My new Album - Songs
Got incredible response on my new album Songs. Personal interpretations of my favourite Jazz Standars. All solo Piano.
Album Out now on Gube in CD Quality for a Norwegian Audience.
Album will be out worldwide on Gube in 24Bit96Khz Soundquality at a special price from Thursday 8.Dec
Read my Linearnotes here..
I love jazz! Growing up, listening to my father's records I have, since the age of 8, been playing and trying to learn this music. Firstly, on our old home piano; later, pretending to be Jimmy Smith on my Yamaha Electone Organ (including the silliest electronic rhythmbox ever created). Later, using Fender Rhodes and Synth, and, finally, in my daily rehearsals on the piano I was able to buy at the age of 22.
So why did I never perform this music in concert?
Well... There have been so many interpretations of these beautiful songs. Fantastic versions by fantastic performers. Bill Evans, Errol Garner, Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Ray Charles, Keith Jarrett - to just name a genius or two. Likewise, there have been some horrible, destructive versions, showing off skills in a meaningless, obscure, imaginary competition.
After all those years spending daily hours playing with and around this fantastic song material, I finally felt my versions were personal enough to be recorded, with respect, appreciation and gratitude for those wonderfully beautiful songs!
Bugge Wesseltoft
November 2011
Comments (6)
2011-12-05 Trane
Det er mandag 5.desember nå ? Vente helt til etter jobb i morgen ? Ser frem til pianosanger i 24-96 ;-)
2011-12-05 bugge
Hi. Out for download in CD Quality now. Release in 24Bit96 Thursday 8. sorry for taking too long time!
2011-12-12 Jasper
will this be available on vinyl (preferrably in Germany) at any time?
2011-12-13 bugge
Hi Jasper. I doubt that it will come out on Vinyl. I also enjoy Vinyl but in my opinion 24bit96khz sounds way better.. Thanks for visiting us!
2012-03-16 Patricia
Hallo Bugge, lokking forward seeing you in Berlin (Babylon) I would like to ask if there will be a possibility for a kind of a "meet and greet". Would like to introduce you to my son Moses 13, who wants to become a jazz pianist by himself - so maybe you got time for a small talk after your concert? This would be very great cause Moses is already young student here at the Jazz Institute in Berlin but he is missing the connection between old and new Jazz Songs and Styles and you are the one at the moment - like a bridge easy to cross... Patricia
2012-03-30 bugge
Hi PAtricia. Of course I will meet your son. Just come and say hi:)