"It's Snowing On My Piano ist in ihrer fast überirdischen Schönheit die größte Weihnachts-CD, die der zeitgenössische Jazz je hervorgebracht hat." (WAZ)
German Jazz Award
in Gold und Platin
„It’s snowing on my piano“ year by year: Bugge Wesseltofts piano solo album is the faithful musical companion for Christmas time - without pathos, but full of passion and love. Released in 1997 the album is celebrated all over the world for it‘s almost transcendental beauty and timeless meditative power. With 150.000 copies sold to date, “the greatest Christmas-CD in contemporary jazz“ (German newspaper WAZ) became a modern Christmas classic. On a sunny late summer day in Oslo on September 8 I met Siggi Loch first time. He was there to research for a compilation of Norwegian Christmas music recordings and was struggling to make a breakthrough. After a wonderful conversation about music and jazz Siggi asked me if I could ever imagine doing an album of Christmas songs for his label ACT Music. I really had to think this over as I’m not a...
BesetzungBugge Wesseltoft – piano
Recorded at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, Norway
on October 15 - 16, 1997
Engineeed by Jan Eric Kongshaug and Mariann Kleiven
Produced by Siegfried Loch
