BALLROGG is a duo with Klaus Ellerhusen Holm (sax, clar) and Roger Arntzen (double bass). The duo is exploring the music of Eric Dolphy in a small format, stripped down to only bass and reeds. Songs from greats such as Paul Bley, Ornette Coleman and Jimmy Giuffre was soon also brought into the concept, aside with compositions by the group itself. The results is some frijazz-classics combined with spacy and energic originals placed into an arid chamber setting. The duo is releasing their debut album March 6, 2008 on Bolage.
Klaus Ellerhusen Holm (sax, clar) is leader of his own group Klaus Holm Kollektif, which was awarded "Yong Nordic Jazzcomets 2003". He is playing free-improvised music with the Norwegian trio Murmur and has worked with international artists such as Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Raymond Strid, Axel Dörner og Mattias Ståhl. He has been touring festivals and jazzclubs in several countries and is about to embark on a release tour in the US with Ballrogg in March.
Roger Arntzen (double bass) is known from the piano trio In The Country, who was awarded "Young Jazz Musicians Of The Year 2004" in Norway. The trio has released two albums on the Norwegian cult-label Rune Grammofon to much acclaim. He is a regular with Shining-leader Jørgen Munkeby with the quartet Damp and has teamed up with Damp-drummer Torstein Lofthus who makes two thirds of Håvard Stubø Trio. He has also worked with downtown NYC icon Marc Ribot and pedal-steel guitarist Bob Hoffnar.
The duo had its debut concert in October 2006 at the new cult-frijazz-underground-free-impro venue Sound of Mu in Oslo. Same month Ballrogg played several concerts in London, as a duo and togehter with musicians such as guitarist John Russel (UK), flute player Neil Metcalfe (UK), and bambus flute player Terry Day (UK). The spring of 2008 Ballrogg is touring in the US and a tour in Europe is coming up later this year.
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