Erling Aksdal & NTNU Jazzensemble
This year, NTNU Jazzlinja's long-standing head of study program Erling Aksdal will be dismissed after having been in service since 1990, all the way back to when the institution was called Trøndelag music conservatory
Erling is a highly respected musician, pedagogue, mentor and organizer, and has been a significant source of knowledge and inspiration for past and present students at Jazzlinja. Last year, during Jazzfest, he was awarded the Norwegian Jazz Forum's Honorary Award for his long-term work for Norwegian jazz as a musician, pedagogue and organizer.
Moldejazz wants to pay tribute to Erling - and what could be better than a concert in collaboration with the current students in the NTNU Jazz Ensemble? In 1980, Aksdal wrote a commissioned concert for the 20th anniversary of Moldejazz, and we have asked him to include music from this concert, which is now performed by the new generation of musicians, together with Erling himself. This new entry is a co-production with Jazzfest with a double premiere as is tradition. This will be a party!
Erling Aksdal - piano, Kertu Aer - double bass, Steinar Bø - drums and percussion, Inga-Mei Steinbru - drums and percussion, Åsne Fossmark - sax, Jenny Kristine Frøysa - sax, Simon Hagerup Holm - sax, Brede Sørum - sax, Erik Egge Jordheim - sax, Tuva Olsson - trumpet, Peter Wallem Anundsen - trumpet, Mikkel Dahl Amundsen - trumpet, Guro Kvåle - trombone, Emil Bø - trombone, Hermann Hestbek - tuba, Ingeborg Gravem Sollid - vocals.