Geir Lysne Listening Ensemble


Geir Lysne Listening Ensemble is a 20-piece big band led by Geir Lysne established in 1999. The band has gained international fame, especially in Germany for the performances of Lysnes compositions. The music is in the genre jazz and contemporary music.

Biography

For the work M.B. the ensemble was nominated for the Edvard Prize.
The poem «Hornelen» by Jakob Sande introduced the four-piece suite, Aurora Borealis, followed up with Live in Berlin - Aurora Borealis from the Berlin Jazz Festival that gave the band a great breakthrough in Germany.
On the band's third album, Korall, the recognized Norwegian folk singer Sondre Bratland contributed.
The last of four releases are Boahjenásti, Sami for the North Star, where Johan Sara the yoiker of concert recordings from the Jazz scene Cosmopolite in Oslo, Norway. The album gave the German Critics Jahrespreis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik.

Contributing musicians include