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Welcome to www.eirikhegdal.com!

Eirik Hegdal is a norwegian saxophonist and composer, living in Trondheim. This site will show you some of the ongoing projects. To listen, click the myspace spot in the upper meny, or any myspace spot you will find under Current Projects or in the FAST LANE to the right.

Thank you for the visit!
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EIRIK HEGDAL
ALPACA ENSEMBLE
DOG AND SKY
EN EN EN
HEGDAL/KVERNBERG 4
ELDBJØRG RAKNES w/WHB
LORD KELVIN
SAXWAFFE
SCARLATTI ENSEMBLE
TEAM HEGDAL
TRONDHEIM JAZZ ORCHESTRA
ZANUSSI FIVE
DINGOBATS

Latest albums!
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Team Hegdal
"Vol 2"



Trondheim Jazz
Orchestra &
Per Zanussi
"Morning Songs"



Trondheim Sinfonietta
"Snowblind"



Kristoffer Kompen
"Short Stories of
Happiness"



Lord Kelvin
"Radio has no Future"
Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Eirik Hegdal with special guest Joshua Redman
Check out our documentary HERE
NEWS:
Alpaca Ensemble
Check out our music
video HERE
CONCERTS::
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OF MY MUSIC AT:

July 17:
Upcoming concerts at Molde Int. Jazz Festival with Team Hegdal (21st), Trondheim Jazz Orchestra (TJO)/Hegdal and Dave Holland (22nd), and "Hva kommer nå...?" (23rd).
Also co-producing the concert with TJO/Stian Westerhus, performing tomorrow!

Hope to see you in Molde!
www.moldejazz.no

May 06:
Team Hegdal "Vol 2" has arrived! Click HERE to buy!



May 01:
Last day of the 17th Soddjazz Festival!
www.soddjazz.no
Check it out!

Mar 22:
Just returned home, after a fantastic tour in Norway/Germany and Austria with the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra and Joshua Redman. Thank you all great audience and arrangers! Hope to see you soon!

Feb 20:
Lord Kelvin had a quite nice gig at Nasjonal Jazzscene/by:Larm yesterday. Next time we play will be at Dokkhuset in Trondheim, April 5th, then releasing our new album "Radio has no future". Stay tuned! :)

Feb 16:
A brand new mix of Team Hegdal "Volume 2" is now completed by Morten Stendahl at Redroom studio. He's the Dude! Release in May.

And here is a nice picture (by Erik Børseth at Synlig.no) of the happy cats contributing on the upcoming album!


From the left: Rune Nergaard, Gard Nilssen, Mattias Ståhl, André Roligheten, Ola Kvernberg and me.

Jan 28:
Zanussi 13 (!!) plays in Bergen tonight. Oslo tomorrow.

Jan 27:
CD: Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Eirik Hegdal with special guest Joshua Redman "Triads and More" got four stars in a new review in Downbeat. Read HERE

Jan 26:
CD: Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Eirik Hegdal with special guest Joshua Redman "Triads and More" received 6 out of 6 from Tor Hammerø today, at side2.no! Read HERE

Jan 17:
CD: Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Eirik Hegdal with special guest Joshua Redman "Triads and More" is nominated for Spellemannsprisen 2011 (Norwegian Grammy). We are very happy to be on that list! :)

Jan 10:
Review for CD "Triads and More" from John Kelman at All About Jazz:
"Triads and More is a vivid, stylistically unbound hour of music by one of Norway's bright compositional lights and performers, and a far-reaching orchestra clearly capable of handling anything and everything that's put in front of it."

Read the full review HERE

Jan 07:
Just finished the recording session to Team Hegdal's "Vol.2". This edition includes the quartet (Roligheten, Nergaard, Nilssen and Hegdal plus two fantastic guests: Mattias Ståhl and Ola Kvernberg. The album will be released in May 2011.

Jan 02:
Happy New Year!!

2010:
Dec 20:
Eyal Hareuveni, journalist in All About Jazz, just released his "Best Releases of 2010 and More". Very nice reading! I'm composer of the year! :)
And the CD: Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Eirik Hegdal with special guest Joshua Redman "Triads and More" is one of his selected albums :)

Read HERE

Dec 18:
Team Hegdal will be recording "Vol. 2" the first week in January 2011, with two fantastic guests: Mattias Ståhl (vibraphone) and Ola Kvernberg (violin/viola)

Oct 13:
CD: Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Eirik Hegdal with special guest Joshua Redman "Triads and More" received 6 out of 6 from Terje Mosnes today, in Dagbladet! Read HERE

Oct 11:
View the documentary behind "Triads and More" (the new album from Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Eirik Hegdal with special guest Joshua Redman) HERE

Oct 10:
Release of the album Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Eirik Hegdal with special guest Joshua Redman "Triads and More" will be in two days!



Sept 01:
Team Hegdal had a great release tour last two weeks! Thanks to all of you who came to our concerts! And hope to see you again

July 9:
Playing with Lord Kelvin at Kongsberg Jazz Festival tonight. Great concert with Zanussi Five yesterday!

June 11:
Tonight is the first live performing of the album "Wood and Water" by Trondheim Jazz Orchestra with Eirik Hegdal. The album was released in 2008 by mnj recordings. Lyrics by the great Siri Gjære! Compositions by Eirik Hegdal.



May 25:
I've made some easy links if you want to buy the new cd's (to the right). Simply click the cover picture!
Please go to the myspace sites for pre listening.

May 5:
En En En, Alpaca Ensemble/Eirik Hegdal and Team Hegdal had a great triple CD-release yesterday!
We already got some nice reviews!

Apr 26:
Soddjazz at Inderøy (in the middle of Norway) starts wednesday 29th of April and end 2nd of May.
Check out www.soddjazz.no

Apr 24:
Zanussi Five have released their third album "Ghost Dance"



Apr 13:
Erlend Skomsvoll and I are given a two year contract as leaders for the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra!

Feb 12:
There will be a grand tripple release the 4th of May 2010 at Dokkhuset in Trondheim. Alpaca Ensemble "Elevator", enenen "rød&blå", and Team Hegdal "Volume 1". All albums released at Øra Fonogram, mixed by Morten Stendahl at Redroom (exept enenen which he mastered), cover designed by Birgit Rostad at Synlig design and photo, and mastered by Bob Katz.

Jan 08:
Lord Kelvin has just finished their second album. Most likely to be released at Kongsberg Jazz Festival 9th July 2010. The album will, as previous, be released at Jazzland Rec.


2009:

Nov 23:
The recording with En En En "Rød & Blå" is soon finish to be shared world wide. Just some details left. This is improvised music, in a melodic way, in that way we liked to play, the moment we recorded it. And I think we had a great day! :) We'll make some copies, and hope that You, out there, will be a happy owner and listener of this one-of-some-kind-music! Stay in tune!

Nov 05:
Lord Kelvin leaves for a small tour in Europe tomorrow. Hope to see you all!

Aug 10:
Team Hegdal finished a happy recording session today. An Album might be out this year.. (Red.: did not.. Out 4th of May 2010)

June 23:
After beeing without a website for quite a while, I've got a new one! Welcome to www.eirikhegdal.com
There will be some changes here. Stay tuned!

Mats Eilertsen and I will be mastering the upcoming album with "Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Eirik Hegdal with special guest Joshua Redman" (to looong?) the 26th of June

Aug 23:
Lord Kelvin will be in Skansen studio next week, recording a brand new cd. Eldbjorg Raknes w/WHB just came from Athletic Sound in Halden, also making a cd.

Mar 17:
The first full cd from Dog & Sky will soon be mixed. Check out the band HERE

Mar 06:
Trondheim Jazz Orchestras second album with my music has been mastered. 25 short and longer pieces are included in this cd called "Wood and Water". Looking forward to release it!

2008

Dec 26:
CD: Trondheim Jazz Orchestra with Maria Kannegaard trio "Live in Oslo" is the "jazz album of the year 2007" in NRK P2 (Espen Eriksen)

And..
CD: Alpaca Ensemble "Tapet Tapet" is listed in "Top ten" "jazz"-albums of the year 2007 in Dagbladet (Terje Mosnes).

Oct 30:
Another great review for Alpaca Ensemble.
Read what Tor Hammerø, side2.no, writes
HERE.

Oct 17:
Great review from Terje Mosnes, journalist in Dagbladet for Alpaca Ensemble "Tapet Tapet"

Read the review HERE.

Oct 14:
Check out Alpaca Ensemble music video
HERE








Oct 29: Ola Kvernberg/Liarbird, Stavanger, NO
Oct 28: Ola Kvernberg/Liarbird, Bergen, NO
Oct 27: Ola Kvernberg/Liarbird, Førde, NO
Oct 26: Ola Kvernberg/Liarbird, Ørsta, NO
Oct 25: Ola Kvernberg/Liarbird, Oppdal, NO
Oct 23: Ola Kvernberg/Liarbird, Asker, NO
Oct 22: Ola Kvernberg/Liarbird, Sandvika, NO
Oct 21: Ola Kvernberg/Liarbird, Askim, NO
Oct 20: Ola Kvernberg/Liarbird, Nøtterøy, NO
Oct 19: Ola Kvernberg/Liarbird, Skien, NO
Oct 18: Ola Kvernberg/Liarbird, Arendal, NO
Oct 17: Ola Kvernberg/Liarbird, Horten, NO
Sept 25: "Hva kommer nå...?" at KamFest, Trondheim, NO
Sept 23: TJO/Skomsvoll at KamFest, Trondheim, NO
Sept 17: Ola Kvernberg/Liarbird, Kolbotn, NO
Sept 15: Ola Kvernberg/Liarbird, Sortland, NO
Sept 14: Ola Kvernberg/Liarbird, Bodø, NO
Sept 13: Ola Kvernberg/Liarbird, Nærøy, NO
Sept 12: Ola Kvernberg/Liarbird, Trondheim, NO
Sept 07: Team Hegdal at Credo, Trondheim, NO
Sept 25: "Hva kommer nå...?", Gloppen, NO
Sept 01: "Hva kommer nå...?", Hamarøy, NO
Aug 27: Lorenz Raab Quartet, Jazzfestival Saalfelden, AT
Aug 20: Kompen Quintet at Oslojazz, NO
Aug 19: Dog & Sky at Skotbu, NO
July 23: "Hva kommer nå...?" at Moldejazz, Molde, NO
July 22: TJO/Hegdal and Dave Holland at Moldejazz, Molde, NO
July 21: Team Hegdal "Vol 1" at Moldejazz, Molde, NO
July 01: Angels Octet in Ljubljana, SI
June 30: Angels Octet in Ljubljana, SI
June 29: Angels Octet at Strand, Stockholm, SE
June 22: "Hva kommer nå...?" in Harstad, NO
June 13- 15: Recording with Ola Kvernberg "Liarbird", NO
June 12: Trondheim Jazz Orchestra at Inderøyfestival, NO
June 05: en en en at Sverresborg, Trondheim, NO
June 02: Team Hegdal "Vol 1" at Nattjazz, Bergen, NO
May 28: Zanussi Five, Elbjazz, Hamburg, DE
May 26: Zanussi Five, Glenn Miller cafe, Stockholm, SE
May 25: Zanussi Five, Glenn Miller cafe, Stockholm, SE
May 23: Guest with Espen Bjarnar, Dokkhuset, Trondheim, NO
May 22: en en en at Sverresborg, Trondheim, NO
May 21: "Hva kommer nå...?" at Bibliotekfestival, Trondheim, NO
May 14: Team Hegdal "Vol 2" at Maijazz, Stavanger, NO
May 13: Team Hegdal "Vol 2" at JazzFest, Trondheim, NO
May 12: Team Hegdal "Vol 2" at Nasjonal Jazzscene, Oslo, NO
May 08: en en en at Sverresborg, Trondheim, NO
May 05: en en en & Arild Vange at Rockheim, Trondheim, NO
Apr 30: Team Hegdal "Vol 2" at Soddjazz, Inderøy, NO
Apr 30: "Hva kommer nå...?" at Soddjazz, Inderøy, NO
Apr 16: Trondheim Jazz Orchestra at Vossajazz, Voss, NO
Apr 16: "Hva kommer nå...?" at Vossajazz, Voss, NO
Apr 12- 15: Saxwaffe in Troms, NO
Apr 10: "Hva kommer nå...?" at Bajazzfestival, Bergen
Apr 05: Lord Kelvin at Dokkhuset, Trondheim, NO
Apr 01: Trondheim Sinfonietta at Dokkhuset, Trondheim, NO
Mar 29- Apr 01: Saxwaffe in Troms, NO
Mar 20: TJO/Hegdal/Redman at Unterfahrt, München, DE
Mar 19: TJO/Hegdal/Redman at Porgy and Bess, Vienna, AT
Mar 17: TJO/Hegdal/Redman at Sendesaal, Bremen, DE
Mar 16: TJO/Hegdal/Redman at Stadtgarten, Cologne, DE
Mar 15: TJO/Hegdal/Redman at Nasjonal Jazzscene, Oslo, NO
Mar 09: Formo/Ståhl/Hegdal at Dokkhuset, Trondheim, NO
Feb 19: Lord Kelvin at byLarm, Oslo, NO
Feb 10: Way Ahead at Mir, Oslo, NO
Feb 08: Way Ahead at Familien, Trondheim, NO
Jan 29: Zanussi 13 at Najonal Jazzscene, Oslo, NO
Jan 28: Zanussi 13 at USF Verftet, Bergen, NO
Jan 08: Zanussi Five at Münster Jazz Festival, DE
Jan 04th-07th: Making of Team Hegdal "Vol 2"

2010:
Dec 19: Eldbjørg Raknes "Hva kommer nå..?", Sjøbygda, NO
Dec 18: Eldbjørg Raknes "Hva kommer nå..?", Arendal, NO
Dec 17: Eldbjørg Raknes "Hva kommer nå..?", Farsund, NO
Dec 12: Eldbjørg Raknes "Hva kommer nå..?", Otta, NO
Dec 11: Eldbjørg Raknes "Hva kommer nå..?", Molde, NO
Nov 27: Nørstebø/Myhr/Järmyr wih Hegdal, Gråmølna, Trondheim
Nov 27: Dog and Sky New Release at Blæst, Trondheim, NO
Nov 20: Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Kobert (double concert with the great swedish band "Paavo" at Najonal Jazzscene, Oslo, NO
Nov 18: Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Kobert (double concert with the great swedish band "Paavo" at Samfundet, Trondheim, NO
Nov 13: Zanussi Five, Bergen, NO
Nov 12: Zanussi Five, Oslo, NO
Nov 11: Zanussi Five, Tromsø, NO
Nov 10: Zanussi Five, Stavanger, NO
Nov 09: Zanussi Five, Glenn Miller cafe, Stockholm, SE
Oct 17: Eldbjørg Raknes "Hva kommer nå..?", Horten, NO
Oct 16: Eldbjørg Raknes w/WHB, Dokkhuset, Trondheim, NO
Oct 16: Eldbjørg Raknes "Hva kommer nå..?", Kristiansund, NO
Oct 15: Eldbjørg Raknes w/WHB, Kristiansund, NO
Oct 14: Eldbjørg Raknes w/WHB, Volda, NO
Oct 13: Eldbjørg Raknes w/WHB, Inderøy, NO
Oct 12: Eldbjørg Raknes "Hva kommer nå..?", Sortland, NO
Oct 11: CD-Release Trondheim Jazz Orchestra/Eirik Hegdal with special guest Joshua Redman "Triads and More"
Oct 10: Eldbjørg Raknes "Hva kommer nå..?", Sortland, NO
Oct 09: Eldbjørg Raknes "Hva kommer nå..?", Sinus, Bodø
Oct 08: Eldbjørg Raknes w/WHB, Sinus, Bodø, NO
Oct 05: Trondheim Jazz Orchestra/Eirik Hegdal, Arendal, NO
Oct 01: Trondheim Jazz Orchestra/Eirik Hegdal, Hadeland, NO
Sep 30: Trondheim Jazz Orchestra/Eirik Hegdal, Cosmopolite, Oslo, NO
Sept 28: En En En at Pøkk, Trondheim, NO
Sept 15: Trondheim Jazz Orchestra/Eirik Hegdal, Olavshallen, Trondheim, NO
Sept 14: Bjørn Alterhaug quintettt, Trondheim, NO
Aug 31: Team Hegdal, Dokkhuset, Trondheim, NO
Aug 30: Team Hegdal, Glenn Miller cafe, Stockholm, SE
Aug 28: Team Hegdal, Teatret Vårt, Molde, NO
Aug 26: Team Hegdal, Inderøy, NO
Aug 25: Team Hegdal, Blå, Oslo, NO
Aug 21: Eldbjørg Raknes, Pstereo Festival, Trondheim, NO
Aug 20: Dog and Sky, Pstereo Festival, Trondheim, NO
Jul 24: Dog and Sky, Edgar, Trondheim, NO
Jul 23: Motorpsycho/Trondheim Jazz Orchestra/Trondheim Solistene, Molde Jazz Festival, Molde, NO
Jul 20: Trondheim Jazz Orchestra/Magic Pocket, Molde Jazz Festival, Molde, NO
Jul 09: Lord Kelvin, Kongsberg Jazz Festival, NO
Jul 08: Zanussi Five, Kongsberg Jazz Festival, NO
Jun 12: Trondheim Jazz Orchestra/Eirik Hegdall, St.Olav Hospital, Trondheim, NO
Jun 11: Trondheim Jazz Orchestra/Eirik Hegdal, Dokkhuset, Trondheim, NO
May 29: Zanussi Five, Nattjazz, Bergen, NO
May 15: Zanussi Five, Cerkno, Slovenia
May 04: Tripple Release with Alpaca Ensemble, En En En and Team Hegdal, Dokkhuset, Trondheim, NO
May 01: Bjørn Alterhaug Kvintett, Soddjazz, Inderøy, NO
Apr 30: Zanussi Five, Soddjazz, Inderøy, NO
Apr 24: Zanussi Five, Nasjonal Jazzscene, Oslo, NO
Apr 23: Zanussi Five, Skien, NO
Apr 22: Zanussi Five, Hamar, NO
Apr 18: Zanussi Five, Kristiansand, NO
Mar 25: Trondheim Jazz Orchestra/Øyvind Brække, Nasjonal Jazzscene, Oslo, NO
Feb 27: Zanussi Five, Airegin, Yokohama, JP
Feb 25: Zanussi Five, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka, JP
Feb 23: Zanussi Five, Super Deluxe, Tokyo, JP
Feb 17: Cardew for Choir and Sinfonietta, Trondheim, No
Feb 13: Trondheim Jazz Orchestra w/Kobert, Västerås, SE
Feb 12: Trondheim Jazz Orchestra w/Kobert, Kristianstad, SE
Feb 09: Scapus & Pediculus, Blå, Oslo, NO

2009
Dec 28: Julejazz, Trondeim, NO
Dec 20: Julehogst og konsert i Sjøbygda, Selbu, NO
Dec 12: Mingus! Mingus! Mingus! at Thomasgården, Røros, NO
Dec 11: Mingus! Mingus! Mingus! at Trøndertun FHS, Melhus, NO
Dec 10: Mingus! Mingus! Mingus! plays in Molde, NO
Dec 08: Mingus! Mingus! Mingus! at Familien, Trondheim, NO
Dec 05: Mingus! Mingus! Mingus! at Namdal FHS, Grogn, NO
Dec 04: Mingus! Mingus! Mingus! at Brønnøysund, NO
Dec 03: Mingus! Mingus! Mingus! at Hemnes, NO
Dec 02: Mingus! Mingus! Mingus! at Sinus, Bodø, NO
Dec 01: Lode/Lorentzen/Elvenes/Hegdal,
Vår Frue kirke, Trondheim, NO
Nov 15: Lord Kelvin at Mono, Oslo, NO
Nov 12: Lord Kelvin at Ibsenhuset, Skien, NO
Nov 11: Lord Kelvin at Paradox, Tilburg, Netherlands
Nov 09: Lord Kelvin at Vortex, Siegen, Germany
Nov 08: Lord Kelvin at Grrrnd Zero, Lyon, France
Nov 06: Lord Kelvin at Musikkcafeen/Ljud, Århus, DK
Oct 28: Scapus & Pediculus, Verkstedhallen, Trondheim, NO
Oct 18: Hegdal/Høyer/Narvesen at Kampen, Oslo, NO
Oct 15: Zanussi Five at Cementen, Stavanger, NO
Oct 13: Zanussi Five, Pøkk, Trondheim, NO
Oct 11: Daniel Formo Trio, Steinkjer, NO
Sept 27: Midtnorsk Kammerensemble at Trondheim Chamber Music Festival, Trondheim, NO