Hermann Hestbek Ensemble
Hermann Hestbek Ensemble is a creative sandbox where anything is possible. The ensemble started as a scholarship project at Sund FHS. It resulted in the debut album Mørketid which, despite the young age of everyone involved, received good reviews.
10/10 in Nettavisen: “Mørketid and Hermann Hestbek Ensemble have become yet another proof that there continues to be a lot of exciting and original things happening in Norwegian jazz” - Tor Hammerø in Nettavisen 13.01.22.
“Hermann Hestbek Ensemble offers good ideas and solid craftsmanship" - Arild R. Andersen in Jazz Norge, 28 December 2021
There's more to come! Stay tuned!
Mørketid
Mørketid is the debut album by Hermann Hestbek Ensemble. Mørketid was part of Hermann's scholarship project at Sund Folkehøgskole
With Mørketid, Hermann Arntzen Hestbek seeks to explore being exposed to the darkest time of the year; a time characterized by poor sleep, winter depression and cold temperatures. How does it affect us? What happens with our mind when Tellus turns away from the sun? And what about those who defy all of the above and travel on expeditions to the North Pole? These questions have been the inspiration for Hestbek while writing music and sewing it together with samples and lyrics. All of the music is composed by Hestbek, but is arranged together with the ensemble with a purpose to give space to each individual musician and his/her musical distinctiveness
Siv Aurlund - vocals
Børge Brustad - violin
Tuva Viktoria Lundberg Olsson - trumpet
Guro Kvåle - trombone
Amund Stenøien - vibraphone
Hermann Arntzen Hestbek - tuba, flugabone and compositions
Elias Alexander Green Baadsvik - drums & percussion
Recorded and mixed by Tony Waade in Lydhagen Studio
Send me an email if you want your own CD!
(hermannhestbek@gmail.com)
