One-Armed Bandit (album)
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One-Armed Bandit is the fifth studio album by the Norwegian band Jaga Jazzist
. It was released January 25, 2010 by Ninja Tune
. Compared to their earlier work, it features a substantial progressive rock
influence.
Jaga Jazzist
Jaga Jazzist is an experimental jazz band from Norway that rose to prominence when the BBC named their first album, A Livingroom Hush , the best jazz album of 2002. The core of the band are brothers and main songwriters Lars and Martin Horntveth...
. It was released January 25, 2010 by Ninja Tune
Ninja Tune
Ninja Tune is a London-based independent record label started by DJs Matt Black and Jonathan More, better known as Coldcut and managed by Peter Quicke. The label has a strong leaning towards mostly Electronic Music...
. Compared to their earlier work, it features a substantial progressive rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
influence.
Personnel
- Lars Horntveth - Clarinet, Flute, Guitar, Piano, Clarinet (Bass), Keyboards, Programming, Sax (Baritone), Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor), Lap Steel Guitar
- Martin Horntveth - Percussion, Drums, Programming, Bells, Psaltery, Drum Machine, Temple - Blocks, Marxophone, Mandolin Harp
- Mathias EickMathias EickMathias Eick is a Norwegian jazz musician born near the town of Eidsfoss in the county of Vestfold, Norway. He is mainly known as a musician on the jazz label ECM Records. His main instrument is the trumpet, but he also plays double bass, vibraphone, piano and guitar.In his lifetime Eick has...
- Piano, Trumpet, French Horn, Keyboards, Bass (Upright) - Line Horntveth - Flute, Percussion, Tuba, Glockenspiel, Vocals
- Erik Johannessen - Trombone, Marxophone
- Andreas Mjos - Guitar, Percussion, Glockenspiel, Marimba, Vibraphone
- Øystein Moen - Organ, Synthesizer, Percussion, Piano
- Even Ormestad - Bass, Percussion, Glockenspiel, Keyboards
- Stian Westerhus - Percussion, Guitar (Electric), Harp, Guitar (12 String), Effects, Guitar (Baritone)
Track listing
- "The Thing Introduces..."
- "One-Armed Bandit"
- "Bananfluer overalt"
- "220 V/Spektral"
- "Toccata"
- "Prognissekongen"
- "Book of Glass"
- "Music! Dance! Drama!"
- "Touch of Evil"
- "Endless Galaxy" (available only on LP)