Norwegian Jazz Trio In The Country at Yosh's
Yoshi's Jazz Club and Restaurant, In Jack London Square across the street from BevMo (510 Embarcadero West Oakland, CA 94607)
- Full Price:
- $16.00
- Our Price:
- FREE*
* Additional fees apply.
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The last date listed for Norwegian Jazz Trio In The Country was Tuesday June 21, 2011 / 8:00pm.
Currently at Yoshi's Jazz Club and Restaurant:
Yoshi's Oakland: The Best Live Jazz in the East Bay
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $5.00
Yoshi's Oakland not only showcases the world's best jazz, gospel, world music and more, but its acclaimed chef Shotaro "Sho" Kamio is famed for creating some of the finest modern Japanese cuisine in the area. The live music club and upscale restaurant has been located in Jack London Square since 1997 and offers an unmatched entertainment experience. The venue has hosted such legendary jazz greats as Betty Carter, Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Williams, Diana Krall, Branford Marsalis, McCoy Tyner, Harry Connick Jr., Oscar Peterson and hundreds of others. Please see the full event description for the lineup of upcoming performers. Learn More
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Goldstar Member
I love Yoshi's but I walked out on the Norwegian Jazz Trio in about their fourth piece (the one they named after themselves.) The work was original and creative and the pianist appealing and self-deprecating. But I found the music alternately tedious and jarring, self-indulgent (yes, I know this is a contradiction), and ultimately repetitive despite the variations within each piece. Guess I just lost patience. (I'll be back, though, for other groups.)Written on Jun 22 2011
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A very different jazz trio - it had all the usual suspects; piano, bass, and drums. Plus electronics connected to everything. And they all sang. Good solid and professional.Written on Jun 22 2011
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More Information About Norwegian Jazz Trio In The Country
Website
http://www.yoshis.com/oakland/jazzclub/artist/show/1894
Quotes & Highlights
- See the video for In the Country's "Kungen" on Vimeo.
Description
In The Country is a piano trio consisting of piano player Morten Qvenild, bass player Roger Arntzen and drummer Pal Hausken.
Morten Qvenild is probably best known for being the orchestra in Susanna and the Magical Orchestra but has plenty more to show for. He has been a member of both Shining and Jaga Jazzist and is since long a member of Solveig Slettahjell's Slow Motion Orchestra. He formed In The Country with Ballrogg and Chrome Hill bass player Roger Arntzen and Christer Knutsen drummer Pal Hausken at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo in 2003.
Since then they have been selected best young jazz artists in Norway, played concerts in Europe and USA, and released two albums on the prestigeous Rune Grammofon label (This Was The Pace Of My Heartbeat in 2004 and Losing Stones, Collecting Bones in 2006) to much critical acclaim. Downbeat called their debut album ”one of the finest and most arresting albums to come out of Europe” that year, and All About Jazz put In The Country´s latest album Whiteout (2009) on their "best of 2009" list.
About the Ticket Supplier: Yoshi's Oakland
Yoshi's began in 1973 as a small, North Berkeley sushi bar owned by a trio of struggling students with plenty of dreams. Its founder and namesake, Yoshie Akiba, orphaned during World War II, came to the U.S. to study fine arts, dance and dance therapy. She opened Yoshi's Japanese Restaurant with her two best friends Kaz Kajimura, a journalist and carpenter, and Hiroyuki Hori, a painter and Japanese cook. The original North-Berkeley, 25-seat restaurant quickly became successful and by 1977 the three partners moved to a larger space on Claremont Avenue in Oakland and began introducing live music in their restaurant. Over the next 20 years, Yoshi's built itself into one of the world's most respected jazz venues and won a reputation as the Bay Area's premier location for people who were looking for great food and the best jazz. Yoshi's has hosted legendary jazz greats such as Betty Carter, Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Williams, Diana Krall, Branford Marsalis, McCoy Tyner, Harry Connick Jr. and Oscar Peterson among hundreds of others.
In 1997, Yoshi's was invited by the Port of Oakland to relocate to Jack London Square as part of a plan to revitalize the area. Together with Morimoto Architects, Yoshi's built an award-winning 330-seat jazz club with a state-of-the-art sound system and design. Occupying 17,000 square feet in the heart of Jack London Square, the club is in it's tenth year in that location which has become one of the East Bay's greatest destinations. The restaurant and lounge have a combined capacity of 220. In 1998 Peter Williams was hired as the club's artistic director. Under his leadership, the club has continued to present the finest in jazz music, as well as world music, blues, neo-soul, latin jazz and afro-cuban music. In fall of 2006, Kajimura decided that it was time to elevate the menu to the quality of the jazz by recruiting Executive Chef Shotaro 'Sho' Kamio, one of the Bay Area's top chefs to make the change. Chef Kamio (formerly of Ozumo) brought a whole new generation of modern Japanese cuisine to Yoshi's, which instantly put it on the map as a destination to dine in addition to the best place to hear great live music.