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In 2009, I composed music for the video work “Musicbox ” by the Finnish video artist Pasi Autio. It was very inspiring to work with the Finnish language, which may sound like music in itself.

I also contributed with music to video art by Pasi—”Ögonblickets rymd” (2020)—which is installed at a hospital in Stockholm (Södersjukhuset). It’s a 28 minute loop with atmospheric sounds, plus eleven distinct melodies played by a flugelhorn and a bass clarinet.

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We are very happy to have a guest appearance by Tad Robinson on our new 7″ vinyl! He’s one of the top artists on the American soul/blues scene with eight Blues Awards nominations since 2005. It’s a classic soul/R&B record with a big sound, and the other side features talented soul singer Kristina Talajic. The title of the release is “7 Inch – No. 1”, and it’s also released digitally on August 25.

This is a teaser from the upcoming album “Volume 5” by Big Band Splash (release September 22). It’s actually my fifth release as a big band leader/arranger/producer, but as you might know we used different names on the band. The first two albums with JNBBS were intentionally very diverse in style, but I later decided to let BBS develop into a soul/R&B orchestra and in parallel introduce the name Jakob Norgren Jazz Orchestra for performance of my contemporary jazz compositions. Almost the same members, but no vocals, guitar and percussion in JNJO.

Big Band Volumes

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Yesterday I had the privilege to play with John Scofield & Blue House Jazz Orchestra in a sold out Stockholm Concert Hall. The band was (as always) directed by Magnus Lindgren and Peter Asplund and we played arrangements by Michael Abene and Magnus. My setup was baritone sax, clarinet, bass clarinet and contra alto clarinet. A very inspiring project!

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We are happy to have received three American and a dozen Swedish reviews so far for the album “Pathfinding” by Jakob Norgren Jazz Orchestra feat. Jonas Kullhammar. They are all very positive about the compositions, arrangements and the ensemble performance as well as the soloists. Read more here.