‘Sunday Songs’ is the newest vocal album from Jonas Sjøvaag and features a series of songs based on lyrics written in Florence. Under a scorching sun, on a rooftop in the eastern part of town, they came to be in the spring of 2019. The compositions were then written during the autumn, and the album is Sjøvaag’s 13th release under his own name. ‘Sunday Songs’ was inspired by some of the great performers of piano-driven pop, Billy Joel, Randy Newman and Randy Goodrum comes to mind, but it was also shaped by Sjøvaag’s background as a jazz musician. Andreas Ulvo plays piano throughout, and the album features guest performances from notable artists Hilde Marie Kjersem (vocals), André Roligheten (sax), Sarah-Jane Summers (fiddle), Mathias Eick (trumpet) and Sigurd Hole (double bass). ‘Sunday Songs’ is a melodic, heartfelt and beautiful album, with a timeless nerve and lyrics with a melancholy tinge.

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«Turmusikk» (English: «Walking music»)
SHPWRK025 | Modern jazz / improv / classical

The album “Turmusikk” by Norwegian composer and drummer Jonas Sjøvaag follows “Commuter Music” released in January 2020. Where “Commuter Music” was securely lodged in the ambient tradition and in many ways exhibited a close sonic connection to Brian Eno’s “Music for Airports” “Turmusikk” is one step closer to Sjøvaag’s background as a jazz musician and as a composer for ensem
bles featuring a piano.
The album relates to the Scandinavian jazz tradition, both in terms of sound and improvisational style, and in terms of pushing the boundaries and exploring new territory.
It partly employs a traditional jazz instrumentation while in other parts it relies on evolving soundscapes that provide an underlay for improvisation that draws heavily on Sjøvaag’s background as a classical pianist. There’s a short impromptu for solo piano, and in yet another part, strings from a future recording by Sjøvaag has been re-used, improvised on top of, and sonically processed. It results in a track that has a modern and sentimental quality at the same time, and as such is finishes the album by highlighting the running theme of the album itself.
Sjøvaag plays all instruments on this album, with the exception of strings played by Scottish fiddler Sarah-Jane Summers.

Track list:
1: Overgang fra natt til morgen på Revlitjern (Transitioning from night till dawn at Revlitjern)
2: Impromptu for øyenstikkere (Impromptu for Dragonflies)
3: Bjørnsjøen Indian Summer (Bjørnsjøen Indian Summer)
4: Utsikt fra hogstfeltet ved Evenseterbekken (View from the felling site at Evenseterbekken)
5: Musikk til en historie vi delvis husker (Music for a story we partly remember)

Credits:
Jonas Sjøvaag: composer and musician (piano, acoustic guitar, drums, synthesizers, drum machines, programming)
Sarah-Jane Summers: violin
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Færder Audio
Front cover painting by Jonas Sjøvaag
Artwork by Supremeconnection.no