Fjære Espen Berg Trio

• 1Vintermørke07:18
• 2Introduction to XVII01:31
• 3XVII05:11
• 4Åkervise04:25
• 5The Vertical Movements of Eötvös03:28
• 6Nikolai06:06
• 7The Fourth Awakens04:13
• 8Svalbard06:01
• 9Magnetic Peaks06:12
• 10I'd Do It for Your Love04:05
• Total Runtime48:30

Info for Fjære

Espen Berg Trio is an award-winning piano trio from Norway. Fjære consists of seven new compositions by Berg and was recorded during a time where being together has been difficult.

As a counterweight to this and as a symbol of togetherness and friendship, the trio has invited three guest artists for the first time: Mathias Eick (trumpet), Hanna Paulsberg (sax) and Silje Nergaard (vocal).

In many ways, the album could be considered a natural evolution to the trio's already established qualities, but it also features several surprises, and a highly detailed production made by Michael Scott Hartung at Propeller Music Division.

Espen Berg, piano
Bárður Reinert Poulsen, double bass
Simon Olderskog Albertsen, drums
Guests:
Mathias Eick, trumpet
Hanna Paulsberg, saxophone
Silje Nergaard, vocals

Espen Berg Trio
Espen Berg (piano), Bárdur Reinert Poulsen (bass) and Simon Olderskog Albertsen (drums) adds up to the trio which plays Berg’s intricate and dynamic compositions. Since spring 2014 EBT has toured on the Faroe Islands, released the album «Mønster» on the Japanese label Blue Gleam, and played at some of the biggest jazz festivals in Norway. The trio is chosen to participate in the European Talent Program and will soon do release tours both in Asia and Norway.

The music of Espen Berg Trio blends the American and the Nordic jazz traditions, and is presented with elegance, virtuosity, tight and communicative interplay, and lots of smiles.

Espen Berg from Hamar, Norway lives in Trondheim where he gained a master’s degree in 2008 at Trondheim university’s highly acclaimed jazz department. Espen has been touring around the world with the trio Listen, Trondheim Jazz Orchestra and Marius Neset, and his own solo project. He has worked with artists such as Per Jørgensen, Anders Jormin, Hildegunn Øiseth, Mathias Eick, Cantus, Tore Johansen, Eirik Hegdal, Mats Eilertsen, Susanne Lindeng, Arve Henriksen, Jovan Pavlovic, Maher Mahmoud and many more. Espen has been awarded with several international prizes as the best soloist at Hoellaart Int´l Jazz Contest 2007 in Belgium. He also currently works at the jazz department at NTNU.

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