User:Pladask/Farmers Market

Farmers Market is a Norwegian band founded in 1991. Humorous arrangements, virtuosity and odd time signatures are characteristic to their style. They started out as a free jazz quintet, but now incorporates a wide variety of genres, such as jazz, pop music, bluegrass, classical and Bulgarian folk music.

The band has performed at several international jazz festivals, such as Kongsberg Jazzfestival (1993, 1995, and 2009), Moldejazz (1994, 2003, 2004, and 2010), North Sea Jazz Festival (Amsterdam, 2004), and Berliner Festspiele (2005). They have released four studio albums. Their debut album, "Speed/Balkan/Boogie" from 1995, is a live recording from Moldejazz 1994 with Grammy winning Bulgarian female vocal group Lés Mystére Des Voix Bulgares, also known as Angelite.

Their fourth studio album, "Surfin' USSR", was awarded an open class Spellemannspris (Norwegian Grammy) in 2008. Farmers Market have collaborated with Michael Brecker.

The band has also collaborated with several Norwegian orchestras, such as the Norwegian Radio Orchestra (KORK), Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, and Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra

Members

 * Håvard Lund, alto saxophone (-1995)
 * Trifon Trifonov, alto saxophone and clarinet (1995-)
 * Stian Carstensen, accordion, kaval, gaida, guitar, pedal steelgitar, banjo and vocals
 * Nils-Olav Johansen, guitar and vocals
 * Jarle Vespestad, drums
 * Finn Guttormsen, bass guitar

Discography

 * Speed/Balkan/Boogie – 1995
 * Musikk Fra Hybridene (Music From The Hybrides) – 1997
 * Farmers Market – 2000
 * Surfin' USSR – 2008