Bigbandblast! (released 24 August 2004 by Real Music Records in Oslo) is an album by the big band Bigbandblast led by Børre Dalhaug.
Reception
Bigbandblast! sounds like the drummer of The Real Thing has assembled a hard-swinging big band, with stylistically eclectic choice of music, like Latin, backbeat, swing and heavy metal, but the common thread is preserved in that it is the same musicians playing on all the tracks. It was nominated for Spellemannprisen 2004, and received splendid reviews in the press.
The review by the Norwegian newspaper Bergens Tidende awarded the album 5 stars (dice).
Track listing "Shoeshine Shuffle" (5:14) "Up Front" (6:48) "Moving On" (4:48) "The Real Thing" (4:57) "Gaudium Reditus" (5:09) "Schmell" (5:34) "Adaptive" (5:19) "Roger That" (5:28) "Ad Infinitum" (6:13) "Utopia" (4:36) "The Real Thing" (3:02)
Personnel Jarle Bernhoft – vocals Kåre Nymark Jr. – trumpet Marius Haltli – trumpet Frode Nymo – alt saxophone Atle Nymo – tenor saxophone Børge-Are Halvorsen – saxophones & flute Even Kruse Skatrud – trombone Nils-Olav Johansen – guitar Frode Kjekstad – guitar Jens Thoresen – guitar Stian Carstensen – accordion Anders Aarum – piano Palle Wagnberg – Hammond B3 organ Jens Fossum – double bass Børre Dalhaug – drums
Credits Compositions and lyrics by Børre Dalhaug
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