The Line-up Mathias Eick (trumpet, upright bass, keyboards & vibraphone), Harald Frøland (guitars & effects), Even Ormestad (bass & keyboards), Andreas Mjøs (vibraphone, guitars, drums & electronics), Line Horntveth (tuba & percussion), Martin Horntveth (drums & drum-machines), Lars Horntveth (tenor sax, bass-clarinet, guitars & keyboards), Andreas Schei (keyboards), Ketil Einarsen (flutes, wind controller, percussion & keyboards), Lars Wabø (Trombone & percussion)

The History Jaga Jazzist released their first album, Jævla Jazzist Grete Stitz, back in 1994, when the youngest members of the Norwegian 10-piece were still only 14 years old. They first came to my attention with their 2001 album A Livingroom Hush - and I wasn’t the only one, it got everyone from The Observer newspaper to The Mars Volta singing their praises.

Their take on electronic music, A Livingroom Hush was a huge turning point for the band, as tracks like Animal Chin and Lithuania brought joy to an ever-growing legion of fans in living rooms and venues the world over.

Having found a niche that people seemed to like, Jaga Jazzist might have stuck where they were but after a day spent in the Norwegian woods recording a demo known as the Spydeberg Session, word began to spread of their rock album. That album later materialized as 2005’s masterful What We Must.

The Sound The Jaga Jazzist sound is forever changing. They said of Jævla Jazzist Grete Stitz that it was “an album of trying without the fear of failing” and that’s an idea they’ve stuck by wholeheartedly. Other Items Of Interest A Livingroom Hush was voted BBC Jazz Album Of The Year after it was re-released in 2002.

IF Recommends A Livingroom Hush, What We Must

Websites www.jagajazzist.com, www.ninjatune.net

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