Norrbotten Big Band
The Norrbotten Big Band (NBB) is a Swedish big band . Artistic director is currently (2018) Joakim Milder .
Band history
The band has existed since 1986 and operates out of Luleå . The first artistic director of the big band was the jazz composer Örjan Fahlström (until 1996). His first projects included a work for organ and big band, animations , film music for the silent film Witches (1922) and music for texts from William Shakespeare's Macbeth ( Lesser than Macbeth, and Greater ). From the mid-1990s onwards, Tim Hagans was the artistic director . In collaboration with Tim Hagans, the albums Future North (1998) and Future Miles (2002) were created, which fused big band music with drum and bass and hip-hop across all genres. Box of Cannoli , one of the tracks on their joint album The Avatar Sessions (2009), was nominated for Best Instrumental Composition at the 2011 Grammy Awards .
The Norrbotten Big Band also works with Carla Bley , Randy Brecker , Dee Dee Bridgewater , Kurt Elling , Dave Liebman , Joe Lovano , Chris Potter , Maria Schneider , Toots Thielemans , Olga Konkova and with Django Bates . Further collaborations took place with Swedish musicians such as Magnus Lindgren , Jonas Kullhammar , Nils Landgren , Viktoria Tolstoy , Rigmor Gustafsson , Ann-Sofi Söderqvist , Jeanette Lindström and Josefine Lindstrand and with the piano trio est . In 2000, the orchestra performed various commissioned compositions on Swedish national radio, including Örjan Fahlström's Macbeth adaptation Vägmärken , a composition for voice, trumpet, church organ, chamber choir and big band that was written for Dag Hammarskjöld's centenary , and a composition by Bob Brookmeyer for soprano saxophone and 16 players of the NBB, including Lennart Åberg as soloist . In collaboration with Sveriges Radio , recordings of compositions by the Swedish jazz musicians Jan Johansson , Lars Gullin and Börje Fredriksson were also made .
So far, Håkan Broström , Bengt Ek, Björn Hängsel, Bo Strandberg, Christian Spering, Dan Johansson, Daniel Karlsson, Jan Thelin, Jukkis Uotila , Leif Lindvall, Magnus Ekholm, Magnus Puls, Mats Garberg, PO Svanström, Per Moberg, Peter Dahlgren and Tapio Maunuvaara.
Discography
- Vindsång (Norrbottensmusiken, 1989)
- Örjan Fahlström & Norrbotten Big Band: Animations (Phono Suecia, 1994)
- Norrbotten Big Band featuring Nils Landgren (Caprice Records 1995)
- Norrbotten Big Band featuring Tim Hagans: Future North (Double-Time Records 1998)
- Jeanette Lindström, Norrbotten Big Band & Norrbottens Kammarorkester: Sinatra Weill (Caprice Records, 1999)
- Tim Hagans with Norrbotten Big Band: Future Miles ( ACT , 2002, with Scott Kinsey )
- Jonas Kullhammar Quartet with Norrbotten Big Band: Snake City North (Moserobie Music Production, 2005)
- Blacknuss & Norrbotten Big Band On Tour (2006)
- Lennart Åberg & Norrbotten Big Band: Up North. Music composed & conducted by Bob Brookmeyer & Lennart Åberg (Caprice Records, 2007)
- The Avatar Sessions (2009, with Randy Brecker, Peter Erskine , George Garzone , Tim Hagans, Dave Liebman, Rufus Reid )
- Sigurdur Flolason , Daniel Nolgård & Norrbotten Big Band: Dark Thoughts (Dimma, 2009)
- Ann-Sofi Söderqvist & Norrbotten Big Band: Grains (Phono Suecia, 2009)
- Outi Tarkiainen & Norrbotten Big Band with Aili Ikonen Into the Woodland Silence (Fredriksson, 2013)
- Norrbotten Big Band, Sarah Riedel, Georg Riedel , Örjan Fahlström Emil, Pippi, Karlsson & Co (Naxos, 2013)
- Håkan Broström with the Norrbotten Big Band featuring Marilyn Mazur Episodes from the Past and the Future (2014)
- Jan Allan (80) (Naxos, 2014)
- Norrbotten Big Band, Peter Danemo Hedvigsnäs (Prophone, 2016)
- Josefine Lindstrand & Norrbotten Big Band While We Sleep (2016)
- Norrbotten Big Band featuring Georg Wadenius Jojje Wadenius (70) (Prophone, 2016)
- Cecilia Persson & Norrbotten Big Band Composer in Residence (Prophone, 2016)
- Anne Mette Iversen , Norrbotten Big Band Everything in Between (Prophone, 2018)
- Outi Tarkiainen , Norrbotten Big Band Unpainted Portraits (Prophone, 2018)
- VEIN feat. Norrbotten Big Band Symphonic Bop ( Double Moon , 2018)
Web links
- Web presence
- Norrbotten Big Band at Allmusic (English)
- Norrbotten Big Band at Discogs (English)