Hitrakongen- Martin Myhre Olsen & Bjørn Tore Grøtte
Jazz for kids! (Norwegian audio) From Mingus to Pinchcliffe!
A collaboration between author Bjørn Tore Grøtte, producer Karl Klaseie and composer Martin Myhre Olsen. It’s a large ensemble recording where you’ll find some of the most influential Norwegian jazz musicians on the scene today.
Released by Øra Fonogram, 1st of October 2021.
Hedvig Mollestad: Tempest Revisited
Hedvig Mollestad must surely be one of the hardest working musicians on the Norwegian music scene at the moment, with “Tempest Revisited” being her third album in a mere 18 months, all at a consistently high artistic level. Her first solo album, “Ekhidna” (2020), received a Spellemannpris (Norwegian Grammy), appeared on several jazz and rock best of the year lists and got her into Downbeat´s “25 for the future” selection. “Tempest Revisited” draws lines back to 1998 and the very beginning of Rune Grammofon.
Live in Oslo (Wako, 2021)
Wako are releasing their fifth record, a live album that further establishes them as one of Norway's leading jazz groups, and recalls their active touring nature. The album displays the band's unique musical palette, which is augmented by four phenomenal guests. The album also features three songs of pure quartet joy, from Oslo Jazz Festival 2020.
Wako IV (Wako, 2020)
13 new tracks featuring some really great musicians and friends as guests.
"Best of March" - Mike Flynn, Jazzwise (UK)
“Wako is a Norwegian jazz collective with a truly collective sound” - All About Jazz (US).
Feeling (Hegge, 2020)
Hegge, winners of the Spellemannsprisen (Norwegian Grammy) for best Jazz album 2017, and five of the finest musicians in Scandinavia, represent a rejuvenation of classic Jazz idiom, injecting their individuality into every note they play, while retaining structures and melodic phrasing familiar enough to allow any audience to jump aboard.
Any Day Now (MMO-Ensemble, 2018)
The music of MMO-Ensemble runs the gauntlet between intellectual and emotional, abstract and evocative, imposing and intimate, frenetic and tranquil. These explorations carry a uniquely sensual experience that appeals both to the higher mind and to pure instinct.
Lonely Creatures (MMO-Ensemble, 2016)
"Written as a musical fairytale. In memory of my friend and grandfather Armann Olsen (1932-2014) "
Eirik Hegdal- baritone saxophone
Adrian Løseth Waade- violin
Martin Myhre Olsen- alto-/soprano saxophone
Kari Eskild Havenstrøm- vocals
Oscar Grönberg- piano
Viljar Dyvik Sellevold- guitar
Bjørn Marius Hegge- double bass
Simon Olderskog Albertsen- drums
Urolige sinn (Wako, 2018)
"Urolige sinn" – the new album from Wako – is equal parts atmosphere and energy. Smoky moods envelop runaway train rhythms, while the contemplative can seem like a mask for a chaos ready to erupt at any second. This is a series of dramaturgical tone poems, triple-distilled concepts, their purity and brevity carrying only the essential sounds – but you shouldn't take this as meaning "minimalism": here it means intense concentration, perfect focus. This is realism walking in expressionist shoes along a well-paved path.
Vi är ledsna men du får inte länger vara barn (Hegge, 2017)
Winner of Spellemannsprisen 2017 (Norwegian Grammy Awards) for best jazz album "Vi är ledsna men du får inte längre vara barn". This quintet is made up of five of the finest jazz musicians in Scandinavia today, stretching three generations. The music is vital and a touch humoristic, the 60s jazz-music from the USA being a big influence. Bjørn Marius' compositions stretches for something explicit and original, making the music new and very much alive.
Jonas Kullhammar - Tenor saxophone / Martin Myhre Olsen - Soprano and alto saxophone / Vigleik Storaas - Piano / Håkon Mjåset Johansen - Drums / Bjørn Marius Hegge - Double bass/Compositions
Slowly, Slowly (Siril Malmedal Hauge, 2021)
Siril Malmedal Hauge - vocal, flute
Martin Myhre Olsen - saxophones
Torgeir Hovden Standal - guitars
Kjetil Mulelid - piano, organ, mellotron
Martin Morland - bass
Henrik Lødøen - drums
Uncharted Territory (Siril Malmedal Hauge, 2019)
This is Siril Malmedal Hauge’s beautiful debut album on Jazzland Recordings. Saxophone and string arrangements by me!
Listen here.
Reviews: JazziNorge , Dagsavisen , DN
Modes for All Eternity (Wako & Oslo Strings, 2017)
Modes for All Eternity» is a daring conceptual album by the nordic jazz quartet Wako in collaboration with string ensemble Oslo Strings. It will take the listener on a journey through ancient times; featuring chilling suspense and drama, introducing a five-part suite and honor truly remarkable persons such as the great Greek lyrists Sappho and Emily Dickinson.
"It is an engaging work of expressive reach and austere beauty." - Fritz Balwit, Audiophile audition (US)
"This is a gorgeous album, and the music would melt even the blackest heart" - Bird is The Worm (US
The Triumph- Megalodon Collective
Animals (Megalodon Collective, 2017)
Megalodon (Megalodon Collective, 2015)
The debutalbum of the septet Megalodon Collective, nominated to a Norwegian Grammy and highly praised in the press.
Martin Myhre Olsen (NO) – sax
Karl Hjalmar Nyberg (SE) – sax
Petter Kraft (SE) – sax
Karl Bjorå (NO) – guitar
Aaron Mandelmann (SE) – bass
Andreas Winther (NO) – drums
Henrik Lødøen (NO) – drums
Listen here!
The Creator Has A Bachelor Plan (Bjørn Marius Hegge, 2018)
Eirik Hegdal - Saxophone and clarinet
Karl Hjalmar Nyberg - Saxophone and bassclarinet
Martin Myhre Olsen - Saxophones
Petter Kraft - Saxophone
Adrian Løseth Waade - Violin
Oscar Grönberg - Piano
Hans Hulbækmo - Drums
Bjørn Marius Hegge - Bass and composition
www.bjornmariushegge.com www.particularrecordings.com
New Beginnings (MNJ Youth Orchestra, 2018)
MNJ Youth Orchestra offers young musicians in the Trondheim area (Mid-Norway) a unique way to explore original music and improvisation. The ensemble consists of students between 16-20 years old, and are led by inspiring young composers/ instrumentalists from the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra. The idea is to give the young musicians a lot of new input, and therefore they can play everything from arranged Monk tunes to vocal solos by Morton Feldman and compositions by the musical director. MNJ Youth Orchestra wants to inspire them to do their own thing!
Every year the ensemble play concerts at Molde Jazzfestival and Jazzfest in Trondheim, and they also do concerts at various music high schools in Mid-Norway.
MNJ Youth Orchestra Plays the music of Martin Myhre Olsen (2016)
MNJ Records, collaboration between MNJ Youth Orchestra and the vocal group Young Voices.
Rønnings Jazzmaskin (2016)
Petter Kraft- tenor saxophone
Martin Myhre Olsen- alto saxophone
Egil Kalman- double Bass
Truls Rønning- drums
Northwestern Sounds (Arne Torvik, 2016)
Musicians:
Arne Torvik – piano
Martin Myhre Olsen - alto saxophone
Kristoffer Eikrem – trumpet
Espen J. Bjarnar – guitar
Dan Peter Sundland – bass
Tomas Järmyr – drums
“One of those albums that, by keeping things simple, keeps the reasons for enjoyment coming”
— WWW.BIRDISTHEWORM.COM
Elevenette (Dan Peter Sundland, 2013)
Musicians:
Dan Peter Sundland - bass and compositions
Emilie Nicolas Kongshavn - vocals
Erik Lefsaker - flute
Nils Marius Kjøsnes - clarinet
Martin Myhre Olsen - alto sax
Hanna Paulsberg - tenor sax
Torstein Lavik Larsen - trumpet
Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø - trombone
Ola Lindseth - violin
Tabita Berglund - cello
Hans Hulbækmo - percussion and vibraphone
“Elevenette offers a bold, original vision of composition, improvisation and poetry.”
— EYAL HAREUVENI, ALLABOUTJAZZ.COM
RødssalG nEEn GlassdøR (2018)
Music by Erlend Olderskog Albertsen
Line-up:
Erik kimestad Pedersen - trumpet
Martin Myhre Olsen - altosaxophone
Nils Andreas Granseth - trombone
Kjetil Jerve - piano
Andreas Wildhagen - drums
Erlend Olderskog Albertsen- bass & composition
Buy/listen here!
Midt på natta (Operasjon Hegge, 2016)
Torstein Lavik Larsen- trumpet
Martin Myhre Olsen- soprano/alto saxophone
Petter Kraft- tenor saxophone, clarinet & compositions
Bjørn Marius Hegge - double bass & compositions
Simon Olderskog Albertsen - drums
Listen here!
