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We miss Japan already!
Our week in Japan is suddenly over, and we have already started to look forward to our next tour. Many, many thanks to Blue Gleam – and especially Kiyoshi Kouyama – who made this possible and organized this fantastic tour for us! Here are some photos from EBT Japan Tour…
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EBT Japan Tour 2016
Yesterday we played our very first concert in Japan, in Musashino Swing Hall. We had a great time playing in this hall! Thank you, Kiyoshi, and everybody at Musashino. Photos taken by Kiyoshi Kouyama, Maasaki Sakano, and Yasuo Naito. We are looking forward to play at NHK today!
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JazZtipendiat 2016
I had the greatest honor of being given one of Norway’s most acknowledged jazz prizes, “JazZtipendiatet”, at Molde Int’l Jazz Festival 2016. The prize is worth half a million Norwegian kroner and they will be used to produce a concert with Trondheim Jazz Orchestra featuring music composed by me, which…
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First concert of our Japan Tour sold out!
Espen Berg Trio played a very successful concert at Il Ritmo delle Città in Milan yesterday, and today we received some good news from our promoter and label in Japan, Blue Gleam: Our very first concert in Japan is already sold out! This concert takes place in central Tokyo, in…
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EBT to play live on NHK FM Session 2016
During our upcoming Japan tour Espen Berg Trio will do a live performance on NHK at the show “Session 2016”, July 28th in Fureai Hall. This will be a one and a half hour long concert and interview, which will be broadcasted nationwide in Japan twice. Over 1000 Japanese have signed…
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EBT appointed to NTNU Ambassadors
Today, Espen Berg Trio was appointed to NTNU Ambassadors at Dokkhuset during Trondheim Jazz Festival. The title comes with an award of 50.000 NOK, given by NTNU – Norwegian University for Science and Technology and Trondheim Jazz Festival. EBT plays a concert with New York based sax player Ole Mathisen tonight,…
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Photos from Dokkhuset April 1st
Photographer Thor Egil Leirtrø has taken some great photos from EBT’s concert at Dokkhuset last friday. And he even wrote a nice little review: “An interplay like from siamese triplets with a common brain. These three musicians knows at all time what the other guys will come up with and…
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EBT Japan Tour 2016 – updates
Our label and promoter in Japan, Blue Gleam, has worked hard to set up a great tour for us in Japan in July. Here’s the tour list: <27.07> Musashino Swing Hall (Tokyo) http://www.musashino-culture.or.jp/sisetu/swing/top.html <28.07> TBA. Will be announced in June. <29.07> Amuser Kashiwa Crystal Hall (Chiba) http://amuserkashiwa.jp/index.html <30.07> Izumi Arts Centre…
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Upcoming projects in 2016
It’s time for 2016’s first tour next week, and at the same time I will enter a creative mode to compose music for projects scheduled later this year: Anders Thorén’s (dr) upcoming album, together with myself, Seamus Blake (sax), Hayden Powell (trp), and Ole Morten Vågan (bs). Will be recorded in Rainbow Studio late…
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More great reviews – “Mønster”
Since it’s international and Norwegian launch in September 2015, “Mønster” has gotten even more great reviews. The Japanese Edition was released on Blue Gleam in May 2015, and was recommended by the Japanese magazines JAZZ JAPAN, JAZZ LIFE, CD JOURNAL, and JAZZ PERSPECTIVE. “Mønster” was awarded as the 6th best…
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