Fred Glesnes Webpage

Itinerary:

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News:


Tromsø Big Band with great concerts in Russia

Tromsø Big Band just got back from Arkhangelsk Russia after doing

two concerts over there. Great trip, great gigs and great audiences!

Click here for more photos.


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Glesnes/Ytreberg on Tour in 2011 update

After receiving funds from Festspillene i Nord Norge and Arts Council Norway , Glesnes/Ytreberg Quartet will be out on tour again in October 2011. Guitar player Asbjørn Ruud is guest artist on this tour.

The quartet will visit Harstad, Vadsø, Oslo, Stockholm, Bergen and Tromsø. See "Itinerary" for more details.

Click here to read more from Festspillene.


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Tromsø Big Band releases their new CD on February 24

The CD "In Traffic" is now about ready, and the release date is set to February 24 2011. The big band will play the whole CD live at Verkstedet, Tromsø.

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Tromsø Big Band records their debut CD

On the 1-3 of June, Tromsø Big Band will record their new CD. The music is all original written by composers living i the north of Norway. Fred Glesnes, the bands musical director, has written two out of four compositions.

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GYQ records with Grammy winner Randy Brecker

Glesnes/Ytreberg Quartet are proud to announce  that their upcoming CD will feature trumpet player Randy Brecker. The quartet has since the release of their last CD in 2008, worked on new music.


In November 2008 the quartet traveled to Sweden to try out some of the new tunes. It resulted in a great concert and a recording for Swedish Jazz Radio. Read a review of the concert here.


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Fred Glesnes is now an AMT endorser 

AMT (Applied Microphone Technology) are now, through Lydproduksjon Norway, working with the saxplayer. Arild Johnsen, President of Lydproduksjon comments: ‘It’s an honor for us to be working with Glesnes, he’s an excellent musician and a great ambassador for AMT microphones. For more info click here.

Fred Glesnes is a professional saxophone player, composer, arranger and bandleader. He has played in and written for a variety of different ensembles. He has toured/gigged in Norway, Sweden, Poland, Ireland, Spain, Russia, Germany and The United States.  Glesnes doubles on flute and clarinet, and is an AMT endorser.