KRONSTAD 23

Spread over Norway, the jazz-prog quartet reunite sporadically to create stunning music against the clock.

JM

Getting the band back together for one more time has been the dream for many wearing rose-tinted spectacles, but for Norwegians Kronstad 23 – that’ll be Øyvind Vie Berg (keyboards), Aleksander Tøsdal Tveit (guitar), Eirik Rømcke (bass) and Hans Christian Dalgaard (drums) – a chance pub conversation between two of the band proved to be a catalyst not only for a reunion but also an album of new music. “We used to play randomly together in Bergen about 10 years ago and then everybody moved to different places in Norway,” recalls Berg. “I met one of the guys and we had a few beers and we thought it would be nice to hook up again and just play. We sent some ideas to each other just recording stuff on our…

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