Gitar

For jazzland a couple of years ago. We have joined forces on a few musical events over the years and he also played the kyes on my "Soul Of A Man" Album back in 1998. But we´d never had the opportunity to into real nitty gritty together - before now. I have appreciated Bugge and his universe since we first crossed paths in the late eighties. As a guitarist comming from folk and blues, I´ve always admired good jazzplayers and looked to jazzphilosophy for inspiration. After a jazzland ession with Håkon Kornstad one winter´s night in 2007, Bugge and I sat down and discussed the concept. His instructions where somewath surprising. ; " Bring a bunch of different guitars to the studio, sit down with a cup of itaian grind and play softly and relaxed. as if you where sitiing in your living room playing while watching the TV news- or maybe upstairs playing while putting the kids to bed" (cant recall to have said that..bugge:). I liked the idea, brought the guitars along with a few friends and favourite players, And- what you are looking at- well, this is it.

Being a huge fan of Knut Reiersrud for many many years. I had the dream of putting him and his incredible, personal and deeply rooted guitarplaying into a somewhat "listening" context. Blues meets traditional meets jazz meets ambient

It was an honour and im very happy with the result. (bugge)

Personel:

Knut Reiersrud - Assorted Guitars

Nils Peter Molvær - Trumpet

Javid Afsahari Rad - Santour

Bugge Wesseltoft - Fender Rhodes - Hammond B3 - Piano

Andreas Bye - Drums

Nicolai Hængsle Eilertsen - Electric Bass

2009 Jazzland recordings