Curling Legs

Curling Legs is een Noors platenlabel dat jazz en geïmproviseerde muziek uitbrengt. Het werd in 1992 in Oslo opgericht door Knut Værnes en Morten Halle om hun muziek uit te kunnen brengen. In 1994 kreeg het label de licentierechten van Odin Records. Naast Varnes en Halle is ook Helge Westbye mede-eigenaar van het label. Westbye is de baas van Grappa Music. De muziek wordt gedistribueerd door Musikkoperatørene.[1]

Op het moment dat Curling Legs zijn vijftigste album uitbracht, had het al vier keer een Spellemannprisen gewonnen.[2]

De Radka Toneff Memorial Award wordt bekostigd door al haar royalty-inkomsten van haar releases op Odin, Universal en Curling Legs.[3][4][5]

Platen op Curling Legs

  • 1989: Ab und Zu, Ab und Zu (ZUCD8901)
  • 1992: Knut Værnes & Terje Gewelt, Admission for guitars and basses (CLPCD01)
  • 1992: NUKU (Bjørn Klakegg, Johannes Eick, Trond Kopperud & Celio de Carvalho), Det absolutte nullpunkt (CLPCD02)
  • 1992: Morten Halle, Jon Eberson, Finn Sletten & Bjørn Kjellemyr, 2 (CLPCD03)
  • 1992: Audun Kleive & Jon Eberson, Music for Men and Machines (CLPCD04)
  • 1992: Tore Brunborg, Bugge Wesseltoft & Jon Christensen, Tid (CLPCD05)
  • 1992: Palisanderkvartetten (Are Hofstad, Roar Sandnes, Geir Lysne & Bernhard Seland), Shaken – not stirred (CLPCD06)
  • 1993: Oslo 13, Live (CLPCD07)
  • 1993: Knut Værnes Band, Roneo (CLPCD08)
  • 1994: Søyr, Bussene lengter hjem (CLPCD09)
  • 1994: The Source, Olemanns kornett (CLPCD10)
  • 1994: Nils-Olav Johansen, Sverre Gjørvad & Svein Folkvord, Enjoy storytellers! (CLPCD11)
  • 1994: Per Eriksen, Center of the beat (CLPCD12)
  • 1994: Lars Danielsson, David Liebman, Jon Christensen, Bobo Stenson, Far north (CLPCD13)
  • 1994: Sidsel Endresen & Bugge Wesseltoft, Nightsong (CLPCD14)
  • 1995: Out to Lunch, Kullboksrytter (CLPCD15)
  • 1995: Jan Gunnar Hoff, Moving (CLPCD16)
  • 1995: Morten Halle m.fl. Eagle (CLPCD17)
  • 1995: Vigleik Storaas Trio, Bilder (CLPCD18) - winnaar van Spellemannprisen (1995)[6][7]
  • 1995: Cutting Edge, Alle tre (CLPCD19)
  • 1995: Knut Værnes Trio, Jacques Tati (CLPCD20)
  • 1995: The Source, of Christmas (CLPCD21)
  • 1996: Per Jørgensen, Audun Kleive & Jon Balke, Jøkleba live! (CLPCD22)
  • 1996: Rune Klakeggs «Fuzzy Logic», Fuzzy logic (CLPCD23)
  • 1996: Jakob Davidsen, Jesper Riis, Per Gade, Nils Davidsen & Anders Mogensen, The Crossover Ensemble (CLPCD24)
  • 1996: Ab und Zu, Totally (CLPCD25)
  • 1996: Kvitretten, Voices (CLPCD26)
  • 1996: Gunnar Andreas Berg, The music machine (CLPCD27)
  • 1996: Petter Wettre Quartet, Pig virus (CLPCD28)
  • 1997: Espen Larsen & Per Sigmond, Synergia (CLPCD29)
  • 1997: Vidar Johansen Trio, Lopsided (CLPCD30)
  • 1997: Krøyt, Sub (CLPCD31)
  • 1997: Lars Danielsson Trio, Origo (CLPCD32)
  • 1997: Ab und Zu, Remix EP (CLPCD33)
  • 1997: Per Eriksen, Beats and pieces (CLPCD34)
  • 1997: Vigleik Storaas Trio, Andre Bilder (CLPCD35) - winnaar van Spellemannprisen (1997)
  • 1997: Søyr, Med kjøtt and kjærlighet (CLPCD36)
  • 1997: Jacob Young, Pieces of Time (CLPCD37)
  • 1998: Jazzpunkensemblet, Fourteen rounds (CLPCD38)
  • 1997: Olga Konkova, Carl Morten Iversen & Audun Kleive, Going with the flow (CLPCD39)
  • 1998: Knut Værnes Trio, 8:97 (CLPCD40)
  • 1998: Sidsel Endresen & Bugge Wesseltoft, Duplex ride (CLPCD41)
  • 1998: Jon Balke, Rotor (CLPCD42)
  • 1998: Patrick Shaw Iversen, Floating islands (CLPCD43)
  • 1998: Jan Gunnar Hoff, Crosslands (CLPCD44)
  • 1998: Niels Præstholm & Embla Nordic Project, Imagic (CLPCD45)
  • 1998: Live Maria Roggen & Lars Andreas Haug, Tu'ba (CLPCD46)
  • 1998: Tore Brunborg & Jarle Vespestad, Orbit (CLPCD47)
  • 1999: Bjørn Klakegg, Gloria (CLPCD48)
  • 1999: Vigleik Storaas Trio, Open Excursions (CLPCD49)
  • 1999: Kvitretten, Everything turns (CLPCD50)
  • 1999: Knut Værnes, Super Duper (CLPCD51)
  • 2000: «4G» - Knut Værnes, Frode Alnæs, Knut Reiersrud & Bjørn Klakegg, 4G (CLPCD52)
  • 2000: Helén Eriksen, City Dust (CLPCD53)
  • 2000: Helge Iberg, Halvveis (CLPCD54)
  • 2000: Georg Reiss & Morten Gunnar Larsen, Rhapsody (CLPCD55)
  • 2000: Per Eriksen, Beat crazy (CLPCD56)
  • 2001: Pangean, Pubterranean (CLPCD57)
  • 2001: Søyr, Alene hjemme (CLPCD58)
  • 2001: Jon Eberson's «The O O Quartet», The O O Quartet (CLPCD59)
  • 2001: Jacob Young, Glow (CLPCD60)
  • 2001: Come Shine, Come shine (CLPCD61)
  • 2001: Helge Lien Trio, What are you doing the rest of your life (CLPCD62)
  • 2001: 1300 Oslo, Live in the north (CLPCD63)
  • 2001: Chillinuts (Peter Baden, Hans Jørgen Whist & Marius Rypdal), Reworks (CLPLP64)
  • 2001: Jon Eberson & Carl Morten Iversen, Jazz for men (CLPCD65)
  • 2001: Jon Eberson, Bjørnar Andresen & Paal Nilssen-Love, Mind The Gap (CLPCD66)[8]
  • 2001: Ingar Kristiansen & Torstein Ellingsen, The Sinatra songbook (CLPCD67)
  • 2001: Sverre Gjørvad, Denne lille pytten er et hav (CLPCD68)
  • 2001: Solveig Slettahjell, Slow motion orchestra (CLPCD69)
  • 2001: Kvitretten & Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen, Kloden er en snurrebass som snurrer oss (CLPCD70)
  • 2002: Vigleik Storaas Trio, Subsonic (CLPCD71) - genomineerd voor Spellemannprisen voor jazz (2002)[9]
  • 2002: Roy Hellvin Trio, Old friends (CLPCD72)
  • 2002: Pål Thowsen, The rest is rumours (CLPCD73)
  • 2002: Ab und Zu, Spark of life (CLPCD74)[10]
  • 2002: Come Shine, Do Do That Voodoo (CLPCD75) - winnaar van Spellemannprisen voor jazz (2002)[11]
  • 2003: Jon Eberson & Carl Morten Iversen, Standards (CLPCD76)
  • 2003: Jan Gunnar Hoff Group, In town (CLPCD77)
  • 2003: Come Shine & Kringkastingsorkesteret, In concert (CLPCD78)
  • 2004: Frode Kjekstad, New York time (CLPCD79)
  • 2004: Solveig Slettahjell, Silver (CLPCD80) - winnaar van Spellemannprisen voor jazz (2004)[12]
  • 2004: Hilde Marie Kjersem, Red shoes diary (CLPCD81)
  • 2004: Knut Værnes & Vertavo-kvartetten, A night in cassis (CLPCD82)
  • 2004: Chillinuts, Reworks – what kind of machine is this (CLPCD83) - een remix van 80 Curling Legs-opnames in 11 nieuwe tracks[13]
  • 2004: Beate S. Lech, Jon Eberson & Morten Halle (Metropolitan (band)), Blind (CLPCD84)
  • 2004: Hilde Marie Kjersem & Jon Eberson, Twelve o'clock tales (CLPCD85)
  • 2005: Ivar Kolve Trio, Innover (CLPCD86)
  • 2005: Håkon Storm, Canned second (CLPCD87)
  • 2005: Helge Liens «tri ó trang», Plays Eberson (CLPCD88)
  • 2005: BOL Silver sun (CLPCD89)
  • 2005: Solveig Slettahjell, Pixiedust (CLPCD90)
  • 2005: Lars Andreas Haug, Vinterfjøs (CLPCD91)
  • 2005: Hans Mathisen, Quiet Songs (CLPCD92)
  • 2005: Bjørn Klakegg, A day with no plans at all (CLPCD93)
  • 2005: Morten Halle, Ten eacy pieces (CLPCD94)
  • 2005: Helge Lien Trio, Live (CLPCD95)
  • 2006: Heidi Skjerve Quintet, Coming Home (CLPCD96)
  • 2006: Tobias Sjögren & Per Jørgensen, Unspoken songs (CLPCD97)
  • 2006: Tri ó trang (Lars Andreas Haug/Helge Lien/Torben Snekkestad), (CLPCD 97(1))
  • 2006: Solveig Slettahjell, Good rain (CLPCD 98)
  • 2007: Jørn Skogheim, Above water (CLPCD 99)
  • 2012: Elin Synnøve Bråthen, Time to cross (CLPCD 100)
  • 2007: Tellef Øgrim, Wagon 8 (CLPCD 101)
  • 2007: Per Eriksen, Beat repeat (CLPCD 102)
  • 2007: Morten Halle, Halles komet (CLPCD 103)
  • 2007: Solveig Slettahjell, Domestic Songs (CLPCD 104)
  • 2008: Ivar Kolve Trio, View from my room (CLPCD 105)
  • 2008: Jan Wiese, Erik Wøllo & Rob Waring, Wiese Wøllo Waring (CLPCD 106)
  • 2008: Lars Andreas Haug Quintet, Fabatune (CLPCD 107)
  • 2008: Radka Toneff, Butterfly (CLPCD 108)
  • 2008: Heidi Skjerve, Morning news of the woods (CLPCD 109)
  • 2008: Grethe Kausland, Jazz my way (CLPCD 110)
  • 2009: Kåre Kolve Quartet, My direction (CLPCD 111)
  • 2010: Steve Dobrogosz, Golden slumbers (CLPCD 112)
  • 2010: Magni Wentzel, Live (CLPCD 113)[14]
  • 2010: Elin Synnøve Bråthen, The anchor and the dream (CLPCD 114)
  • 2010: Kåre Kolve Quartet, Further directions (CLPCD 115)
  • 2010: Steve Dobrogosz, Your songs (CLPCD 116)
  • 2011: Jørn Skogheim, New direction (CLPCD 117)
  • 2011: Hans Mathisen, Timeless tales (CLPCD 118)
  • 2011: Torbjørn Sletta Jacobsen, Time layers (CLPCD 119)
  • 2011: Urban Tunélls Klezmerband, In der finster (CLPCD 120)[15]
  • 2011: Espen Rud, Dobbeldans (CLPCD 121)
  • 2011: Eyolf Dale, Hotel interludes (CLPCD 122)
  • 2012: Rune Klakegg Trio, Romantic notions (CLPCD 123)
  • 2012: Fire fyrer (Torbjørn Sunde, Frode Kjekstad, Espen Rud & Sigurd Hole), Prøysen goes jazz (CLPCD 124)[16]
  • 2012: Frode Kjekstad, The Italian Job (CLPCD 125)
  • 2012: Morten Halle, Northern arc (CLPCD 126)
  • 2012: Espen Rud, Løvsamleren (CLPCD 127)
  • 2012: Ung Pike Forsvunnet, Kraften i oss to (single) (CLPCD 128)
  • 2013: Lars Andreas Haug, Conrairo (CLPCD 129)
  • 2013: Soo Cho, Pandora ( CLP CD 130)
  • 2013: Ung Pike Forsvunnet, Skatten i Skrinet (single) (CLP CD 131)
  • 2013: Arne Olav Hageberg, Firogtjue Kalde (single) (CLP CD 132)
  • 2013: Arne Olav Hageberg, Råoljekjærleik (CLP CD 133)
  • 2013: Kenny Wessel, Weights & Measures (CLP CD 134)
  • 2013: Knut Værnes Group, Tributes (CLP CD 135)
  • 2014: Espen Rud, Ukjend By (CLP CD 136)
  • 2013: Eyolf Dale, Hometown Interludes (CLP CD 137)
  • 2013: Live Foyn Friis, Running Heart (CLP CD 138)
  • 2014: Live Foyn Friis, With Strings (CLP CD 139)
  • 2014: Hans Mathisen, The Island (CLP CD 144)
  • 2015: Lush Life, Ordinary Things That Everyone Ought To Do (CLP CD 148)
  • 2015: Rune Klakegg and Jan Olav Renvåg, Jazz På Norsk (CLP CD 149)
  • 2016: Halles Komet, The Storm Inside (CLP CD 154)
  • 2016: Lukas Zabulionis, Changing Tides (CLP CD 155)


  • Curling Legs Website
  • Knut Værnes Website
Bronnen, noten en/of referenties
  1. Legs Productions|publisher=Directory MIC.no[dode link]
  2. "Smalt er fett x 50!"
  3. Gearchiveerde kopie. Gearchiveerd op 23 februari 2013. Geraadpleegd op 28 december 2016.
  4. Andreas Reitan, "Eldbjørg Raknes fikk minnepris", Nea Radio, 20 juli 2011 (no)
  5. "Solveig Slettahjell vinner Radka Toneffs Minnepris", Ballade.no, 15 augustus 2005 (no)
  6. "Vigleik Storaas Trio"[dode link], Oslosurf, 5 mei 2010
  7. Terje Mosnes, "Vigleik Storaas Trio, Andre bilder (Curling Legs)", Anmeldelser, Dagbladet
  8. "Pat Metheny-ros av stavangertrommis: Gitarlegenden Pat Metheny er full av lovord overfor Paal Nilssen-Love", Aftenbladet, 26 oktober 2001
  9. "Her her de nominerte... Ugress, Ephemera, Popium og Røyksopp kan alle vinne spellemannspris 22. februar. Les hvem som er nominert her", Bergensavisen, 6 januari 2003
  10. "Ab und zu: Det er svært vakkert, mye av det Ab und Zu byr på i sin tredje utgivelse", Bergensavisen, 10 december 2002
  11. "Ble beste popgruppe: Bergenstrioen Ephemera vant Spellemannsprisen 2002 for beste popgruppe lørdag kveld", Bergensavisen 22 februari 2003, updated 4 maart 2003
  12. "Kan bli bergensk Spellemann-storeslem: Omtrent som vanlig, kan man si, så er bergensartistene godt representert på nominasjonene til årets Spellemann-priser. Se hele listen her!", Bergensavisen, 7 januari 2005
  13. "Ydmyke chilinøtter: Når Jazzselskapet Curling Legs gir ut samleplate, er ingen av låtene gjenkjennelige. De er nemlig rørt sammen på nytt av en gjeng elektronister"[dode link], Bergenpuls, Bergens Tidende, 15 juni 2004
  14. Herb Young, "Magni Wentzel, Live", IAJRC Journal, 1 september, 2010 (Online at Highbeam, subscription required)
  15. "Tøft og morsomt: Urban Tunélls Klezmerband har bergtatt publikum i 10 år. Enda flere kommer strømmende til nå", Side2, Nettavisen, 13 september 2011
  16. "Take it away, Alfie!: Jazz-Prøysen, Mingus-musikk og norsk triodebut på nye album", Dagbladet, 22 AugustUS 2012