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It’s only three years since Marius Neset, at 26 years of age, burst on to the scene with the wonderful Golden Xplosion and delighted audiences with virtuoso performances at many venues. Hot on the heels of its success he wasted no time before releasing Birds, again flexing his muscles and extending his talent way beyond the tradition.
It was clear Neset, while more than capable of dazzling audiences with his brand of quick fire muscular pyrotechnics, enjoyed the compositional challenge. Following on from a commission to compose for the renowned project-driven collective, the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, for a concert at the 2012 Molde Jazz Festival, Neset said: “After the premier in Molde the compositions felt so special we decided to record this album and play more concerts with it.”
