Artist: Hoff Ensemble
Title: Quiet Winter Night – An Acoustic Jazz Project
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 2012
Label: 2L
Duration: 50:30
Quality: FLAC 192kHz/24bit
Source: Blu-Ray
HOFF ENSEMBLE consists of some of Norway’s finest jazz and session musicians, fronted by trumpeter Mathias Eick, of ECM renown, who plays a leading role in several of the compositions. The ensemble’s basic quartet features legendary veteran bassist Arild Andersen and arranger Jan Gunnar Hoff on piano. Hoff has performed with his own group since 1993, collaborating with such artists as Mike Stern, Pat Metheny, Maria Joao and Alex Acuna. This time in this great Norwegian band he mixes flavours in a “cross-over” setting. Eick, with whom Hoff has worked on earlier projects, was the obvious first choice for QUIET WINTER NIGHT, along with Andersen and the rest of the band, complemented by Rune Arnesen (ex N.P.Molvr) on percussion and Brge Petersen-verleir, Norway’s leading session guitarist. Brilliant fiddle player Annbjrg Lien is an exciting addition to the HOFF ENSEMBLE, giving QUIET WINTER NIGHT a sound that is definitely Nordic with elements of jazz, folk and beyond, making this an interesting and original journey. On some of the instrumental tracks, like “Blgutten”, Eick and Petersen-verleir create an overall jazz/fusion sound, while the trio setting of “Redd Mamma” is reminiscent of the work of Sweden’s Jan Johansson. “Hva skal hende n” bears comparison with Metheny’s ballad form, yet with a more rock-influenced guitar sound. This tune also includes a great bass solo by Andersen.
The music is created by film composers Geir Bhren and Bent serud and among the vocalists are some of Norway’s top names (and Universal artists) in popular music: Helene Bksle, sne Valland Nordli, Sondre Bratland, Unni Wilhelmsen, Tomine Harket, Bjrn Johan Muri, Cecilia Vennersten and Bjrn Eidsvg.
The music captured by 2L features Norwegian composers and performers, and an international repertoire reflected in the Nordic atmosphere. The surround sound recordings of Lindberg Lyd not only transforms the entire listening experience, more radically, these innovative recordings overturn some very basic concepts regarding how music is played and even composed. 2L emphasizes surround sound with Pure Audio Blu-ray and HiRes file distribution, and have garnered no less than 12 American GRAMMY nominations over the past six years.
Tracklist:
01 — Dronning Fjellrose
02 — Stille, stille kommer vi
03 — Dele alle ord og tanker
04 — Redd Mamma
05 — Sulla, sulla krekling
06 — Blgutten
07 — Ville fjellgutt
08 — Hva skal hende n?
09 — Ved blet
10 — Tufsa danser
11 — Vesle, rare bygdeunge
12 — En blnissekveld
13 — Kveldslokk for sm unger
14 — Lys i desember
15 — Ved blet — instrumental version [Bonus Track]
Note
Recorded in August 2011 at Sofienberg Church, Norway.
Produced in DXD (Digital eXtreme Definition, 352kHz/24bit).
Download:
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