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Eirik Hegdal is well-known for leading the impressive and populous Trondheim Jazz Orchestra from 2002-2017, where he composed audacious scores and collaborated with international greats like Joshua Redman, Pat Metheny, and Dave Holland. Team Hegdal is the Norwegian saxophonist/clarinetist’s compositional playground for the small band format, and over the course of five albums, the virtuosic, locked-in ensemble has been “undeniably responsible for the most stimulating music to come out of Norway in many, many years (DIG Jazz).”

With drummer 
Gard Nilssen, bassist Ole Morten Vågan, and Atle Nymo on tenor saxophone and bass clarinet,
Hegdal combines exquisite melodic flair with a sometimes absurd sense of humor. Whatever game the Team is playing, the rules about genre boundaries are very permissive; these Spellemannprisen (Norwegian GRAMMY) winners snag a bit from Olivier Messiaen, a bit from Duke Ellington, Ornette, and Monk, and a bit of anything else that strikes their artistic fancy.

Thanks to Music Norway, Norwegian Jazz Federation, Norsk Kulturfond – Fond for lyd og Bilde, and Norwegian Arts Council.

No refunds.