Zanussi Five

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Zanussi Five Three of Norway’s leading sax players –Rolf-Erik Nystrøm, Eirik Hegdal and Jørgen Mathisen plus bass player Per Zanussi and drummer Gard Nilssen play an energetic and surrealistic mix of beautiful melodies, improvisation, grooves and acoustic noise. Jørgen Mathisen, one of the top young players in Norway, adds a rough, rock-like feel to the group. This contrasts Rolf Erik Nystrøm’s elegant, contemporary- music-like playing and Eirik Hegdals melodic-lyrical baritone. This unusual horn section alternates between creating virtuosic cacofony, funky riffs, percussive soundscapes and beautiful layers of sound . “This music is vibrant, fast, and very modern. It is expressionistic, replete with saxophones that sigh, moan, honk, and howl. At the same time, it bursts with energy and swing. It's also utterly unpredictable.” -Marc Meyers, All About Jazz Together with one of Norway’s most talented jazz drummers, Gard Nilssen, they give life to Per Zanussi’s compositions which sound like a cross between free jazz, fifties exotica, contemporary improv, funk, film music and afrobeat. The band projects a tremendous energy and joy of playing, resulting in ecstatic audiences at their concerts. Since the beginning in 2001 Zanussi five have played concerts in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Japan, USA and Canada as well as Molde jazz festival, Nattjazz festival, Maijazz festival, Porijazz, Bordeaux Jazz Festival, Rochester Jazz Festival, Edmonton and Vancouver Jazz Festivals.

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albums

Alborado

Ghost Dance

Zanussi Five

Live In Coimbra

Jazzcd.No (3rd Set Jazz From Norway 2008) Cd3

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jazzCD.no: Jazz From Norway 2006, 2nd set

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Jazzcd.No (3rd Set Jazz From Norway 2008)

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jazzCD.no 3rd Set

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Live in Coimbra (feat. Kjetil Møster, Jørgen Mathisen, Eirik Hegdal, Gard Nilssen & Per Zanussi)

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Jazzcd.No (3rd Set Jazz From Norway)

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jazzCD.no: Jazz From Norway, 2nd set

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jazzCD.no: Jazz From Norway 2008, 3rd set

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