Carl Stormer's JazzCode

Successful gig at Nattjazz in Bergen

I just finished a nice concert here in Bergen, Norway, where I played and gave a presentation at the annual Nattjazz festival (read review in Norwegian).  About 60 business people from local businesses came to hear how they could break the jazzcode and learn how to collaborate in dynamic contexts.  I had some incredible musicians with me (as usual) -- Dag Arnesen (p), Olav Dale (s) and Sigurd Ulveseth (b).  In the end, the audience pulled out their cellphones and voted on the experience.  The average vote (on a scale from 1-6 where six is high score) vas 5.2 which made me very happy.  The client, Bergens Chamber of Commerce was very happy too.   

If you were in the audience, please take the survey!

Yesterday I had the opportunity to speak to 25 executives from Krafts Food Nordic.  I had brought Arild Andersen (b), Jørn Øien (p) and Tore Brunborg (s).  We were unable to do the cellphone poll (only works with local cellphones for now), but they seemed very happy.  A good week. 

Stormer/Scheps Quartet at Cosmpolite in Oslo featuring Cam Brown and Jamie Reynolds

We are finally playing again!  Rob Scheps will bring Cameron Brown and Jamie Reynolds from New York, and we will be doing three gigs and a recording in Oslo in June.  I am very excited.  We will be making a record with the group at Rainbow Studio.

Two of the gigs will be combined with my "Jazz at Work" presentation. 

If you want to come, the live gig in Oslo is at Belleville Friday june 15 at nine pm.  Hope to see you there.

Master bassist Cameron Brown

Read more and see pictures (in Norwegian)...

Did a jazz presentation in London today

Had the opportunity to speak about "Jazz at Work" for a group of members of the British Norwegian Chamber of Commerce today, and met some very receptive and friendly people.  Some asked me to provide them with a written description of what I do and pictures.  Others about reference customers.  I told them about the writeup in Dagens Næringsliv (in Norwegian), Norway's biggest business daily, and about the mobile voting I do.    Some also really liked the  concept of "contextual fix."

Hopefully, I will get the chance to run my "Jazz at Work" concept in the U.K. with local London-based musicians. 

Carl performing with Staffan William-Olsson and Palle Wagnberg at Oslo Konserthus, March 2007