Another magical evening of "Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic". A great moment with the créme of Norwegian jazz, featuring Solveig Slettahjell, Bugge Wesseltoft, In The Country and Knut Reiersrud.
A blues guitar introduces the melody, restrained, elegiac and yet full of energy. A clear, female voice takes over, its power potentiated by its uncanny serenity. A piano gathers together the theme one more time before all of them, joined by an additional trio, take it through a mightily dynamic loop until it tapers out almost to nothing in the end. "Ingen Vinner Frem Til Den Evige Ro" is the name of the old Norwegian church song that Knut Reiersrud, Solveig Slettahjell, Bugge Wesseltoft and In The Country transform so fascinatingly into a modern Nordic hymn in the sold-out Chamber Music Hall of the Berlin Philharmonie.It was another one of those magic moments that the "Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic" series so reliably produces. Founded in 2012 and curated by Siggi Loch, the idea was to craft inimitable evenings by me...
line upSolveig Slettahjell / vocals
Bugge Wesseltoft / piano & synths (except 2 & 5)
Knut Reiersrud / guitars & harmonica
In The Country :
Morten Qvenild / piano & synths (except 4 - 6)
Roger Arntzen / bass
Pål Hausken / drums
Recorded live in concert at the Berlin Philharmonie (KMS)
Presented by Stiftung Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded, mixed, edited and mastered by Klaus Scheuermann
