Jaga Jazzist news, -new album, tour plans

An update from the band regarding their new album recording and upcoming shows from their Myspace JAGA JAZZIST:

Apr 4, 2009
ALBUM + CONCERT UPDATE

Hi all,

We just wanted to give everyone a little insight into what has been happening in the Jaga camp over the last few months. As you all know, Jaga has been barely sighted in the last few years, this has seen all of our members releasing records with other projects here and abroad and everyone touring with a variety of musical identities in too many countries to mention.


Late last year however, we all got together armed with a plethora of different ideas in a studio in Sweden to begin the recording of the next, as yet untitled Jaga Jazzist full length release.


However, a couple of months ago, just as things were going perfectly according to plan, and the recording was almost finished, our producer fell ill, which through our plans into a minor crisis.


Although this was a setback for us, it was not the end. As recently as the last few weeks, we have been lucky enough to find a way of finishing the end product and we'll be back in the studio in the next couple of weeks to do the mixing and putting the finishing touches to this record.


As you may or may not be aware, we have announced two major Norwegian Concerts to showcase this new album. These will take place this summer at two of our favourite festivals, Moldejazz and Øya Festival. We expect the album to be released just after these dates in mid September.
Extensive touring next year of Norway and Europe is planned to support this album release and this is something we are all very excited about, and we look forward to seeing you all out there this summer and beyond!

Best,
JJ

Prog Sphere completed an interview with Martin Hornveth of Jaga Jazzist, recently. We spoke about new album, as well as their previous releases, other projects, their connection with progressive rock, etc. Read interview HERE