Northern Norwegian jazz branch musicians with an age span of 30 years and careers on the road. From Bodø to Valnesfjord, Fauske, Mo i Rana and further out in the world.
The Quartet consists of four of Norway´s most renowned jazz musicians from two generations and they come from Nordland. Nymo, Antonsen and Johansen grew up just north of the Arctic Circle, in Salt, but Alterhaug grew up just south of the Arctic Circle in Mo i Rana. These are musicians of an international calibre seldom heard playing together. You can look forward to an evening of jazz where four band leaders in top form will meet to explore fresh musical avenues.
The most important thing for these four musicians, is that they have a good time both socially and musically, as members of a group with their own compositions or with carefully chosen challenges from the traditional jazz canon of treasures.
Frode Nymo has performed together with Michael Brecker and Chick Corea, Ivar Antonsen and with Art Farmer and Jan Garbarek. Bjørn Alterhaug with Ben Webster and Chet Baker, and Roger Johansen has performed with Kenny Wheeler, John Taylor and Bob Mintzer. To mention just a few.