COME SHINE
Genres: Vocal Jazz, Pop, Art Song, Folk • Norway

Norwegian jazz quartet established in 1998, always with the same musicians. Come Shine started off as a student band intending to playing American jazz standards in a somewhat traditional way, but soon began to focus on the arrangments and the musical storytelling - taking these beautiful tunes and lyrics to new places with the use of other references than the original swing jazz. In the first years this was carried out within the quartet. However, piano player Skomsvoll was already a skilled orchestral arranger, and following the success of the first two albums, Come Shine carried out a grand project with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra in Skomsvoll's unique arrangements. Following this, the band would perform this material on tour in between quartet gigs, with top notch chamber and symphony orchestras around Norway. First album "Come Shine" recorded 2000, released 2001.  Second album "Do Do That Voodoo" recorded and released 2002 read more...