Daniel Herskedal - Dagane (2013)

The talented young Norwegian jazz-musician and composer Daniel Herskedal created this suite as a comission work to Soddjazz festival (Norway in 2012. Norwegian press called it "A masterpiece". It´s a diverted recording in jazz-, folk-, pop-, classical and world-music landscapes. Behind soloist Helene Bøksle (vocals) and Marius Neset (sax) is a powerful jazz-trio and an even more powerful wind- and string section. This "big-chamber-jazz-band" creates joyful music with a new Norwegian sound. Beautiful ballads sung by Bøksle, jazz-explosiions from Marius Neset and Espen Berg on piano. And a wonderful tune called "The day we´ll never forget", played by Herskedal on basstrumpet. These are some of the highlights on the recording. "Dagane shows a new direction in the Norwegian sound of jazz. A very exciting release. And NORCD is proud to present Daniel Herskedals album number two. His "City Stories" (2010) is among our highlights.