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New Supergroup \u2018Beiggja\u2019 \u2013 Kika Sprangers, Kjetil Mulelid, Mats Eilertsen, and Per Oddvar Johansen \u2013 Releases New Music for the Twilight Hour<\/p>\n

1. Swims (05:16)
\n2. Morning (03:51)
\n3. What If (04:41)
\n4. Love Story (04:29)
\n5. Tuvals (05:06)
\n6. Encore (04:32)
\n7. Far (05:49)
\n8. Love Cycle (06:14)
\n9. Swims II (05:19)
\n10. A Picture Paints a Thousand Words (06:05)<\/p>\n

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What happens when four talented and creative jazz musicians isolate themselves in a forest studio and let their creativity run free? The answer is the album Morning and the project Beiggja, inviting the listener into their shared musical playground, where we become part of their exploratory interplay.
\nIn late winter 2024, pianist Kjetil Mulelid, saxophonist Kika Sprangers, bassist Mats Eilertsen, and drummer Per Oddvar Johansen gathered in Per Oddvar\u2019s homey surroundings in Lommedalen. Everyone brought a few tunes and ideas, then hit \u201crecord\u201d and let the music take shape. It turned out to be a beautiful first encounter, leading to the recording of the album Morning. Kika and Kjetil share:
\n– No take was the same. A ‘take two’ often tends to refer back to ‘take one,’ especially if take one sounds good. But with Mats and Per Oddvar, each take went in its own unique direction. The interplay was fantastic\u2014it felt completely natural and organic. Even though we didn\u2019t know each other very well yet, we were able to follow each other\u2019s musical cues closely. You can hear that on the album\u2014the spontaneity and curiosity.
\nMorning will be released June 20 on Norwegian label Hubro, with tour dates planned in both Norway and the Netherlands.<\/p>\n

Kika Sprangers, Dutch saxophonist and composer, balances delicately between vulnerability and strength in her music. Her vision is to combine the two\u2014musically expressed through a love of unconventional instrumentation and dramatic arcs built for symphonic passages or heavy silence. In the Netherlands, she\u2019s long been recognized as one of the leading young talents in modern jazz, receiving numerous awards as a composer and bandleader for both her quintet and her large ensemble. She received the Rogier van Otterloo Award in 2021 (from Metropole Orkest) as a rising composer, and completed a two-year residency at TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht. Supported by the Dutch Performing Arts Fund, she recorded new music with her Large Ensemble, and in duo formats with guitarist Mikkel Ploug and pianist Kit Downes. Together, they released the albums Du blomst and Mirage in 2024 on DOX Records. At the end of 2024, she was awarded the Willem Breuker Prize and released Large Ensemble (In)finity to critical acclaim.
\nKjetil Mulelid is known for his distinctive playing and compositions, blending jazz, hymns, and improvised music. Since graduating from Trondheim\u2019s renowned Jazz Department in 2014, he has toured extensively across Europe, Canada, and Asia with his own projects. He has released several critically acclaimed albums as a solo artist, with the Kjetil Mulelid Trio, jazz quartet Wako, the duo Kjemilie with vocalist Emilie Storaas, and in collaboration with Siril Malmedal Hauge\u2014as both a band and a piano\/vocal duo. The prestigious magazine The Wire described him in 2025 as \u201cone of Norway’s finest contemporary jazz pianists,\u201d and Jazzwise called his latest album \u201ca modern Nordic masterpiece.\u201d He has also collaborated with Arve Henriksen, Trygve Seim, Mathias Eick, and Sissel Vera Pettersen.
\nPer Oddvar Johansen is one of Norway\u2019s leading drummers. His renowned tasteful playing is featured on over eighty albums, earning him six Spellemann Awards (Norway\u2019s equivalent of the Grammy). He currently works with Christian Wallumr\u00f8d, Vigleik Storaas, Helge Lien, Ayumi Tanaka, Trygve Seim, Mats Eilertsen, Torben Snekkestad, and many more. Fiona Talkington (BBC) on his latest solo release: \u201cPer Oddvar Johansen has played a major role in Norwegian music for many years, working with groundbreaking figures like Helge Lien, Christian Wallumr\u00f8d, and Petter Wettre. He brings his imaginative drive to everything he does, and his solo debut album Let\u2019s Dance on Edition Records finally shines a light on a musician long deserving of the spotlight.\u201d
\nMats Eilertsen has been a prominent figure on the international jazz scene for over 30 years. He\u2019s contributed to countless recordings and has been central to major ECM releases with Tord Gustavsen, Trygve Seim, Mathias Eick, Nils \u00d8kland, Wolfert Brederode, and Jakob Young. He has led several of his own projects, including a trio with drummer Thomas Str\u00f8nen and Dutch pianist Harmen Fraanje. Their latest album And Then Comes The Night (2019, ECM Records) won a Spellemann Award and was praised worldwide. In 2022, Eilertsen received Norwegian jazz\u2019s highest honor\u2014the prestigious Buddy Award.<\/p>\n

Personnel:
\nKika Sprangers \u2013 saxophone
\nKjetil Mulelid \u2013 piano
\nMats Eilertsen \u2013 double bass
\nPer Oddvar Johansen \u2013 drumsProduction:
\nRecorded, mixed, and mastered by Per Oddvar Johansen at Sleaskjulet, Lommedalen.<\/p>\n

Tour:
\nJune 5: TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht (NL)
\nJune 7: BIMHUIS, Amsterdam (NL)
\nJune 8: Jazz in Duketown, Den Bosch (NL)
\nSept 15: PizzaExpress, London (UK)
\nSept 18: Brebl, Nijmegen (NL)
\nSept 19: Stadsgehoorzaal, Leiden (NL)
\nSept 20: LantarenVenster, Rotterdam (NL)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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