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JUPITER

About Me

JUPITER has been around since 2001, and the band sounded pretty decent from the first note. Actually, the first time the band ever played together was in a studio. This first ever JUPITER session became a demo which despite awful soundquality sounds kind of cool in a lo-fi kind of way. Anyway, the demo got us our first gigs, and opened some doors for us.All three musicians share a common background in modern jazz, while still being open to other forms of music, and together with a mutual understanding of what music is and should be, this results in a unique sound with references to both post-rock and sci-fi-music as well as jazz. Most of the band's tunes are written by guitarist Håvard Stubø, but the JUPITER songbook also features originals by the other members, as well as the occasional cover.Our first album, "Ignition", was released in 2004. In 2006, we released our second album, "Live at Glenn Miller Café", which features Jonas Kullhammar on the tenor saxophone. Our ongoing collaboration with Jonas has resulted in the recording of a double album, featuring six new tunes by Håvard and five by Jonas. It was released in mid November 2007 on the new Norwegian label Bolage. Check it out!JUPITER has played around 100 gigs at jazzclubs and played at quite a few festivals. Most of these gigs have been in Norway and Scandinavia, but the band is widening its scope and will be travelling further in the near future...

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Member Since: 8/21/2006
Band Website: www.jupitertrio.net
Band Members: Håvard Stubø - guitar,Steinar Sønk Nickelsen - B3 organ & Minimoog,Magnus Forsberg - drums
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Record Label: Bolage, Aim Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Radio recording in Stockholm!

Swedish national radio is going record our second gig in Stockholm on the forthcoming tour. Update on broadcasting time will follow... 
Posted by on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:41:00 GMT

Great review from OJ (SE)!

Recension från OJ 2 - 2008Första gången jag hörde Jonas Kullhammar var för sådär åtta, tio år  sedan vid en jazzkursavslutning i Umeå och Jazzstudion. Redan då  kände jag att en ny expressi...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:13:00 GMT

Some new reviews

Here are some reviews in Swedish and Norwegian newspapers:Dagsavisens Roald Helgheim (NO)http://www.dagsavisen.no/kultur/musikk/article322400.ece Göran Olsson DG (SE)http://www.gd.se/Article.jsp?articl...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:31:00 GMT

"Den coolaste, fräckaste jazzskiva jag har hört på mycket länge"

Lennart Persson (for ABC Nyheter)"Det är lite orättvist. Förut hade dom oljan, men vi hade musiken. Nu har dom både oljan och musiken. Och aningen motvilligt måste jag erkänna att alla mina mes...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:39:00 GMT

JUPITER feat JK available on Dusty Groove

Our new double album is now available on Dusty Groove.com in the U.S.Here it is:http://www.dustygroove.com/browse.php?incl_oos=1&incl _cs=1&kwfilter=jupiter&go.x=0&go.y=0
Posted by on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:36:00 GMT

Release tour!

To celebrate the release of our new, exciting double album in mid November, JUPITER feat. Jonas Kullhammar are going on a release tour.  We'll be playing the five largest cities in Norway, and we...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 06:10:00 GMT

Brand new album! New record deal!

We've just completed our tour in Northern Norway with Jonas Kullhammar on the tenor saxophone. The tour was produced by by NNJS - big thanks to Pål Are. Jonas' fantastic saxplaying and songwriting re...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:13:00 GMT

JUPITER feat. J.K. on tour!

JUPITER feat. J.K. on tour!NNJS has produced a tour for us in February.We're really looking forward to exploring new material on this tour. Håvard has written lots of tunes lately, so this should be e...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 05:26:00 GMT