| Jaga Jazzist | |
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| Origin | Oslo, Norway |
| Genres | Jazz Nu jazz Electronica Experimental rock Post-rock |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Labels | Smalltown Supersound, Ninja Tune |
| Website | jagajazzist.com |
| Members | |
| Martin Horntveth Lars Horntveth Mathias Eick Marcus Forsgren Even Ormestad Andreas Mjøs Line Horntveth Øystein Moen Erik Johannessen |
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| Past members | |
| Harald Frøland Ivar Chr. Johansen / Ravi Jonas Bendiksen Lars Wabø Mads Jansen Marius Hesby Thomas Viken Lars Erik Myran Jørgen Munkeby Håvard Myklebust Torgeir Audunson Bjørn Strand Sjur Miljeteig Morten Qvenild Ketil Einarsen Andreas Hessen Schei Nils Martin Larsen Anders Hana |
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Jaga Jazzist (also known as Jaga) is an experimental jazz band from Norway that rose to prominence when the BBC named their first album, A Livingroom Hush (Smalltown Supersound/Ninja Tune), the best jazz album of 2002.[1][2] The core of the band are brothers and main songwriters Lars and Martin Horntveth. Martin formed Jaga Jazzist together with Ivar Christian Johansen in 1994 while they still were in their teens, though Johansen later left the group. They are also prominent figures of the Norwegian pop act The National Bank.
The band features trumpets, trombone, electric guitar, bass, tuba, bass clarinets, Fender Rhodes, vibraphone and a rack of electronics, as well as strong melodies and rhythms. Talk Talk, Soft Machine, John Coltrane, Don Cherry, Aphex Twin, Stereolab, Squarepusher and Tortoise are frequently mentioned as sources of inspiration. Jaga Jazzist is widely considered to be one of the premier acts of the so-called nu-jazz movement of Scandinavia. Also, The Mars Volta cites Jaga Jazzist as one of their favourite bands.[3] Their latest album, One-Armed Bandit, was released on January 25, 2010.[4]
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Mathias Eick, Lars Horntveth and Jørgen Munkeby have also collaborated with Motorpsycho on their release "In the Fishtank 10" (2003), billed as Jaga Jazzist Horns.