What A Day (Bonus Edition) Snorre Kirk

• 1 Opening Night 06:35
• 2 Palagio Shout 03:12
• 3 Fontainebleau 03:41
• 4 Honey 04:33
• 5 A Thing Like That 06:38
• 6 One For the Road (Extended Version) 06:16
• 7 Blues Beat 05:18
• 8 Meditations In Blue 07:34
• 9 Jubilee Rag 05:00
• 10 Unsentimental 06:00
• Total Runtime 54:47

Info for What A Day (Bonus Edition)

There was no doubt in Snorre Kirk’s mind when he first heard clarinetist and saxophonist Giacomo Smith in London. He immediately knew he had met a man on the same musical wavelength. Then, on Giacomo's recommendation, pianist Joe Webb joined the party, and the stage was suddenly set for a change in Snorre Kirk's work and celebrated career as drummer, composer, and bandleader. “They are funny and serious people and incredibly infectious with their energy. I instantly got the feeling that we all come from the same musical world,” says Snorre Kirk. “We share the same broad range of heroes and love early jazz in its many forms. Of course, we all have our own little universes, but with us, they immediately and naturally fell into orbit together. We share a lot of common ground.” The first meetings took place in 2019. The following year, the coronavirus put the music scene on standby, and it wasn't until 2023 that the quartet, which included Giacomo Smith, Joe Webb, Danish bassist Anders Fjeldsted, and Snorre Kirk himself, came together and became what would be his current and permanent primary project. WHAT A DAY! is the first release with the new line-up, and the quartet is complemented on three tracks by Alexander Bouton, who fills the role of rhythm guitarist in the same spirit Freddie Green did with Count Basie’s band.

Giacomo Smith, alto saxophone
Joe Webb, piano
Anders Fjelsted, bass
Snorre Kirk, drums

Snorre Kirk
After skyrocketing onto the European Jazz Scene as a sideman with some of the finest names on the Scandinavian jazz scene today, as well as working with prominent international names such as Diane Schuur, Eric Reed and Stephen Riley, recent years have seen inter-scandinavian drummer Snorre Kirk emerging as a full-fledged artist and composer in his own right.

With Blues Modernism, the hugely successful 2012 debut outing from Snorre Kirk, that was subsequently awarded with the prestigious JazzSpecial Award in Denmark for "Album of the Year", as well as receiving two nominations in the Danish Grammy Awards, the drummer got an opportunity to showcase his remarkable qualities as a composer and as a bandleader. With the long-awaited 2015 release of his sophomore album,Europa, Snorre Kirk further cemented his position as one of Europe’s fastest rising jazz stars, with subsequent performances at prominent international festivals such as the North Sea Jazz Festival, Pori Jazz Festival, and even the Kansas City Art of Swing Festival.

With Drummer & Composer, set for a March 2017 release, and containing a nine-movement suite written for an extended septet-format, Snorre Kirk has realized his most ambitious project to date.

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