Live from Blue Lake: Ballrogg, Norwegian trio

[Lazaro Vega]

On December 5th, Ballrogg, a trio of improvising musicians from Norway, stopped by Blue Lake Public Radio’s Dave Myers Performance Studio and recorded a performance we’ll feature tonight at midnight, “Out On Blue Lake.” With Klaus Ellerhusen Holm’s clarinet, bass clarinet and book of compositions; Roger Arntzen’s bass, sometimes played with clothes pins attached to the strings; and Ivar Grydeland’s pedal steel guitar, banjo and loops, Ballrogg plays long tones rocking between comfortable intervals that fill in with ensemble textures or quiet, creative improvisations. Following this session, the band played Hugo Claudin's loft in Grand Rapids, then appeared at Constellation in Chicago. Hope you can join us, streaming live from www.bluelake.org/radio (Blurb):

"Ballrogg is now working on new music for their fourth release which can be seen as a natural development from "Cabin Music" (on Hubro 2012). The music is as before, based in open compositions which serve as a framework and guidelines for improvisation. Ballrogg gathers inspiration from many divergent sources - Scandinavian and American folk music, elements from British free improvisation and fragments from European composed music." And here you can find press pictures:http://ballrogg.no/press.html

[Lazaro Vega]

http://199.176.235.218/ondemand/17-1-20141217.mp3

Last evening's Jazz From Blue Lake featuring Sy Oliver and including "Out On Blue Lake" with Roger Arntzen and Ballrogg live from our studios in the Manistee National Forest.