Vebjørn Mamen vs. Astrid S m/ NTNU Jazzensemble.

Suksessen fortsetter! I årets utgave av konsertføljetongen ung komponist arrangerer trøndersk pop/rock er turen kommet til Vebjørn Mamen.

Vebjørn skal ta for seg låtkatalogen til vår egen superstjerne Astrid S og gi låtene ny drakt for stortalentene i NTNU Jazzensemble.

Dette blir ville greier - de som kjenner Vebjørns grenseløse kreativitet og overskudd vet at alt kan skje!

Jazzfest's general manager Ernst Wiggo Sandbakk is so happy that BERRE Kommunikasjonsbyrå continue the collaboration, that he blows a fanfare. BERRE's incredible creative team provides world-class advice, guidance and design, which has strengthened our brand.

Fieh, RebMoe, Koma Saxo, Cosmic Swing Orchestra and other artists!

Friday the 13th and Saturday the 14th of May we will fill the red round house with top music and a genuine festival atmosphere!

Read more about the artists who play on Friday 13 May.

Jazzfest Exclusive concert and program release at DIGS on March 17!

We celebrate that the program for May 2022 is ready and have invited world star Etienne Mbappé to mark the event.

The trio NEC + is led by the bassist with the black silk gloves, and is complemented by his longtime companions Christophe Cravero on keyboards and Nicolas Viccaro on drums. The music is described as intense, surprising, singing and dancing - where African winds sweep across a recognizable jazz landscape.

The evening ends in Digs Café with a nice musical meeting between John Pål Inderberg and Bjørn Alterhaug.

This is an evening you will not want to miss, buy your tickets today!

Jazzfest rejoices that the long-standing good and award-winning partner Scandic Nidelven Hotel is extending the agreement! It means a lot that we can offer artists and partners the very best place for accommodation, partner meetings, festival offices etc. And both parties are hoping for a full house both during Jazzfest in May and Julejazz in December.

Hotel director at Scandic Nidelven, Kjetil Vassdal, says that in all years they have had a close and very good collaboration with Jazzfest. We are also incredibly happy that the agreement is renewed once again, nothing is like a good collaboration, where both parties are satisfied and want to extend the agreement. Jazzfest and Julejazz are not only important for the activity here at the hotel, but are a fantastic offer to the entire population of Trondheim, Vassdal concludes.

The jazz audience in Trondheim showed up in full when the authorities now finally opened up. Suddenly we sat close together and there was a tense atmosphere in the room when Ernst Wiggo Sandbakk quickly and informatively welcomed the audience back and "Jazzfest Exclusive" could welcome Sinne Eeg Group - after four canceled attempts!

They opened with a hefty version of "My Favorite Things". Full of tempo changes and nice vocal details. Sinne Eeg is not a singer who closes her eyes and "goes into herself". No, she addresses the audience directly almost as an actress. There is communication without facts and the text is articulated clearly. She turns and twists tones, words and phrases and really plays with text and melody. They calmed down a bit with "The Beauty of Sadness", (text: S. Eeg) and it struck me that she has this ability to capture the mood of a song / text and keep it for a long time. The audience was fully present and you could hear the famous pin. The drummer took out the brushes and now it worked better acoustically as well.

When Espen Berg sharpens the pencil and gets ready for writing new music, anything can happen!

The successful pianist and composer Espen Berg, who is best known for his collaborations with Silje Nergaard, Trondheim Jazz Orchestra and his own trio, is now ready to present a new super band and brand new music - entitled Water Fabric!

Espen himself says that the goal of Water Fabric is to create a living and breathable work that is perceived as melodic, dynamic and elegant, but also intricate, complex and messy. We are really looking forward to it!

Espen Berg - piano, Harpreet Bansal - violin, Ellie Mäkelä - viola, Hayden Powell - trumpet, Joakim Munkner - cello, Per Oddvar Johansen - drums.

In collaboration with MaiJazz and Oslo Jazz Festival.
Supported by Kulturrådet.

Trondheim Jazzfest is immensely proud to present Jan Garbarek Group feat. Trilok Gurtu as the official opening concert for the 2022 festival edition!

Jan Garbarek could arguably be considered one of the style-setting musicians of European Jazz. And this has held true for the last fifty years. Countless musicians worldwide have been influenced by the sound of this Norwegian Saxophonist, often described as hymnal, lyrical, vocal, ethereal, meditative and certainly Scandinavian. Instead of resting on it - and contrary to his self-declared idleness - Jan Garbarek still strives at age 71 for new and better musical experiences, preferably live in concert.

Jan Garbarek - saxophone
Trilok Gurtu - drums, percussion
Rainer Brüninghaus - piano
Yuri Daniel - bass