Bergen Big Band at a memorial concert for Olav Dale, November 2, 2014
Background information
Origin
Bergen, Norway
Genres
Jazz, big band
Years active
1991–present
Labels
ECM, Grappa
Members
Elisabeth Lid Trøen
Jan Kåre Hystad
Ole Jacob Hystad
Zoltan Vincze
Michael Barnes
Martin Winter
Svein Henrik Giske
Are Ovesen
Reid Gilje
Øyvind Hage
Sindre Dalhaug
Pål Roseth
Kjell Erik Husom
Ole Thomsen
Dag Arnesen
Magne Thormodsæter
Frank Jakobsen
Past members
Olav Dale (1958 – 2014)
Bergen Big Band (BBB) is a Norwegian big band established 1991 as a continuation of Knut Kristiansen's Bergen Band. BBB is known from cooperations with musicians like Phil Woods, Paquito D'Rivera, Joe Henderson, Maria Schneider, Diana Krall, Sissel Kyrkjebø, Andy Sheppard, Martial Solal, Mathias Rüegg, Gianluigi Trovesi, Mathias Eick, Ole Kock Hansen, Etta Cameron, Karin Krog, John Surman, Dino Saluzzi, Gustavo Bergalli, Berit Opheim, Jan Magne Førde, The Core, Ab und Zu, Vidar Johansen, Paolo Vinaccia, Ståle Storløkken, Palle Mikkelborg and Terje Rypdal among others.[1][2][3]
^"Bergen Big Band Biography" (in Norwegian). JazzINorge.no.
^Fordham, John (15 April 2010). "Terje Rypdal/Bergen Big Band: Crime Scene". London: Guardian.co.uk.
^"Terje Rypdal: Crime Scene (2010)" (in Norwegian). AllAboutJazz.no. 11 September 2010.
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