The band Scent of Soil is fronted by vocalist Kirsti Huke and saxophonist Tore Brunborg. On this, their first album, they make use of material from a critically acclaimed commissioned work they wrote together for the Vossa Jazz Festival in 2010. The nine powerful and visually rich songs they present here are all related to nature, each in its own way.

Most of the lyrics were written by Huke, while the texts for two of the songs come from two of America’s most prominent poets: Robert Frost wrote “Breeze” and Emily Dickinson was the author of “Necklaces”.

Obara International

MACIEJ OBARA – ALTO SAXOPHONE
DOMINIK WANIA – PIANO
OLE MORTEN VÅGAN – BASS
GARD NILSSEN – DRUMS

Polish composer and alto saxophonist Maciej Obara burst onto the scene in 2006 and immediately began a search for the ideal partners to express his musical ideas.

One such player is Dominik Wania, who he encountered while playing in the band of the legendary Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stańko. Their trio CD “Equilibrium”, premiered, to great acclaim, at the Jazztopad Festival in Wrocław in November 2011.

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