Release Date: 18 October 2024
Label: Losen Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 7090025833083
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Release Date: 18 October 2024
Label: Losen Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 7090025833083
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Description
Leading Norwegian guitarist Johan Tobias Bergstrom, best known for his Django Reinhardt-style of playing, presents Nova, a heady fusion of swing-jazz with Arabic, African, and Irish music.
The initial spark for this project came in 2020 when Bergstrom was invited to play for the Norwegian and Jordanian royal families in Jordan; "While there I soaked in the sights and sounds, heard music on the radios of taxis and coffee shops, and when I came back the sound of the oud was bouncing around in my head. I decided it was time to make a fusion project. "I've released five albums of Django Reinhardt-style music, and though this was going to be a fusion debut, it ended up being much more of a world music debut! The constellation of the songs on Nova come from different areas of the musical universe."
Johan Tobias Bergstrom: guitar
Jorgen Kroger Mathisen: violin
Hakon Huldt-Nystrom: bass
Thomas Antonio Debelian: percussion
Recorded January 2024 at Urban Sound Studios, Oslo, Norway
Tracklisting
Karin Nakagawa, Hans Tutzer & Paolino Dalla Port
EH3
Arne Torvik Trio
Olga Konkova
Per Mathisen
Michael Aadal
LRK Trio
Troen - Arnesen Quartet
Sultan Stevenson
John Patitucci
Tommy Whittle & Alan Barnes
Xhosa Cole
John Clayton & Mulgrew Miller
George Cables
Sylvaine Helary & Orchestre Incandescent
The Exu