PRESENTERER
JOLLY JUMPER & BIG MOE
www.jollyjumperandbigmoe.com
NORGES MEST ETTERSPURTE OG HUMORISTISKE
BLUES DUO
I 2012 er det er 20 siden Jolly Jumper & Big Moe
startet deres helt unike musikalske samarbeid
NÅ SOM TRIO, KVARTETT ELLER MED FULLT BAND
PIANO, PERKUSJON/ TROMMER OG KONTRABASS
Siste CD lansert høsten 2011
Kjell Inge Brovoll, alias Jolly Jumper og Jan Erik Moe, alias Big Moe, er blant
eliten innen norske blues, og har de siste 10 årene vært blant de mest populære
og etterspurte til festivaler og klubb konserter i både inn og utland. Nylig utgav
denne helt spesielle duoen sitt fjerde album ‛Welcome To Jimbo Jambo Land‛.
15 sterke låter som høster kjempegode kritikker.
Trønder Avisa skrev at denne plate er ‛En Aldri Så Liten Klassiker‛
Kjell Inge Brovoll (f.1965), opprinnelig fra Alstahaug på Helgeland, men har
vært bosatt i Stjørdal i mer enn 20 år, er en av Norges beste blues munnspillere
og han har markert seg som en meget dyktig låtskriver, samt at han er en av få
vokalister i Norge som kan tolke den spesielle stilen som springer ut fra blusens
vugge; Mississippi-deltaet ! Jolly har ved flere anledninger de siste 15 årene
også turnert og spilt med de aller beste bluesmusikere fra USA og England. Vi
kan nevne artister som: Louisiana Red, The Holmes Brothers, Big Jack Johnson,
Nine Below Zero, Solomon Bruke, Bernie Marsden, Magic Slim, Michael
Roach og Diz Watson. Brovoll er en munnspiller som kan tolke blusens
melankoli og harme til det ytterste og er en ettertraktet musiker til å delta på
andre artisters innspillinger.Kjell Inge spiller også gitar ‛In the Piedmont
Fingerpick Style‛ og er en trollmann på kazoo, vaskebrett og ‛footstomp‛.n I
tillegg til å spille, har Kjell Inge drevet artistformidling i mer enn 15 år og er nå
grunder og daglig leder for Blues In Hell festivalen.
Jan Erik Moe (f.1950), fra Steinkjer har spilt denne amerikanske musikkformen
siden midt på 60-tallet. Han startet sitt første bluesband, ‛Milorg Blues Band‛ i
1967 og har holdt på i over 45 år som musiker på hobby basis. Gjennom disse
årene har Moe også vært flere turer til USA med gitaren som bagasje og der har
han fått anledning til å spille sammen med egne favoritter. Moe har spilt på
mange forskjellige blues klubber rundt om i ‛The Bay Area‛ San Fransisco,
Berkley og Oakland området. Et av høydepunktene var ‛Blues in The Park‛festivalen i Vaccaville. Jan Erik Moe spilte også i Norges kanskje største
rockeband gjennom tidende; Prudence ! Som hovedinstrument har Moe gitarer
av forskjellige varianter, både treverk og stål, men bruker også mandolin, banjo
og rare ting med strenger på. Jan Erik er også en meget dyktig låtskriver. Til
slutt må det også nevnes at Moe er en ‛racer‛ på ‛bass-munnspill‛. Jan Erik fin
Steinkjer kommunes kulturpris i 1996.
MUSIKKEN
Stilen snakker vi om er ekte akustisk Amerikansk country blues og foruten mer
og mer egenkomponert materiale, er deler av repertoaret er hentet fra de store
stil skaperne på
1920-30-40-tallet, som f.eks. Big Bill Broonzy, Blind Boy Fuller, Tampa Red,
Robert Johnson, Texas Alexander, Son House, John Jackson, Mississippi John
Hurt, Blind Blake, Bo Carter, Rev, Gary Davis, Leadbelly, Papa Charlie
Jackson, Blind Willie McTell, Bukka White, Muddy Waters, Memphis Jug
Band, Mississippi Sheiks, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee, o s v...
I tillegg til dyktig fremførelse av musikken får publikum ta del i Jolly Jumper og
Big Moes store kunnskap om det svarte Amerikas musikk, historie og kultur.
Humor har også en sentral rolle i konsertene til Jolly Jumper & Big Moe, og du
vil helt garantert huske denne kvelden lenge. Gutta er også mye brukt i
undervisnings sammenheng på skoler, klubber og organisasjoner.
De siste årene har Jolly Jumper & Big Moe turnert flittig i Norge med ca. 60 -70
konserter i året og er pr. i dag blant de Norske bluesartister som gjør flest jobber
utenlands med festivalspillinger i blant annet Sveits, England, Tyskland, Hellas,
Italia, Frankrike, Latvia, Island, Danmark, Finland og Sverige.
Jolly Jumper & Big Moe ble utnevnt til ‛Official Ambassadors Of Hell‛ under
Hell Blues Festival i 2001. En utmerkelse som ble gitt til personer som på en
positiv måte har markedsført Hell/ Stjørdal internasjonalt. Ett av flere
høydepunkter de siste årene, var opptreden under en stor kulturfestival i
samband med De Olympiske leker i Athen i 2004. Det må også nevnes at Jolly
Jumper & Big Moe har besøkt den anerkjente The Great British R & B Festival i
England hele 5 ganger og at Blues Sur Seine i Frankrike samt Blue Balls
Festival i Sveits har blitt besøkt henholdsvis to og tre ganger..
I 1999 kom debutalbumet ‛Searching The Dessert For The Blues‛ på eget
selskap. Denne utgivelsen fikk terningkast 5 både i VG, Dagbladet og Bergens
Tidene og ble døråpner for en flott karriere. Det tysk/ amerikanske
plateselskapet Ruf Records signerte så Jolly Jumper & Big Moe i 2001 og frem
til 2009 lanserte gutta to meget sterke album som ble utgitt i mer enn 20 land
rundt om i Europa. ‛Bootleggers Blues‛ kom i 2001 og ‛Rooster Soup‛ i 2004.
Mange radiostasjoner har latt sin elsk på musikken og ikke ukjente Paul Jones i
BBC Radio, London sa det så treffende: ‛This Is Europe’s Most Exciting
Acoustic Blues Duo‛.
‛Rooster Soup‛ høstet mye fin kritikk i både Norsk og internasjonal presse, og
hele 15 norske aviser svingte 5 på terningen.......noe som vitner om kvalitet.
Bergens Tidende skrev bl.a.: ‛Endelig en norsk bluesplate som låter ekte‛
Humor står sentralt i konsertene og vi garanterer en akustisk bluesaften av de sjeldne.
Besøk gjerne Jolly Jumper & Big Moe’s webside:
www.jollyjumperandbigmoe.com
Jolly Jumper & Big Moe - trio, kvartett eller fullt band
For booking og nærmere info:
Tlf. +47 95 22 46 77
hellboss@online.no
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CBCD 6602 - Bare Bra Musikk
‛WELCOME TO JIMBO JAMBO LAND‛
1 - MR CRUMP DON’T LIKE IT
( W.C. Handy/ Georg A. Norton )
This song was originally an instrumental tune named ‚The Memphis Blues‛ and
was made by W.C Handy as a campaign song for Edward Crump, a mayoral
candidate in Memphis, Tennessee in 1909. Three years later the professional
songwriter Georg A. Norton wrote the words before Georg Evans recorded it in
September 1912. Norton probably stole most of the lyrics from the old folk song
‛Mama Don’t ‘low‛. The father of Memphis blues guitar, Frank Stokes from the
Beale Street Sheiks recorded this nice tune in 1927 as ‚Mr. Crump Don’t ‘Like
it‛.
2 - MONDAY MORNING TRAIN
( Kjell Inge Brovoll )
‚Train # 1 on track two for Hell‛ – Take a seat, close your eyes and join me on
this journey with this big fat beautiful steam train. Even if you have a first,
second or a third class ticket, please remember that we are all the same, just
different characters colouring the world. We had a lot of fun in the studio when
we recorded this up tempo song, and our producer Peter, even appear on a
sledgehammer.
3 - JUMPIN’ THE QUEUE
( Jan Erik Moe )
The one who is jumpin’ the queue is a bad person. He is selfish and evil.
The world is full of such people. They cause economic disasters, wars and are
often head of record companies. This one was written one lazy summer night in
Santorini, Greece, and we’d like to thank Mr. Gordon for the inspiration.
4 - DECEMBER IN GREECE
( Kjell Inge Brovoll )
After a great tour in Greece a few years ago, this song just came to me. It was 10
below zero when we left Hell five o ‘clock in the morning, and just two flights
later we ended up in sunny Athens. December in Greece, Christmas lights on all
the orange trees, a taste of olives and feta cheese, oh man what a life, 25
degrees. A special thanks to the lawyer for the early morning whisky served on
his four hundred years old office desk. To paint the real Greek feeling on this
song, Moe hooked up his old bouzouki. ΓΕΙΑ ΜΑΣ ΓΕΙΑ ΜΑΣ ΓΕΙΑ ΜΑΣ
5 - THE CLICHÈ BLUES
( Jan Erik Moe )
Our lives are full of cliches. There are cliches all over. In our minds, our daily
work, in music and in lyrics. This one goes back some years, but it has never
been performed live until 2010. Written in a 1930’s kind og style, it is a bit ‚off‛
our blues repertoire. But all the same, it turned out quite well, so we included it.
It’s definetely not a cliche from us.
6 - GREASY GREENS
( Amos Easton )
Amos, better known as Bumble Bee Slim, was born in 1905 near Brunswick in
Georgia. He moved to Chicago in 1931and became one of the best-selling blues
artists of the 1930s. Slim recorded more than 250 songs for a number of variety
labels like Bluebird, Paramount and Decca. This amazing song where released
on New York based Vocalion Records in 1932 together with piano player
Georgia Tom and guitarist Scrapper Blackwell. Bumble Bee Slim moved to LA
in the early 1940’s where he lived and performed until he passed away early
June 1968. Our version sounds like a very laidback ‚too cool to move‛ JJ Cale.
7 - I’M A HOWLING WOLF
( McKinley Morganfield )
All time favourite Muddy Waters ... we had to record one of his songs on this
cd. And therefore we decided to do ‚I’m A Howling Wolf‛, not because it is a
typical blues from Muddy, but also as a homage to Chester ‚Howlin’ Wolf‛
Burnett who would have been a 100 years June 12th this year. We can still hear
you howl from your grave at Oak Ridge Cemetery on Chicago’s West Side, Wolf.
8 - CAKEWALK INTO TOWN
( Henry St. Claire Fredericks )
Taj Mahal wrote this one. He is a long time favourite in the blues field, and he is
the man behind a large number of great records. So what’s a Cakewalk? A
Cakewalk is a black entertainment having av cake as a prize for the most
accomplished steps and figures in walking. It is also a stage dance developed
from walking steps and figures involving a high prance with backward tilt. So, if
you’re feeling good, you might cakewalk to the end of the world.
9 - LET’S GET SICK TOGETHER
( John Angelatos/ Kjell Inge Brovoll )
In a way this is part II of the 2005 Greece tour. The lyrics were written in just
fifteen minutes by our good friend, the toy collector Mr. Angelatos while he was
having a Greek salad and a big glass of Ouzo. Mr. Jolly as they call him down
there, made the melody and it all became a swampy tune. Touring with us can
be a rough experience, but with the gumbo of good music, a lot of humour, nice
friends and good wine, you will survive.
10 - ALCOHOL
( Jan Erik Moe )
Alcohol ... it’s always a question of having respect for the shit. This song was
written early one afternoon in a pub, while whatching people coming in for a
drink or five. With blodshot eyes, shaky hands, no words, just drink. Scared of
getting sober. But why do they drink? In ‚Alcohol‛ we’re tryin’ to find the
answer.
11 - DEAD PRESIDENTS
( Williams James Dixon )
Willie Dixon was the King of Chicago blues lyrics. No other brought Muddy
Waters and Howlin’ Wolf fame like Willie’s lyrics. This song is about dollar
bills. On every dollar there’s a picture of a dead president. We’ve got Lincoln,
Jefferson, Hamilton, Jackson, Grant and several others, but the one you should
be looking for is a Cleveland. Because a thousand dollar Cleveland is hard to get
12 - I’ll BE THERE
( Rusty Gabard/ Ray Price )
Many country & western people are great singer/songwriters. For example Ray
Price who was born in the 1920’s. He wrote and recorded ‚I’ll be there‛ in the
1960’s, and lots of singers have done the same, among them Elvis Presley.
We’re doing a funky version which is always fun to play live!
13 - TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL
( Jan Erik Moe )
Remember what you did in the lazy days of summer when you were 16-17? In
the mid-60’s when everything was exciting? Girls and music? Well, we didn’t
offer school a thought. We were hanging around the boys with guitars and
Vespas. Later we found and understood the meaning of life. And that was music
and girls. So easy. So meaningful.
14 - SCREAMIN’ JAY
( Kjell Inge Brovoll )
This is a tribute to one of the craziest shock blues and rock’ n roll artists that has
ever been on this entire planet. Jalacy Hawkins was born in Cleveland, Ohio in
1929 and passed away with his red snakeskin boots on in Paris ten years ago. He
was a great musician, songwriter, producer and actor. Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
left behind about 75 children with many different women. His music and
screamin’ always get us in good mood, always. The inspiration for this tribute is
taken from his song ‚Hong Kong‛. Feel free to laugh, feel free.
15 - SPORTING LIFE BLUES
( Saunders Terrell )
Sonny Terry, one of the finest bluesmen ever, wrote this song. In the late 1970’s
bluesman Champion Jack Dupree spent an evening at our house in Steinkjer,
Norway. He played such a good version of this song that it’s been glued in our
minds ever since that special night. Jack has been dead for more than 18 years
now, but we still miss you, old friend.
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Jolly Jumper & Big Moe
In the land of American diners, Caddilac’s rolling down the streets, soap operas
on the television all day and blues music coming out of the bars you would think
i was talking about the U.S. of A. But no, this is Hell in the middle of Norway
the home of Blues In Hell, and there are no better exponents of the acoustic
Blues than the Ambassadors of Hell Jolly Jumper
and Big Moe. With their fourth CD they give us the best in passionate skilled
blues music, with searing slide guitar and wailing Harmonica there is an energy
and a force that is second to none. Its no wonder they are now touring around
Europe and playing festivals to large crowds. When you hear this CD the next
thing you will want to do is get to one of their gigs and witness the Hurricane
that hits you when these two guys hit the stage, no prisoners taken, sweat rolling
down the walls, true Blues in the air you could say you’re in Jimbo Jambo Land.
Dennis Greaves, Nine Below Zero, London - UK. June 2010
Flere utgivelser fra Jolly Jumper & Big Moe
Searching The Desert
For The Blues
1999 – CBCD 6601
Bootleggers Blue
2001 - RUF 1068
Rooster Soup
2004 – RUF 1098