Himmel over Hav Hanna Paulsberg Concept & Elin Rosseland

• 1 Som En Fortelling 06:04
• 2 Himmel over Hav 08:59
• 3 Gå 04:49
• 4 Farao 06:38
• 5 Maria 05:53
• 6 Sang Til Pastor Wang 07:17
• 7 Homer Wells 09:43
• 8 Tid 05:22
• Total Runtime 54:45

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Over the past 15 years, Hanna Paulsberg has established herself as one of the most vital and heartfelt voices on the Norwegian jazz scene. A highly sought-after saxophonist, Paulsberg moves effortlessly between musical genres in her many projects — from the pop/soul/jazz trio GURLS, which she co-founded and writes for, to the quartet Flukten, whose sound blends free jazz and folk influences. She’s also part of a Dexter Gordon tribute with Karin Krog, and has contributed to numerous projects with Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, performing with artists such as Chick Corea and Marius Neset. Yet her artistic core has always been her own ensemble, the Hanna Paulsberg Concept.

This fall, the quartet releases its fifth album, Himmel over Hav (Sky over Ocean), featuring legendary Norwegian vocalist Elin Rosseland as a special guest.

Hanna Paulsberg has long dreamt of working with Rosseland. Her connection to the vocalist goes back to childhood, when her father - a member of the 1980s band Kix, which featured Rosseland - would share stories and concert tapes at home.

"Elin is an exceptional vocalist," Paulsberg says. "The tone of her voice goes straight to the heart. She’s rhythmically powerful and an incredibly intuitive improviser."

The album was recorded at Propeller Studio following a tour of Norwegian jazz clubs in the fall of 2023. After over 15 years of performing together with the original lineup - since their student days at the jazz program in Trondheim - this marks the quartet’s first collaboration with a vocalist. Paulberg explains: “In recent years, composing has become a much bigger part of my musical life. I wanted to challenge the band to explore more fully composed pieces.”

The result is a rich and varied album, with rolling grooves, tender ballads, and even hints of pop. The band describes it as: “A mature record — and maybe even a little bit blue, if that makes sense.”

Hanna Paulsberg, saxophone & compositions
Oscar Grönberg, piano
Trygve Waldemar Fiske, double bass
Hans Hulbækmo, drums
Elin Rosseland, vocals

Hanna Paulsberg Concept
Saxophonist and composer Hanna Paulsberg has, in an impressively short period of time, made a name for herself both in Norway and abroad as one of the great stylists of the newer generation of jazz musicians. She has gathered a group of four powerful musical voices of her own generation to join her. On their third album, clearly the band’s best so far, we encounter an inspired and playful band on their path forward Since the band’s inception in 2010,…

There is an ebb and flow to the best creative music scenes, where different stylistic instincts co-exist and feed each other, not shout each other down. Norway is such a country, providing some of the most adventurous music we’ve heard at 12 Points. But tradition has its place there too, and it has a new standard bearer in tenor saxophonist, Hanna Paulsberg. Along with bandmates Oscar Grönberg (piano), Trygve Fiske (bass) and Hans Hulbaekmo (drums), she emerged fully formed from the Norwegian jazz hit factory that is Trondheim Conservatory in 2010, and the band has been on an upward trajectory since, including Waltz For Lili, 2012's acclaimed debut album. Old school principles of melody and pulse hold sway here, and Paulsberg especially invokes the drama and lyricism of Wayne Shorter, not just in her playing, but also as composer. Its all the more effective for being ingénue, and the band plays with the open heart that we’ve come to expect from the musicians who live close to the Arctic Circle.

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is a singer, bandleader, and composer who studied at the Norwegian Academy of Music and is known from collaborations with Vigleik Storaas, Johannes Eick, Sidsel Endresen, Eldbjørg Raknes, Christian Wallumrød, and Johannes Eick.

Rosseland has played with «Stein Eide Band», the Norwegian band «Kix» and the octet «Winds Hot & Cool» (with album in 1984). She early developed her own quintet «Fair Play» based in Trondheim, with the musicians Tor Yttredal, Vigleik Storaas, Johannes Eick and Trond Kopperud. They released the album Fair Play (1989).

She joined the band «Søyr» (1986-1994), the trio «ESE» with Sidsel Endresen and Eldbjørg Raknes (Gack, Jazzland 1998).

The work Fra himmelen gave her the NOPA Award for the work of the year, for both music and lyrics, in 1996 (released on NorCD 1997, with Christian Wallumrød and Johannes Eick). She also released Moment (2004) in trio with Johannes Eick and Rob Waring, and performed with Knut Riisnæs at Oslo Jazz Festival in a piece where «Oslo Storband» performed the Peer Gynt Suite by Helge Hurum.

Rosseland associated with jazz vocal training at Norges Musikkhøgskole. 1996: NOPA"s Award for the work of the year, for both music and lyrics.