Produced by Jens Wendelboe. Associate producers: Fred Nøddelund and Jan Erik Kongshaug.
Digital CD-mastering: Mikkel Schille, Norwegian Music Productions Ltd., 1889. All photos: Helene Levánd Cover and booklet design: Fred Nøddelund, M&N a/s og Madla Hruza
Special thanks to: NOPA, Komponistenes Vederlagsfond, my family, Anne, Fred Nøddelund, Kristian Lindeman, Helene and all musicians for making it all possible.
Recorded at Talent Studios by Jan Erik Kongshaug
Both as a friend and teacher, I’ve had the great pleasure in waching Jens’ development through, I think, an important phase of his becoming one of the most sought after trombone players and music writers in the business. All the while, I`ve been most impressed by his unique style of arranging sounds on paper. It`s so fresh and cheeky, rough and brassy, full of the same exuberance that characterized his whole pesonality. Nasty. That`s it. Jens Wendelboe is a delightfully nasty writer. And this is because Jens exudes ENERGY. On all levels. His entire personality seems to be molded around an ever core of pure action. Whether he writes a jazz big band piece or an orchestral composition in a contemporary “serious” vein, he discloses qualities that belong to a very special composer of music. In addition , he posesses the keen ear to employ highly advanced theoretical know-how in a very personal fashion, and at the same time portioning it out with the control of means and discipline of a true professional.
Bjørn Kruse The Royal State Academy of Music, Composition Dept. Oslo, March 8, 1983 |
