The Kitchen Orchestra For many years Stavanger, Norway has produced some of Norway’s most profiled improvisational musicians. 22 of these professional players, ranging from local jazz musicians to the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, have come together under the name Kitchen Orchestra as a music collective exploring the improvisational relationship between the individual and the ensemble in the context of modern and jazz music. Kitchen is a rotating body of musicians with no one leader. A collective force of creativity combined with an invited external composer/bandleader directing them into unrestrained and unpredicted musical territories. This results in wide ranging musical ventures and collaborations that have include Alexander von Schlippenbach, Øyvind Torvund, Inbal Pinto, Evan Parker, Keith Tippet, Trevor Wishart, Reidar Larsen, Svein Tang Wa, Steve Beresford, David Kane, and Lotte Anker. Kitchen has most recently recorded an album with Alexander von Schlippenbach to be released later this year. Homepage: http://kitchenorchestra.no/
Members: Petter Frost Fadnes (sax/electronics) Didrik Ingvaldsen (trumpet/electronics) Gunhild Seim (trumpet/electronics) Nils Henrik Asheim (B3/electronics) John Lilje (electric bass) Thomas Bang (electric bass) Dag Egil Njaa (MaxMSP) Ståle Birkeland (drums/electronics) Dag Magnus Narvesen (drums) Dominique Brackeva (trombone/vocals)