Tor Endresen: Jumping for joy – Tor Endresen

PER SÆLEMYR: A Big Bunch Of Roses · Jumping For Joy · You're My Jewel · The Dream · Garden Of Eden · Sydney My Dear · Nothing At All · The Cat'n Mouse Game · Teardrops From Your Eyes · I Love New York · Last Summer · Live Formore… Now

Tor Endresen · Stabsmusikkens Storband · Pete Knutsen · Per Husby · Knut Riisnæs and more..

Swinging big band experience from Tor Endresen!

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New Album from Tor Endresen

This fall, Tor Endresen participated in the NRK TV-show Stjernekamp, where he once again proved his wide specter and capacity as both artist and entertainer. He himself is most pleased with the Bigband part of the series, and really enjoyed the part of ”Crooner” – and now he is releasing his new album.

Per Sælemyr (1945) is a former businessman, and a full-time”globetrotter” since 1990. Up until the age of 60, he had no idea that he could create music – he was more than happy with listening to songs that others had written. But around 2005, he started humming on a melody he had never heard before – a tune that had developed in his own mind, leading eventually to the creation of several more. Per Sælemyr´s good friend Gustav Lorentzen wrote down the songs and also introduced Endresen and Sælemyr. In Tors own words: ”It was unbelievable. Good, swinging, NEW songs”.

With Pete Knutsen as producer, and Norway´s leading jazz musicians and Stabsmusikkens Storband playing, Endresen found himself pinching his arm. Here is the result: Jumping for joy!

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New album from Tor Endresen!

Meeting Per Sælemyr

Gustav Lorentzen was the one that introduced Tor to Per Sælemyr – a former merchat/businessman, and a full-time”globetrotter” since 1990. Sælemyr had no formal music education, but music has always been an important part of his life. At the age of 15 he went on his first consert with jazz-singer Nora Brockstedt – an experiance that played an important role in forming and developing his musical taste. Nora quickly became his favorite singer, and eventually a close friend. She introduced him to the beautiful standard songs of american composers, such as Cole Porter, George Gershwin and Richard Rogers – to mention a few. The ”american songbook” style quickly became, and still is, the music genre he appreciates the most. Up until the age of 60, he had no idea that he could create music – he was more than happy with listening to songs that others had written. But around year 2005, he started humming on a melody he had never heard before – a tune that developed in his own mind, leading eventually to the creation of several more. These would have probably remained in his head if it wasn’t for his good friend Gustav Lorentzen, who wrote them all down, and later on became his mentor in writing lyrics. Because amazingly enough, Per gradually began to write lyrics to his own songs as well.

A project sent from heaven

Before Lorentzens too early death in April 2010, he managed to convey contact with Tor Endresen and introduced him to Per Sælemyr and his work. As Tor himsef said: ”It was unbelivable. Good, swinging, NEW songs written to me in the best american songbook style that I love so much. It was like a project sent from heaven. This is the biggest thing I’ve experianced as a singer so far in my life”.

A music adventure

Tor was wishing for Pete Knutsen to arrange the songs and produce the album, which he gladly agreed to do. With Pete Knutsen as arranger and producer, alongside the Norwegian leading jazz musicians and Stabsmusikkens Storband playing, Endresen found himself pinching his arm. The result is the new album called "Jumping for joy". Enjoy!

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EAN : 7033662044238

Cat.No.: GRCD4423

Priskategori : CD

Link til booklet : nedlasting