Hemingway Café KNUT

• 1 Waltz for Big D 05:03
• 2 The Streets of Havana 04:30
• 3 The Way Back Home 04:21
• 4 Promenade 04:11
• 5 A Shadow of Something Beautiful 03:26
• 6 Hemingway Café 04:03
• 7 A Rainy Day in October 04:56
• 8 Breakfast at Pascals 03:14
• 9 The Godfather in Slow Motion 04:54
• Total Runtime 38:38

Info for Hemingway Café

Hemingway Café offers you beautiful acoustic melodic jazz from Norway. From the heart of Nordic jazz, this album presents some of Norway’s most noticeable musicians. Live in studio, bringing great compositions alive with a relaxing atmosphere. KNUT has an extensive track record both as a guitarist, composer and producer in the music scene both in Norway and internationally, and his discography also includes ambient jazz solo albums. After seven albums, this is his first complete acoustic album. The true organic sound.

Hemingway Café is an enchanting album unfolding KNUT’s love for melodic compositions. The compositions and the musical expression have never been better. All of the tracks are founded on strong melodies confidently carried by the acoustic nylon guitar. The greatness of this album is manifested in how the acoustic guitar is expressed in context and sound. Each song explores its own universe of new flavours in the arrangement. You will be brought along on a journey from slow waltz in “Waltz for Big D”, via the relaxing feeling of enjoying a coffee at a sidewalk café in “The Streets of Havana”, to reliving the great atmosphere of an old motion picture movie in “The Godfather in Slow Motion”.

Hemingway Café is the second album in a trilogy where the nylon guitar is wrapped into different expressions and atmospheres. Earlier this year KNUT released the album Breeze, where organic sound meets the electronic flavour. The third and final album in the trilogy will be released early in 2021 and will consist of meditative classical music with a solo nylon guitar.

Knut Bjørnar Asphol, guitar
Ellen Andera Wang, bass
Erland Dahlen, drums and percussion
Torbjørn Dyrud, piano

Knut Bjørnar Asphol
With more than 20 years of experience as a professional musician, music producer, mastering engineer and song writer, Knut Bjørnar Asphol has worked with numerous bands and artists within a variety of genres. Unparalleled knowledge and insight into music production and the music business has enabled him to contribute his own productions to the Eurovision Song Contest, as well as other nationally televised events, film scores and TV series. An ever-growing resumé includes participation in several hundred released albums, production duties on the Dreamworks movie “How to train a dragon 2”and release of solo albums in the ambient jazz genre to mention some. He recieved Spellemannsprisen (the Norwegian Grammy) in 2017. In 2021 he will release his tenth album. He is working for the passion of music 24/7.

Born in Molde, Norway, Knut Bjørnar wasted little time to begin his journey with music. First playing the guitar at the tender age of 5, it was not long before he had written and recorded more than 80 songs on a cassette recorder for his nearest and dearest family members - and all before his 13th birthday. Early on, he was heavily influenced by bands such as Kiss and Deep Purple, and spent the majority of his time practicing scales, chords, solos, and mimicking his heroes' stage moves in front of the mirror. The town of Molde annually plays host to one of the world's most celebrated jazz festivals - the Molde International Jazz Festival. This festival proved to be a key ingredient in Asphol's development, and a significant channel for him to explore great musicians and provided an open door for the discovery of improvised music. Soon Knut Bjørnar found himself shifting influences from Gary Moore, Yngwie Malmsteen, and Jimi Hendrix to the improvisational genius of players like John Scofield, Pat Metheny and Terje Rypdal.

In 1998, Asphol completed his Masters Degree in Music from the University of Oslo. His main dissertation was based on his research in the development of the distorted sound. This essay, entitled "Exploring Distortion", was a new direction for subject study within the University. Staffan William-Olsson and Eivind Aarset, two of his guitar teachers and advisers at this time, guided Knut Bjørnar to embark on his journey into these previously uncharted waters. Eventually his work and life as a freelance musician provided the perfect platform to start Masterpool Studio, where he began to record and produce music for other artists. Then delving even further, Asphol established a world-class analogue mastering studio. In 2003, he participated in the Norwegian Eurovision Final with his band (Monopole) and as a composer. Knut Bjørnar then joined the band Postscriptum in 2005. Two years later, 2007 saw the release of the group's widely acclaimed album "Prophet Deny". Postscriptum then embarked on a heavy tour schedule throughout Norway and the rest of Europe in support of said album. In 2009, he decided to end his relationship with the banddue to his increasing demand as a producer and mastering engineer. ...

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