Normann Records er et label under Normann Musikk Dette ble startet for 10 år siden (2004) for å ta vare på innspillinger fra svunnende tider og gjøre de tilgjengelig for allmennheten. I starten var det Wenche og Edgar Normann som ledet firmaet. Nå er det videreført til Sønnen Ruben Normann som er primus motor i produksjonen
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I bought this particular CD simply because of the two tracks with Jacques Butler on trumpet. Butler is one of the best jazz trumpet players was tragically overlooked, letting us know that for every great musician that is well-known there's five or six of them that are not. The two titles from this session and a session with Big Boy Goudie (disquecSwing) in France constitute some of his best work, also check a session on Dutch Panachord by the Willie Lewis ensemble - his muted trumpet solo Shanty Town is amazing. He even recorded the movie soundtrack with his friend Benny Waters in the late sixties before coming back to the United States and recording one final time with Clyde Bernhardt.
My dad used to sing this to us and act out a lot of the actions, if he wasn't driving. I have always thought there were far too many words to fit into the tune!!!
He is one of the the Three Paragons of Norway, not because of what he did or how well he did it, but because of the way he did it. Robert Normann is the essence of Norwegian Flaire; you don't complain and you don't brag, you just do it. These days, most jazz guitarists use flat wound strings to emulate the sound of the poor microphones of phone booths, that Robert Norman had to steal in order to make his electric guitar. When you listen to original jazz guitarists like Django Reinhardt, he didn't do this, so his guitar is crisp sounding, while Robert Normanns guitar sounds dull and deep. It's such a Norwegian thing to see the world embracing an idea and just never mention that it was your idea. He never said it, but we all know. Tell me you're Norwegian without telling me you're Norwegian.
I stumbled upon his Vol. 3 of his Hot Club of Jazz recordings and thought it would be grand to possess Vol. 1 & 2 but evidently they're rarer than hen's teeth. The man was brilliant!
