Superb gig, big audience, couldn’t be better.
Something about the instruments: first the piano. Oddgeir Berg brought some electronics driven from a small but very good mic clipped to a bar on the open front piano. This gave Oddgeir a variety of soundscapes driven by the piano. He used his hand on the strings at times to produce a percussive sound. Mind you, while playing without the electronics, his touch is such that the full range of dynamics from softly lyrical to loud percussive was there.
Audun Ramo’s bass also was driven through a stomp box set, but the changes to the sound of the bass were very subtle. It was lovely to hear such bowing with varying timbre. Audun also used the instrument as a drum with his hands and fingernails for one song. A bit of magic: the bass folded into a cello shaped case at less than airline maximum.
Bands flying from Norway don’t bring a drum kit. Lars Berntsen used a very nice rented kit (thank you, Webby, who even brought 5 snare drums for Lars to choose from). Lars brought his own cymbals, of course. No mics or electronics on the drums.
With one exception, the tunes were all written by Oddgeir. They varied through stormy, light happy and subtle, melancholy and happy swinging. The arrangements didn’t leave much room for applause after solos. Watching our audience from the sound desk, its listening was visibly intense. There was applause and hoots after each number, and some stood to applause after the last song. Can we have them back, please?
Steve Jordan builds annotated set lists from gigs, for which we are very grateful.
Tickets for Barnes/Panayi on April 12th are going nicely, so do book with David or WeGotTickets soon.
Take care
Dave
ODDGEIR BERG TRIO SETLIST, FLEECE JAZZ 22/3/23
- Here Comes The Toughest
- The Dream of Adam – a lullaby for one of Oddgeir’s three children.
- Dancing Through The Storm
- Happy Morning
- Psalmist
- Sunday Mood
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- List
- Scenes From A Movie
- Vagabond
- Oldies
- Bring On The Night
- Mermaid’s Dance
- Wonderwall*
- Post Mortem
All compositions and arrangements by Oddgeir Berg except * written by Noel Gallagher of the rock band, Oasis.