trio release, which is also his third in his own name on Inner Ear. Epistle #5 documents one of Norway’s finest jazz chamber ensembles who are constantly exploring new terrain. The new album is perhaps the most “subdued” for now, and Storaas emerge fully in an exciting mix [...]
Da Terje Nilsen fylte 60 år i november 2011 uttalte han til Avisa Nordland: ”Æ har lagt både kuken og gitaren på hylla”. Det er med stolthet at Inner Ear setter uttalelsen i skammekroken og presenterer en samling opptak som aldri er gitt ut før, og som dokumenterer Terje Nilsen i sitt ess: Live på [...]
Tore Johansen brought pianist Vigleik Storaas, bassist Jo Skaansar and legendary drummer Jon Christensen to Rainbow Studio and Jan Erik Kongshaug on November 3rd, 2010. The album have waited more than a year to be released as Tore Johansen fulfilled a triology of recordings of songs from Northern Norway. “Double Rainbow” will be released Friday [...]
Eva Trones tolker Terje Nilsen-sanger på sitt kommende album “Tango for en”. Plata slippes på Inner Ear fredag 11.11.11 kl 11. Medvirkende: Eva Trones (vokal) Tore Johansen (trompet) Jan Gunnar Hoff (piano) Finn Robert Olsen (gitar) Gjermund Silset (bass) Finn Sletten (trommer og perkusjon) Innspilt, mikset og mastret i Store studio AS, Bodø, av Håvard [...]
Blues In Octaves (Jan Johansson) Click on above link for a live version of Jan Johansson’s “Blues In Octaves”. Live from Nasjonal Jazzcene/Victoria, Oslo, 23. September 2011.
Inner Ear is proud to release trumpeter Hayden Powell’s debut album under his own name. The Attic has just arrived from the printers and will be avaliable on September 16th. Hayden Powell is based in Oslo, Norway. Originally English, Powell moved to Norway as a child and grew up in Molde. He works in a [...]
Det er langt, dette landet… – det meste er nord. (Rolf Jacobsen) Det er ikke likegyldig hvilke låter jazzmusikere spiller soloer over. Det skal være gode melodier på slitesterke tekster. Jazzens pionerer hentet låtmateriale fra sin samtid. Ofte fra Broadwayoppsetninger, samt fra filmer og musikaler. ”Some Day My Prince Will Come” for eksempel, kommer fra [...]
As Roligheten and Dale continue to hone their collective voice, Mystery Orchestra with Grenager & Tafjord represents further compositional growth for these two young players, and a rare capacity for retaining the near-naked intimacy of a duo, even in the more expansive context of a quartet that brings its own definition to the term “chamber [...]
Det er nå 10 år siden Tore Johansen debuterte på platemarkedet med juleplaten ”Man, Woman And Child”, sammen med Karin Krog. Dette jubileet feires nå med en juleplate på nordnorsk. Natt, stille, er en jazzmusikers ærlige hyllest til den nordnorske sangskrivertradisjonen. Med Natt, Stille, lanserer Johansen ikke bare sitt album nr 9 i eget navn, [...]
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 [...]
We’re happy to announce that Albatrosh will release their second Inner Ear-album in October 2010. On “Mystery Orchestra” André Roligheten and Eyolf Dale are collaborating with cellist Lene Grenager and french horn player Hild Sofie Tafjord. Upcoming release concerts: 4. October: Café Frölich, Oslo 7. October: Rådhussalen, Trondheim bibliotek
A dream came through for Tore Johansen when the bass legend Steve Swallow arrived at Bodø Airport in the end of May 2009. Along with two of Sweden’s finest jazz musicians, pianist Lars Jansson and drummer Anders Kjellberg, they worked intensively for three days with the I.S. recording as result. The album documents a meeting [...]
JAZZ MASS is Tore Johansen’s new mass for Choir, Sinfonietta and jazz group. The composition follows a traditional mass structure with latin and english lyrics, completed by a couple of poems by Rupert Brooke (1887-1915). The writing of the mass was supported by Arts Council Norway and the premiere was on the 19th of December [...]
Albatrosh was awarded “best group” at a jazz competition at the North Sea Jazz Festival 2009. They have a busy schedule, as a duo, with guest artists Hild Sofie Tafjord and Lene Grenager, and with the project “Paleologos” for Rikskonsertene, Norway. 05.09 PUNKT, Kristiansand (w/ Lene Grenager/Hild Sofie Tafjord) 17.09 Sortland Kino (w/ animator Andreas [...]
Photo: Lasse Berre Inner Ear is proud to welcome Albatrosh to the “IE family”. Their debut album, “Seagull Island” was presented at Cafe Frölich, Oslo, 28th February 2009 and will find it´s way to the record stores the first week of March. Albatrosh is an award-winning norwegian duo consisting of two young jazz musicians; André [...]
The fourth Inner Ear recording is finally released, 20th of October 2008. The line-up is Tore Johansen (trumpet), Jukka Perko (alto & soprano saxophone), Knut Riisnæs (tenor saxophone), Lars Jansson (piano), Bjørn Kjellemyr (bass) and Roger Johansen (drums). Music by Tore Johansen and Lars Jansson. Recorded, mixed and mastered at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, by Peer [...]
The fourth Inner Ear recording, Giving, will be released on the 20th of October 2008. You´re welcome to check out the gallery for photos from the recording. Tore and Roger invited some of their favourites, Jukka Perko, Lars Jansson, Bjørn Kjellemyr and Knut Riisnæs to record some Johansen and Jansson compositions. We´re looking forward to [...]
Tore Johansen Unity appears at Nasjonal Jazzscene, friday 12th September. Line up: Tore Johansen/trumpet, Jukka Perko/altsax, Knut Riisnæs/tenorsax, Lars Jansson/piano, Bjørn Kjellemyr/bass, Roger Johansen/drums. Saturday 13th we enter Rainbow Studio w/ Jan Erik Kongshaug to make the fourth Inner Ear record.
Roger are doing a number of concerts this summer with his “World of Emily” project. You can attend their concerts here: 21. June Oslo Herr Nilsen Oslo 27. June Harstad Festspillene i Nord-Norge 28. June Harstad Festspillene i Nord-Norge 04. August Bodø Nordland Musikkfestuke 06. August Vadsø Varangerfestivalen 07. August Hemnesberget Hemnes Jazz & Bluesfestival [...]
Vigleik and Roger is attending the beautiful Maijazz festival in Stavanger this weekend, Vigleik with guitar master John Scofield, Roger with Norwegian diva of music, the legendary singer Nora Brockstedt, while Tore is touring the schools of Finnmark during daytime, and writing arrangement’s in various hotel rooms at night. More to come!
Tore Johansen/Vigleik Storaas Duo + Lee Konitz/John Pål Inderberg Quartet live at Dokkhuset, Trondheim, 13. March 2008. Saturday 29. March Roger and Tore are playing at Herr Nilsen, Oslo, with a couple of their favorites: Knut Riisnæs/sax, Ivar Antonsen/piano and Terje Venaas/bass. Hope to see you there!
Through Disc Union our records are now available in Japan. Yesterday we found this blog on the Internet where Naoki Iwakiri praises Roger´s World of Emily. We don´t understand all of it, but it says something like this: “Naoki Iwakiri liked so much about this CD… After listening to Marit Sandvik’s voice… He cannot stop, [...]
(Norwegian magazines only) Vigleik Storaas Trio Now (INEA03) Bedre triospill hører du ikke i Norge i dag (Bergens Tidende) Virtuositet og lyrisk, vakker musikk (Rana Blad) Anbefales! (Nordlys) Ein fryd for alle øyre (Dagsavisen) Usigelig vakkert (side2.no) Godt nytt jazzår! (Aftenposten) Roger Johansen World of Emily (INEA02) Velfriserte tonesettinger av Emily Dickinsons dikt (Bergens Tidende) [...]
Tore is writing arrangement’s for the wonderful Norwegian singer-songwriter Unni Wilhelmsen and Bodø Sinfonietta/Bodø Rhythm Group, Roger is out there hitting, – playing with trumpeter Wendell Brunious from New Orleans (15.02.08), and with the Rune Klakegg Trio (16.02.08) at Herr Nilsen, both gig’s in Oslo. Vigleik is currently working on arrangement’s for John Scofield’s visit [...]
Welcome to Inner Ear, and thank you for your interest. You´ll find information regarding our releases, the artists behind them, some words on other activities, projects and bands were involved in, as well as photos from our recording sessions here. Later we´ll launch a small internet shop here from which you can buy records and [...]
