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Comprising brilliant originals, piano solos and trio playing by pianist Helge Lien, bass player Frode Berg and drummer Knut Aalefjær, "Hello Troll" is possibly the best piano trio album ever to come from Norway. 

This album is licensed for download from Ozella Music where you can buy the CD.  

Download includes - cover art, inlay, booklet


NotesNews (2)Reviews (4)Produced by Helge Lien and Dagobert Böhm



Winner "Best Instrumental CD of 2008" Award 
Indie Acoustic Project 

Best Jazz Album of the Year 2008 in Norway Aftenposten 

Best Jazz Album of the Year 2008 in Norway Dagbladet 

Norwegian Grammy Award Winner Spellemannprisen (Jazz) 2009 

Photos from Rainbow Studio: Christian Mørdre 
Layout & Design: Carsten Mentzel 
Thanks to: Einar Ytrelid, Dagobert Böhm, Christian Mørdre, Svein Graff, Takashi Yamamoto, Silje Nergaard, CF Wesenberg, Thomas Agergaard, Tom Svendsgård. Thanks also to: DnB NOR Award 2008 & Hansa Award 2007. A very special thanks to Johanna Chiessi. 

Supported by Arts Council Norway 

HELLO TROLL features:
Helge Lien | piano 
Frode Berg | bass 
Knut Aalefjær | drums 

Compositions by Helge Lien 
Published by Edition Ozella 
Recorded 24th and 25th of February 2008 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, Norway 
Sound engineer: Jan Erik Kongshaug 
Mixed and mastered by Jan Erik Kongshaug at Rainbow Studio