Hedvig Mollestad

2-LP SET

BLACK VINYL EDITION

GATEFOLD SLEEVE

4 1/2 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

With Maternity Beat, Hedvig Mollestad has surpassed herself, most significantly as a composer and arranger, and delivered her most ambitious work to date. And that´s not a proclamation to be taken lightly. Mollestad, after all, has been one of Norway’s most adventurous and hardest-working musicians since the Molde International Jazz Festival named her the Young Jazz Talent of the Year in 2009.

Recorded with the 12-piece Trondheim Jazz Orchestra (who have previously worked with legends like Chick Corea and Joshua Redman), Maternity Beat is a sprawling double album and true career milestone. The sheer sonic and emotional scope of this album required Mollestad wear multiple hats: guitar explorer, composer, arranger, improviser, collaborator, and, as the striking title implies, mother. In addition to encompassing the full evolution of her sound to date, it offers deeply personal meditations on the nature of family and pressing social justice issues.

PERSONNEL:

• Ellen Brekken - (bass)
• Torstein Lofthus - (drums)
• Storløkken - (organ, piano, synthesizer)
• Trine Knutsen - (flute)
• Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen - (guitar)
• Ingvald André Vassbø - (percussion)
• Martin Myhre Olsen - (soprano, alto & baritone sax)
• Petter Kraft - (tenor sax)
• Thomas Johansson - (trumpet)
• Adrian Løseth Waade - (violin)
• Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen, Ingebjørg Loe Bjørnstad, Mai Elise Solberg - (vocals)

TRACKS:

• LP ONE
• A1. On The Horizon Part 1
• A2. On The Horizon Part 2
• A3. Do Re Mi Ma Ma
• B1. Donna Ovis Peppa
• B2. Little Lucid Demons / Alfons
• ________________________________
• LP TWO
• C1. All Flights Cancelled
• C2. Her Own Shape
• D1. Maternity Beat
• D2. Maternity Suite