Strike!

We´re on the road, five minutes we´ll be on stage here in Narvik. The atmosphere is like it usually is just before you start playing a concert: Everyone is foucused on the music, discussing the set list and horsing around. Tomorrow we do some more fishing and filming in  the Narvik area before we go to Finnmark to play in Vadsø, Honningsvåg and Kjöllefjord. Some shots from the road (more coming):

It´s a really beautiful spring day above the arctic circle! I´ve just gotten my guitar back from service sounding better than ever, my flyboxes are full, it´s sunny and almost no wind, the other guys are arriving in Narvik tonight, and we´re going on tour in Northern Norway, playing in some really exotic way-up-north places, fly fishing and filming as we go. I can´t wait!

Here´s our schedule:

Sunday and monday: Fishing and filming on secret locations.

Tuesday 21/5: Concert at Linken bar og restaurant, Narvik, 20.00

Wednesday 22/5: More fishing and filming at even more secret locations

Thursday 23/5: Concert in Vadsø

Friday 24/5: Concert in Honningsvåg

Saturday 25/5: Concert in Kjøllefjord

 

PS! We´ll be putting out stuff both here on the blog and on various social media along the way, so stay tuned!

Here´s the poster for our Narvik gig:

Gothenburg, Trondheim and Season 3

J&FF Season three was kicked off last weekend with a pretty intense weekend: Just playing jazz, fishing, traveling and hanging with good people – just like it should be!

1st day: After rehearsing the new repertoir for the secret concert in Gothenburg.

3rd day: Fredrik caught this huge sea monster in Korsvika, Trondheim. What did I catch? Nothing.

Season 3 & Norway tour kickoff this Friday!

 

We’re really excited to getting on tour soon! On Saturday we’ll play a gig at the Trondheim Jazz Festival and a week after we’ll head up north and visit some of Europe’s northernmost towns in Norway, just playing jazz and fly fishing… and we will also start filming the Jazz & Fly Fishing: Season 3! 

Why not celebrate this with a proper kickoff?

Ok: 7 PM this Friday, in a secret venue in Gothenburg, we’ll play a special concert for the chosen ones.

 

Are you one of them? Comment on this post or drop us a mail ASAP (to toivanenjoona(at)gmail.com) and we’ll give you more information and you might get your name on the list! The place is small, be fast – although we’ll squeeze in as many people as possible!

Hope to see you there – bye for now!

New Video: Frog of Fire

Frog of Fire from Jazz & Fly Fishing on Vimeo.

Some scenes from a wilderness river on Nordkalotten, filmed in August 2012.
Music: “Babuschka”, written and performed by Jazz & Fly Fishing

Later -

Håvard

International Jazz Day

Today, April 30th, we are celebrating the annual International Jazz Day (jazzday.com), and there will be an International Jazz Day Global Concert Webcast Live from Istanbul, Turkey at live.jazzday.com

 

9pm (Istanbul) / 7pm (London) / 2pm (New York) / 4am (Sydney – May 1st)

Istanbul, Turkey – The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Republic of Turkey, and the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz have joined together to celebrate jazz as a universal language of freedom.

UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Intercultural Dialogue Herbie Hancock, Turkey’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoglu and its Minister of Culture and Tourism Ӧmer Ҫelik recently announced that an unprecedented gathering of musicians from around the world will assemble in Istanbul on 30April to perform at a major concert in celebration of International Jazz Day that will be streamed live.

New additions to the all-star cast include: bassist and vocalist Esperanza Spalding, pianist Ramsey Lewis, vocalists Rubén Blades and Joss Stone, trumpeter Terence Blanchard, saxophonist Branford Marsalis, tabla master Zakir Hussain, and trombonist Alevtina Polyakova.

These highly acclaimed musicians will join an already stellar group including: pianists Herbie Hancock, John Beasley (who will also serve as the evening’s Musical Director), George Duke, Robert Glasper, Keiko Matsui and Eddie Palmieri; vocalists Al Jarreau, Milton Nascimento and Dianne Reeves; trumpeters Hugh Masekela and Imer Demirer; bassists James Genus, Marcus Miller and Ben Williams; drummers Terri Lyne Carrington and Vinnie Colaiuta; guitarists Bilal Karaman, John McLaughlin, Lee Ritenour and Joe Louis Walker; saxophonists Dale Barlow, Igor Butman, Wayne Shorter and Liu Yuan; clarinetists Anat Cohen and Husnu Senlendirici; violinist Jean-Luc Ponty; Pedrito Martinez on percussion; and other special guests to be announced in the days ahead.

Held every year on 30 April, International Jazz Day brings together communities, schools and groups from across the globe to celebrate jazz, learn about its roots and highlight its important role as a form of communication that transcends differences.