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Geir Lysne - Korall (2003) {ACT 9236-2}
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© 2003 ACT Music + Vision | ACT 9236-2
Jazz / Contemporary Jazz / Modern Big Band

The studio session, Korall, is, to say it plainly, more accessible, which is not to imply that it is less ambitious than Borealis, only different. There's more here that is recognizably jazz, especially rhythmically, and less of an "outer space ambiance encircling the enterprise. Three of the pieces—"M.B., "Djambo, and especially most of "P.T. 1 —could even be described as high-spirited, while the dreamy "Korall boasts a charming melody embellished by something that sounds like a human voice but probably isn't. "M.B. prances percussively from the gate before a male chorus helps set its groovy course, while "Djambo summons visions of Africa with its insistent cadences and exotic melodies accentuated by drums and percussion.

The Staff Band of the Norwegian Armed Forces is one of the Norwegian armed forces’ five professional music ensembles, and since its formation in 1818 has been the country’s largest professional wind band. Based in Oslo, it is the armed forces’ most important band for providing musical support at ceremonial functions, and it plays regularly on royal and official government occasions and on behalf of the armed forces – as well as at a host of other ceremonial and representative functions at home and abroad. The band also has an extensive concert schedule in and around Oslo. Most of its concerts are given in its own concert hall, “Ridehuset”, in Akershus Fortress, but it also gives numerous outdoor concerts and regularly plays on tours around Norway.