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news summer 2010 A couple of online reviews from the gigs with my band, Overseas, at Rochester Jazz Festival in June: Playing here and there in Europe this July, with Malaby's band Paloma Recio and a few other groups, also some shows with Dave Binney's band (with C Taborn and Brian Blade) on the US east coast in August, among them Newport Jazz Fest, so scroll down and move your eyes slighlty to the right to find out exactly when and where these audio waves can tickle your eardrums. Have a pleasant summer!
spring 2010 I'm recording with Jesse Harris in April for the Tzadik Label, All instrumental stuff with a fun band; Kenny Wollesen, Tony Scherr, Rob Burger and CJ Camereiri Two Miles A Day, a band Jacob Sacks and I co-lead that features Paul Motian and Mat Maneri will play two shows at Cornelia Street Cafe in Manhattan on June 11th and 12th Overseas will be at the Rochester Jazz Festival in New York on June 16th and in Washington DC on June 17th (on the roof of the Swedish Emabssy) and 18th (the Finnish Embassy). The Washington DC shows are part of the Nordic Music Festival. Every Tuesday in May at Nublu in the East Village: double bill with my band; Overseas (10pm) and the exceptional Hanne Hukkelberg(9pm)
winter 2010 After over a decade of playing together March 12th at Ibeam will see the debut of Troubled Ox, a collaboration between drummer Jeff Davis and bassist Eivind Opsvik. No distracting horn players or polyphonic instruments, just bass and drums and some subtle adornments from electrical devices. Happy New Year
winter 2009 Overseas III is on Wire magazine's list over best jazz & related releases of 2009 (although it was actually released in 2008)
fall 2009 New Website coming soon, this site is a temporary version. The wonderful photograph that grace the cover of my Overseas III record was taken by Michelle Arcila, this photo is now available for purchase in various sizes on the excellent art site 20x200, and it's affordable, see and buy it here Fall shows posted
summer 2009 A little feature in Downbeat's September Issue. Read it here Some photos on flickr from recent Overseas gigs at Molde Jazz Festival and in Oslo I will be touring the States in October with Dave Binney's band with Brian Blade and Craig Taborn, should be a good time, check the live page for updated shows soon Some reviews of Opsvik & Jennings' new record are appearing, Wire describes it like this: "eternal summer evening of long shadows". Find more excerpts and links on Loyal Label page here
spring 2009 Opsvik & Jennings' new album, A Dream I Used to Remember, will become available as a free download on our website on May 1st, but for a limited time only. The Official US release date for the CD and LP is May 26th I'm Playing solo with visuals by Michelle Arcila at Nublu (62 Avenue C) on Monday May 4th, 9pm My band, Overseas, has been confirmed for this years Molde International Jazz Festival, the date is Friday July 17th >> I'm on a brand new album by Tony Malaby's Paloma Recio, Released on New World Records. Also featuring Ben Monder and Nasheet Waits >>
winter 2009 New York Times came to Opsvik & Jennings' show at Death by Audio in Brooklyn on March 3rd and concluded: " The band that came across best was Opsvik & Jennings, an electro-acoustic chamber-pop quartet. Led by the bassist Eivind Opsvik and the guitarist Aaron Jennings, with Brian Drye on Farfisa organ and Dave Christian on drums, this group advanced a series of tuneful provocations, self-contained and pregnant with detail. And appropriately, as a counterpoint to the evening’s headliner, it balanced precision against a spirit of wonder." Nate Chinen, NYT >> "A Dream I Used to Remember", Opsvik & Jennings third record, will be released on CD, vinyl and downloads on Loyal Label hopefully in early May (release date tba). The record features ten new songs, a female choir, brass section, more guitar and double bass, drums by Opsvik and RJ Miller, banjo by Jennings and more.
winter 2008 Overseas III is showing up on some best of 2008 lists: MilkFactory ,on Reviewers Hank Shteamer's List and Jason Thompson's List On December 10th I'm playing a solo show at Kennedy Center in Washington DC (the Millenium Stage). Håkon Kornstad will play a solo set as well. Rune Grammofon's 10 year celebration 2cd/book: "Money Will Ruin Everything" will be released on December 8th. Among the tracks is a never before released tune by Opsvik & Jennings called "Leaves and Smoke" as well as the track "Neil" from Eivind Opsvik's Overseas III.
fall 2008 Quite a few reviews of Overseas III have started trickling in, check them out here Watch music video for "Breath of Bark" from Overseas III here. Video by Eyeball
summer 2008 Some clips from solo concert in Copenhagen now up on you tube 1 & 2 Recorded two days in June with Tony Malaby's Paloma Recio, with Ben Monder on Guitar and Nasheet Waits on drums. Will be released probably at the end of the year on New World Records I will be playing my first solo concert at this years Copenhagen Jazz Festival, July 8th at 1 in the morning (technically it's the 9th) at the Litteraturhaus
spring 2008 Time Out NY feature on Overseas III and the cd release concert >> Overseas III now available: Cd Release for Overseas III will be held at Nublu in East Village on Sunday May 18th. Håkon Kornstad will do an opening set at 9pm and then Overseas will play two sets starting at 10pm. And just for this one night CDs will be available following the Radiohead model; Pay what you want. Overseas III will be released in the US on May 6th on my own record label; Loyal Label. Seven new tunes performed by Kenny Wollesen, Larry Campbell, Tony Malaby, Jeff Davis, Jacob Sacks and E.O. Cover design by Adam Cruickshank , Photography by Michelle Arcila Kris Davis has a new cd out on Fresh Sound - Rye Eclipse. It features her regular quartet - Malaby, Davis, Opsvik, Davis and the compostions she wrote especially for the Canadian Festival Tour we did in 07 >>
winter 2008 Sacks/Opsvik/Maneri/Motian: Two Miles a Day is now available on itunes: Jon Irabagon's Outright! is now available from Innova Records. A really fun album that features Jon's take on different directions in jazz including 30 musicians turning a New Orleans type song into noise exploration. Overseas and Overseas II are finally available on itunes Jesse Stacken - That That, featuring the trio of pianist Stacken, drummer Jeff Davis and E.O. is now out on Fresh Sound Records. >> Downbeat magazine has Opsvik & Jennings: Commuter Anthems on their Best CDs of 2007 list
fall 2007 Review of 'Two Miles a Day' in December issue of WIRE: "Putting viola player Mat Maneri with veteran drummer Paul Motian was a stroke of genius... An enjoyable record, an important one even" Read the whole review here New article on mic.no Rocket Engine: What is this thing that stands before me? is now available from Loyal Label. The Music Of Black Sabbath as interpreted by Rocket Engine, some of NYC’s most adventurous young musicians from the free improvisation, indie rock and jazz scenes. The missing link between early heavy metal and free jazz. You can buy it now from CDbaby and soon from other places TBA
summer 2007 Two reviews of 'Two Miles a Day' on All About Jazz: Proud to present Loyal_Label's first offical release: Jacob Sacks, Eivind Opsvik, Mat Maneri, Paul Motian: Two Miles a Day. Now available on cdbaby Opsvik & Jennings' new record; Commuter Anthems, has received a lot of reviews; New York Times, Pitchfork, BBC, All Music, Plan B, Downbeat and lots more. Go to Opsvik & Jennings website to read >> Some new photos; Overseas recording session, The Up at the stone, Opsvik & Jennings live, look
spring 2007 Opsvik & Jennings' new record; Commuter Anthems, is now out on Rune Grammofon My newly started record label Loyal_Label has a website, be warned that it's very much in the beginning stages In early April the Overseas band recorded our third record at Edison Studio in Manhattan. All analog recording engineered by Henry Hirsch (Lenny Kravitz' Engineer). Jacob Sacks - piano/organ, Kenny Wollesen - drums/timpani, Tony Malaby - tenor sax, Larry Campbell - pedal steel guitar, Jeff Davis - vibraphone/marimba. Label and release date to be announced
winter 2007 2007 will see the release of these records:
2006 Tone Collector is touring the East Coast in October. Reviews from the gigs we did in Toronto and Baltimore Opsvik & Jennings: Fløyel Files available now on itunes (search for opsvik & jennings) Mike Pride, Eric Biondo, Jon Goldberger, Aaron Jennings, Jeffrey Michael Davis, Kris Davis, Ben Gerstein and E.O. spent a sunny Sunday in May recording interpretations of Black Sabbath compositions at Peter Karl's Studio in Brooklyn. In post production now. Composer and tenor saxophonist Nicolas Masson's cd, "Yellow (a little orange) ", out now on Fresh Sound Records. Gerald Cleaver on drums and Russ Johnson on trumpet. "10 cd's in the cd player of ..." article in all about jazz - Italia >> "E.O.Overseas" concert at Rose in Brooklyn reviewed in New York Times >> Interview in Norwegian Magazine Ballade (in Norwegian only) >> In the April issue of JazzTimes, Nate Chinen's column, the Gig, features Overseas II, Fløyel Files and Tone Collector. "The Most Imaginative album trilogy of 2005". Read it here >> Kris Davis' "The Slightest Shift" out now on Fresh Sound Records. It was recorded after a string of gigs in New York and Canada last October. Very different from Kris' first cd, check it out! Opsvik & Jennings' Fløyel Files getting reviewed here and there: In the February Issue of the British magazine Wire the conclusion is: " Ambient without wandering, sweet but not sickly, quirky yet never wacky, this is a beautifully paced piece of work" Fun review also in another UK music Publication; milkfactory.co.uk I'm on myspace myspace.com/eivindopsvik "Out of Airplanes" The CD with Dave Binney's new band with Bill Frisell, Craig Taborn, Kenny Wollesen and E.O is available now. Also available as a download on Dave's website >>. Pictures from the recording session >> The Up has a cd with hand stitched cover for sale for $8 on Ben Gerstein's website >>
2005 Read Interview on Hissig.no (in Norwegian) Recording session at Avatar studios in NYC in November 2005 with Jacob Sacks, Mat Maneri and Paul Motian for a cd that will hopefully be released this year. pictures >> Opsvik & Jennings debut cd, Fløyel Files, was released in October 2005 on the Brooklyn/Seattle based record label NCM East. Check out the fairly new Opsvik & Jennings website >> Tone Collector (Tony Malaby, Jeff Davis, Opsvik) has debut CD out now on the Norwegian label Jazzaway Records. It was recorded live at Glenn Miller Cafe in Stockholm, Sweden, over two nights in the summer of 2004. read recent review from onefinalnote.com
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live 2010 june Tuesday 1st at Korzo,
4th Ave, Brooklyn: Wednesday 2nd 6pm at Bryant Park, Manhattan: Friday 11th and Saturday 12th 9pm and 10:30pm at Cornelia Street Cafe, Manhattan: Monday 14th 9pm at Local 269, 269 East Houston Street, Manhattan: Wednesday 16th at Rochester Jazz Festival, Rochester, NY: Thursday 17th 9pm at The Swedish Embassy , Washington DC: Friday 18th 9pm at The Finnish Embassy , Washington DC: Sunday 20th at Red Hook Jazz Fest, Brooklyn: Wednesday 23rd 8:30pm at Cornelia Street Cafe, Manhattan: Sunday 27th at Brooklyn Lyceum,
4th Ave, Brooklyn:
july Friday 2nd 7pm at Joe's Pub, 425 Lafayette Street, Manhattan: Friday 9th at North Sea Jazz , Rotterdam, Holland: Saturday 10th at North Sea Jazz , Rotterdam, Holland: Tuesday 20th at Sunset, Paris, France: Wednesday 21st at Molde Jazz, Norway Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th:Jazz A Junas, France 26th - 31st: Concerts + Clinics, Langnau, Switzerland:
august Mini tour with David Binney Group
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discography main projects: Opsvik
& Jennings: A Dream I Used to Remember (Loyal Label) 2009 LLCD007 LLVL001 Eivind
Opsvik: Overseas III (Loyal Label) 2008 LLCD003 Rocket Engine: What is This That Stands Before Me?(Loyal Label) 2007 LLCD002 Jacob Sacks/Eivind Opsvik/Mat Maneri/Paul Motian: Two Miles A Day (Loyal Label / Yeah Yeah Records ) 2007 LLCD001 Opsvik
& Jennings: Commuter Anthems (Rune Grammofon) 2007 RCD 2062 Opsvik
& Jennings: Fløyel
Files (NCM
East) 2005 NCM40126 Eivind
Opsvik: Overseas II (Fresh
Sound Records) 2005 FSNT 219CD Tone
Collector: Tone Collector (Jazzaway)
2005 JARCD012 Eivind
Opsvik: Overseas (Fresh
Sound Records) 2003 FSNT146CD ........................ compilations: Various Artists - Money Will Ruin Everything 2 (Rune Grammofon) 2008 RCD 2072 Various Artists - RUFS (Fenetre Records) 2006 FEN002 ........................ as sideman:
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