Festivals
All Ears (all-ears.no)
Kongsberg Jazz Festival (kongsberg-jazzfestival.no)
Molde Jazz Festival (moldejazz.no)
Natt Jazz (nattjazz.no)
Northwest Passage (northwestpassagefestival.com)
Oslo Jazz Festival (oslojazz.no)
Trondheim Jazz Festival (trondheim-jazzfestival.no)
Vossa Jazz (vossajazz.no)
Graphic Design
Rune Mortensen (runemortensen.no)
Truls Haugland (trulshaugland.net)
Labels
2L (2l.musiconline.no)
Acoustic Records (home.c2i.net/acousticrecords)
AIM (aimmusic.no)
Bajkal (folk.uio.no/eivindl/Bajkal.htm)
Curling Legs (curlinglegs.no)
dBut (dbut.no)
Gemini (gemini-records.no)
Grappa (grappa.no/english.htm)
Hidi Music (hidi-music.no)
Hot Club (hotclub.no)
Jazzaway (jazzaway.com)
Jazzland (jazzlandrec.com)
Lydlauget (lydlauget.com)
NORCD (norcd.no)
Normann Records (normannrecords.no)
Resonant (resonant-music.com)
Rune Grammofon (runegrammofon.com)
Sofa (sofa.norcd.no)
Sonor / Herman (normannrecords.no/hermanuk.html)
Miscellaneous Norwegian Links
Norway.com for tourism.
Norway.org for news and information, especially about Norwegian events in the U.S.
The daily newspaper Aftenposten has an English edition here: aftenposten.no/english/
Miscellaneous Norwegian Music Links
Bergen Jazz Forum (bergenjazzforum.no)
Blå (blx.no/english)
Grinning Troll (grinningtroll.com/links/norwaylinks.htm)
Jazz in Oslo (jazzinoslo.no)
Music Information Center (mic.no/english)
Norsk Jazzforlag (norskjazzforlag.com)
Norwegian Jazz Discography, 1905-1998 (nb.no/norskjazz/index_e.html)
Norwegian Jazz Forum (jazzforum.no)
Pilota FM (pilota.fm)
The Norwegian Jazz Base (jazzbasen.no)
Musicians & Bands
Anders Aarum (jazzaway.com/aarum.html)
Arild Andersen (arildandersen.com)
Atomic (jazzlandrec.com/atomic_bio.html)
Audun Kleive (jazzlandrec.com/kleive_bio.html)
Bayashi (jazzaway.com/bayashi.html)
Beady Belle (beadybelle.com)
Brazz Brothers (brazzbrothers.com)
Bugge Wessletoft (jazzlandrec.com/bugge_bio.html)
Close Erase (peroddvar.no/closeerase)
Crimetime Orchestra (jazzaway.com/crimetime.html)
Damp (dampweb.com)
Dingo Bats (dingobats.com)
Dingobats (kunst.no/dingobats)
Eivind Aarset (jazzlandrec.com/eivind_bio.html)
Eivind Opsvik (eivindopsvik.com)
Eldbjorg Raknes (hf.ntnu.no/mit/eldbjorgr)
Farmers Market (farmersmarket.fm)
Frode Berg (frodeberg.com)
Frode Gjerstad (shef.ac.uk/misc/rec/ps/efi/mgjersta.html)
Frode Haltli (home.online.no/~odhal/)
Froy Aagre (offbeat.no)
Geir Lysne Listening Ensemble (lysne.no)
Hakon Kornstad (kornstad.com)
Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen (hkks.no)
Havard Wiik (jazzlandrec.com/main_bios.php?page=details&id=29)
Helge Lien (helgelien.net)
Helge Lien Trio (helgelientrio.com)
Hero (hero.helgelien.net)
In the Country (inthecountry.no)
Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (ingebrigtflaten.com)
Jacob Young (jacobyoung.no/index_english.htm)
Jaga Jazzist (jagajazzist.com)
Jan Garbarek (musicolog.com/garbarek.asp)
Jan Gunnarhoff (jangunnarhoff.no)
Jazzmob (jazzaway.com/jazzmob.html)
Jon Balke (notam02.no/~jonba/)
Jon Eberson (jazzlandrec.com/eberson_bio.html)
Køhn/Johansen (kohnjohansen.com)
Kornstad Trio (jazzlandrec.com/kornstad_bio.html)
Kroyt (kroyt.com)
Lasse Marhaug (lassemarhaug.no)
Magnetic North Orchestra (magnetic.no)
Maja Ratkje (ratkje.com)
Maria Kannengaard (jazzlandrec.com/main_bios.php?page=details&id=50)
Moments Notice (momentsnotice.no)
Motif (motif.no)
Nils Petter Molvaer (nilspettermolvaer.com)
Nymark Collective (tordg.no/nymark/)
Paal Nilssen-Love (paalnilssen-love.com)
Per Oddvar (peroddvar.no)
Petter Wettre (petterwettre.com)
Poing (poing.no)
Ra (listen.to/ra.com)
Rob Waring Trio (robwaringtrio.com)
Roy Powell (roypowell.net)
Shining (shining.no)
Sidsel Endresen (jazzlandrec.com/sidsel_bio.html)
Silje Nergaard (siljenergaard.com)
Spunk (spunkmusic.com)
Steinar Raknes (steinarraknes.com)
Subtonic (subtonic.org)
Supersilent (supersilence.net)
Terje Isungset (home.online.no/~isungz)
Terje Rypdal (jeffgower.com/rypdal.html)
The Core (jazzaway.com/core.html)
The Real Thing (therealthing.no)
The Source (peroddvar.no/thesource)
Thomas T. Dahl (thomasdahl.no)
Torbjørn Sunde (kjentfolk.no/musikere/sunde)
Tord Gustavsen (tordg.no)
Tri O'Trang (triotrang.com)
Trinity (jazzaway.com/trinity.html)
Wibutee (wibutee.net)
Xploding Plastix (xplodingplastix.com)
Norway Distribution
Musikkoperatørene (musikkoperatorene.no)
Voices Music & Entertainment (vme.no)
Norwegian Record Stores & Download Sites
Bare Jazz (barejazz.no)
CD Planet (cdplanet.no)
CD-On (cdon.com)
Free Record Shop (freerecordshop.no/shop/home/home.asp)
Musikk Online (musikkonline.no)
Norsk Jazzforlag (norskjazzforlag.com/Main%20shop.htm)
Platekompaniet (platekompaniet.no)
Selected Recordings: Rune Grammofon's Norway
Rune Kristoffersen is the head of Norway's most exciting and adventurous record label, Rune Grammofon. Here are 10 Norwegian jazz CDs that he recommends to start a collection (and no, we don't blame him for going heavy on his own releases).
Svein Finnerud Trio, Plastic Sun (Odin)
Sidsel Endresen/Bugge Wesseltoft, Out Here in There (Jazzland)
Jan Garbarek, I Took Up the Runes (ECM)
Arve Henriksen, Chiaroscuro (Rune Grammofon)
In the Country, This Was the Pace of My Heartbeat (Rune Grammofon)
Nils Petter Molvær, Khmer (ECM)
Supersilent, 1-3, 4, 5, 6 (Rune Grammofon)
Susanna and the Magical Orchestra, List of Lights and Buoys (Rune Grammofon)
Terje Rypdal, Skywards (ECM)
Scorch Trio, Luggumt (Rune Grammofon)
Radka Toneff, Fairytales (Odin)
Selected Recordings: JazzTimes Recommends
We stayed away from ECM recordings because of Tina Pelikan's list of recommendations for the label printed in our May 2005 edition, concentrating mostly on the labels and artists mentioned in the article “The Sound of Young Norway” in the same issue.
Rune Grammofon
Arve Henriksen, Chiaroscuro and Sakuteiki
Food, Last Supper and Veggie
In the Country, This Was the Pace of My Heartbeat
Nils Okland, Bris and Straum
Scorch Trio, Luggumt and Scorch Trio
Supersilent, 1-3,4,5, 6
Susanna & the Magical Orchestra, List of Lights and Buoys
Jazzland
Atomic, Boom Boom
Audun Kleive, Ohmagoddabl and Generator X
Bugge Wesseltoft, Film Ing, Moving and New Conception of Jazz
Eivind Aarset, Connected, Electronique Noire and Light Extracts
Havard Wiik, Postures
Kornstad Trio, Space Available
Sidsel Endresen, Undertow
Wibutee, Playmachine and Eight Domestic Challenges
Jazzaway
Anders Aarum, Absence in Mind
Dingobats, Follow
Jazzmob, Pathfinder
The Core, Vision
Trinity, Sparkling
Smalltown Supersound
Jaga Jazzist, Magazine
Lars Horntveth, Pooka
The Thing, Garage
Other Labels
Frøy Aagre & Offbeat, Katalyze (Aim)
Jaga Jazzist, A Livingroom Hush (Smalltown Supersound/Ninja Tune), The Stix (Ninja Tune), What We Must (Ninja Tune)
Min Bul, Min Bul (Universal Norway)
Terje Gewelt, Small World (Resonant)
Various Artists, Jazz in Norway, Vol. 1-5 (Herman)
Veslefrekk, Veslefrekk and Valse Mysterioso (Nor CD)
U.S. Distribution & Mail Order of Norwegian Jazz
Dusty Groove (dustygroove.com) and iTunes (itunes.com) for Jazzland
Forced Exposure (forcedexposure.com) for Rune Grammofon
North Country (cadencebuilding.com) for Jazzaway and Sofa
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