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PoliturPassiarer Losen Records LOS 169-2 Scheen Jazzorkester & Audun KleivePoliturPassiarer PoliturPassiarer Losen Records LOS 169-2 Scheen Jazzorkester & Audun KleivePoliturPassiarer part 2a 3:49 Audun Kleive - drums part 2a 3:49 Audun Kleive - drums part 2b 4:08 Guttorm Guttormsen - flute/clarinet/alto- and soprano saxophone & Audun Kleive part 2b 4:08 Guttorm Guttormsen - flute/clarinet/alto- and soprano saxophone drumpassiar 23 0:41 Soprano sax solo on track 5c Scheen Jazzorkester drumpassiar 23 0:41 Soprano sax solo on track 5c Scheen Jazzorkester & Audun Kleive part 3a 3:11 André Kassen - soprano- and tenor saxophone PoliturPassiarer part 3a 3:11 André Kassen - soprano- and tenor saxophone PoliturPassiarer part 3b 2:02 Soprano solo on tracks 2b & 8 part 3b 2:02 Soprano solo on tracks 2b & 8 part 3c 4:40 Jon Øystein Rosland - tenor saxophone part 3c 4:40 Jon Øystein Rosland - tenor saxophone part 3d 2:32 Tenor sax solo on track 3c part 3d 2:32 Tenor sax solo on track 3c drumpassiar 35 0:41 Line Bjørnør Rosland - clarinet/bass clarinet drumpassiar 35 0:41 Line Bjørnør Rosland - clarinet/bass clarinet part 5a 3:07 Clarinet passiar on tracks 5a & 5b part 5a 3:07 Clarinet passiar on tracks 5a & 5b part 5b 2:44 Finn Arne Dahl Hanssen - trumpet part 5b 2:44 Finn Arne Dahl Hanssen - trumpet part 5c 2:54 Thomas Johansson - trumpet part 5c 2:54 Thomas Johansson - trumpet drumpassiar 58 0:25 Magne Rutle – trombone drumpassiar 58 0:25 Magne Rutle – trombone part 8 6:01 Trombone solo on track 5b part 8 6:01 Trombone solo on track 5b drumpassiar 81 0:38 Benedikte Follegg Hol - trombone drumpassiar 81 0:38 Benedikte Follegg Hol - trombone part 1a 2:31 Åsgeir Grong - bass trombone part 1a 2:31 Åsgeir Grong - bass trombone part 1b 2:24 Rune Klakegg - piano part 1b 2:24 Rune Klakegg - piano Sondre Stordalen - guitar Sondre Stordalen - guitar Total Time: 42:28 Jan Olav Renvåg - bass Total Time: 42:28 Jan Olav Renvåg - bass

All compositions by Audun Kleive. All arrangements by Magne Rutle and Audun Kleive. All compositions by Audun Kleive. All arrangements by Magne Rutle and Audun Kleive. Recorded March 2014 and January 2015 at Audiopol Skien, Norway by Espen Gjelstad Gundersen and Recorded March 2014 and January 2015 at Audiopol Skien, Norway by Espen Gjelstad Gundersen and Audun Kleive. Recording assistants Åsgeir Grong and Jan Olav Renvåg. Audun Kleive. Recording assistants Åsgeir Grong and Jan Olav Renvåg. Mastered by Bob Katz at Digital Domain, Florida, USA. Edited, mixed and produced by Audun Kleive. Mastered by Bob Katz at Digital Domain, Florida, USA. Edited, mixed and produced by Audun Kleive. Executive producer André Kassen and Odd Gjelsnes. Front cover photo: “Fighting Seagulls” by Kjersti Holst. Executive producer André Kassen and Odd Gjelsnes. Front cover photo: “Fighting Seagulls” by Kjersti Holst. Cover design by design holtmann. Scheen Jazzorkester receives funding from Norsk Kulturråd, Cover design by design holtmann. Scheen Jazzorkester receives funding from Norsk Kulturråd, Telemark Fylkeskommune and Sørnorsk Jazzsenter. Telemark Fylkeskommune and Sørnorsk Jazzsenter.

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