Helge Lien - piano
Jarle Vespestad - trommer
Finn Guttormsen - bass
Håvar Bendiksen- guitars
Svein Graff - sound enginer
Anders Busch - lightdesign
Influences
James Taylor
Joni Mitchell
Donny Hathatway
Steely Dan
Esbjørn Svensson Trio
Al Jarreau
Pat Metheny
Stevie Wonder
Rufus Waynewright
Ricki Lee Jones
Jan Eggum
With the release of Silje’s latest album ”Darkness Out Of Blue” (2007) Silje’s dream of working with the renowned arranger Vince Mendoza, (Elvis Costello, Joni Mitchell, Herbie Hancock) came true. Mendoza contributed with arrangements to the songs “Paperboats” & “Let Me Be Troubled” with his beautiful sound and touch. This opened doors for a new and more compromising musical co-work.
In 2009, Silje will release a new album recorded with her band and the highly respected The Metropol Orchestra from Holland, – conducted and arranged by Vince Mendoza.
Silje Nergaard has been a songwriter all her life. At age 16 she entered the stage, joining a jam session at Norway’s Molde Internasjonal Jazz Festival, with a band comprising of ex-Jaco Pastorious musicians. National Jazz journalists applauded the talented artist. Ever since that day, Silje has developed as a composer and become very popular due to her unique voice and talent for songwriting.
The albums “Port of Call” and the following albums, “At First Light”, and “Nightwatch” all have proved a resounding sales success. With “Nightwatch” she made history, since no other Jazz artist has twice shot straight into the Norwegian sales charts as No. 1 within the first week of release. In 2004 she was rewarded the Norwegian music award: Musician of the Year.
Over the last years she has received increasing attention from abroad, as well as rapturous critics. Silje has worked with artists such as AL JARREAU, PAT METHENY & TOOTS THIELEMANNS to mention a few. Playing for her audience is important to Silje and the last years, she has been touring Europe and the Far East with her great band. With the release of the new album in 2009 – Silje will once again embrace audience around the world with her music.
Ompakara med selveste Benny Borg på laget, har spilt inn ny og heftig versjon av den legendariske Balladen om Morgan Kane.
Det 12 manns store Elverumsorkesteret med Balkansound og patent på Gangsterpolka , har denne gangen kastet seg på Mariachiompa genren, hvor den Mexicanske Mariachitropmeten kommer til sin rett.
Ompakaras fele høres denne gangen ut som en Marimba , banjoen er bytta ut med stringswing flamenco gitar, og det trente øre vil høre et godt gammeldags 70 talls stueorgel vugge med.
Elverum mannskor preger et av Norges mest brukte refreng; Morgan Kane var hans navn. Kontakt.; Ivar Nergaard, 91793129, ivar@ompakara.no Harde fakta:
Morgan Kane trekker på 1/5 dels sekund
Morgan kane trekker over 1000 ganger iløpet av balladen om Morgan Kane.
Silje, is a great honor has you in our
page. Here is our brasilian roots song, “O Maquinista do Tempo”:
Here is one bossa-nova made by us
called "Um bilhete pra Moraes", a tribute to Moraes Moreira and Novos
Baianos, brasilian group from 70's, great friends of João Gilberto,Bebel
Gilberto e Tom Zé:
Vi prøver å opplyse verden om at Transform, Trondheim World Music Festival, har konludert og lagt ut programmet som vil foregå 4-7 november 2009, hovedsaklig på Dokkhuset og Familien.
Vi håper at du finner noe interessant i vårt brede program!
