Jazzland Recordings

The Ola Kvernberg Trio was established in 2000, at that time it consisted of violinist Ola Kvernberg together with bassplayer Steinar Raknes and american guitarplayer Doug Raney. 

Since then, the trio has been through a few changes, the latest was adding swedish drummer Erik Nylander autumn 2004. Ola grew up in a musical family, playing in the fiddle folk music tradition of his mom and granddad. Studying classical and folk music from age 6, he discovered jazz music at age 16 and has since then pursued his interest in improvised music. 

The trio's reportoire today consists mainly of Ola's compositions; a mixture of bebop, folkmusic-fiddling and modal jazz. Focusing on the interplay, the result is quite a unique sound: everything from burnin to intepreting soft songs. 
Ola Kvernberg - Violin, Vocals, Handclaps & Howling 
Steinar Raknes - Double Bass 
Erik Nylander - Drums 
Bugge Wesseltoft - Keyboards, Handclaps & Bells