Group

Geir Lysne Listening Ensemble

big band; not the smaller Geir Lysne Ensemble

From: Norway, Norway
Since: 1999–present
Releases: 4

About

Geir Lysne Listening Ensemble is a 20-piece big band led by Geir Lysne established in 1999. The band has gained international fame, especially in Germany for the performances of Lysnes compositions. The music is in the genre jazz and contemporary music.

From Geir Lysne Listening Ensemble on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Members

Tore Brunborg 2005–now saxophone
Klaus Ellerhusen Holm 2005–now saxophone
Anders Wiborg 2005–now trombone
Knut Aalefjær now percussion, drums (drum set)
Eckhard Baur now trumpet
Hallgrim Bratberg now guitar
Frank Brodahl now trumpet
Ketil Vestrum Einarsen now flute
Kenneth Ekornes now tuba, bass
Jørgen Gjerde now trombone
Klaus Graf now saxophone
Morten Halle now saxophone
Marius Haltli now trumpet
Ketil Hovland now trombone
Christian Jaksjø now trombone
Fredrik Øie Jensen now saxophone
Geir Lysne now · original member eponymous
Andreas Maile now saxophone
Ole Jørn Myklebust now trumpet
Jørn Øien now keyboard
Jan Olav Renvåg now percussion, drums (drum set)
Bernhard Seland now saxophone
Helge Sunde now trombone

Discography

Albums 3

Live 1

Aurora Borealis - Nordic Lights: Suite for Jazz Orchestra 2002

Links

Reference

Conductor position

Geir Lysne now

Identifiers

MusicBrainz: 504b6f45-a1fb-4933-87bf-86c9c2f62ec8

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