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Norwegian horns-based combo Jaga Jazzist, formed by multi-instrumentalist
brothers Lars and Martin Horntveth and featuring multi-instrumentalist
Jorgen Munkby,
released an immature album,
Javla Jazzist Grete Stitz (Thug, 1996), and the
EP Magazine (Dbut, 1998 - Smalltown Supersound, 2004)
before finding their true voice.
A Livingroom Hush (Warner, 2001 - Ninja Tune, 2002) straddled the border
between the Canterbury (melodic jazz-rock) sound of Soft Machine and the post-rock sound of Tortoise. The line-up featured:
Lars Horntveth (acoustic guitar, hi-string guitar, tenor & baritone saxophones, bass clarinet, flute, keyboards); Harald Froland (guitar, synthesizer, effects); Jorgen Munkeby (tenor saxophone, flute, alto flute, bass clarinet, keyboards); Mathias Eick (trumpet, keyboards, acoustic bass).
They tried to make their project more accessible (and succeeded) with
the electronic and "orchestral" The Stix (Ninja Tune, 2003). The album featured:
Lars Horntveth (acoustic & electric guitars, tenor & baritone saxophones, bass clarinet, flute, keyboards); Harald Froland (guitar, synthesizer, effects); Jorgen Munkeby (harmonica, flute, alto flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, keyboards, glockenspiel); Mathias Eick (trumpet, keyboards, acoustic bass); Lars Wabo.
What We Must (Ninja Tune, 2005), containing the eight-minute single All I Know Is Tonight, withdrew from the excesses of the previous album
but retained the overall aesthetic of intelligent, atmospheric instrumental
multi-layered music for the masses.
Jaga Jazzist's multi-instrumentalist Jorgen Munkby formed Shining and, after
the jazzier
Where The Ragged People Go (2001) and
Sweet Shanghai Devil (2001), turned to
bombastic progressive-rock on
In The Kingdom of Kitsch You Will Be A Monster (2005) and
Grindstone (2007).
Lars Horntveth debuted solo with the jazztronica experiment Pooka (2004).
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