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Magnolia Jazzband's recordings

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An Evening Prayer (2005)	Classic Magnolia -- Vintage 1976 (2004)
In That Sweet Old Garden of Eden (2002)	A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening (2001)	25th Anniversary Concert ...with Big Al Carson (1998)
Christmas Time (1996)	Anytime (1995)	Topsy Chapman and MJB - Fine and Mellow (1993)
Just a Little While with Aline White (1991)	Everywhere You Go (...Sunshine Follows You) (1983)	MJB and Lillian Boutté - New Orleans Gospel in Molde Kirke (1991/81)

In addition, Magnolia Jazzband has recorded to LP records, published in the 70's. These are not available on CD and unfortunately the LP records are sold out.

To order the records

Magnolia Jazzband's records are published by three different companies; the Norwegian company Herman Records, the American company GHB Records, and under MJB's own label.

If you want to buy any of MJB's records, we recommend a visit to a well assorted musicstore, for instance Bare Jazz.

It is also possible to order from Musikkoperatørene AS:

Or contact the record company directly:

Or contact the band's leader, Gunnar Gotaas

This CD was recorded April 4th 2004 in Sorgenfri Church, Denmark. Read more about Sorgenfri here. The record is published under MJB's own label with catalogue number MJB3.

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The material on this CD was recorded April 21st and 24th 1976 at Høvikodden Centre of Arts. The record is published by Herman Records with catalogue number HJCD 2002.

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This was recorded in Austmarka church, Oslo, 6th to 9th of June 2002. The record is published under MJB's own label with catalogue number MJB2.

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This was recorded 28th to 30th of Mai 2001 in Quilles recording studio, Oslo. The record is published under MJB's own label with catalogue number MJB1.

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This was recorded on 30th of August 1997 at Cosmopolite, Oslo. The record is published by the American company GHB Records (see below), and has the number BCD-387 in their catalogue.

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This was recorded at the grand hall of the Universitet of Oslo, during  MJB's christmas consert in 1995. The record is published by the American company GHB Records (see below), and has the number BCD-420 in their catalogue.

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This was recorded on the 15th and 16th of December 1987 at Oslo Jazzhouse. The record is published by the American company GHB Records (see below), and has the number BCD-220 in their catalogue.

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This was recorded live the 23rd of August 1992 at Cosmopolite in Oslo, at Magnolia Jazzband's twentieth anniversary. For the last ten years Tospy Chapman has often times accompanied MJB, amongst others at several jazz festivals and church and club concerts. In 1984 they toured together in Singapore. The record is published by the American company GHB Records (see below), and has the number BCD-320 in their catalogue.

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This was recorded 21th of November 1989 at Composer's Recording Studio (CRS), in New Orleans.   Through/during their visit/stays in New Orleans, MJB got to know Aline White, who also held concerts in Norway. She quickly became one of the bands favorite singers. With Aline White's genuine and unpretentious performance and the delicate interplay with MJB, the listeners are exposed to the genuine, traditional New Orleans gospel. The record is published by the American company GHB Records (see below), and has the number BCD-292 in their catalogue.

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This was recorded live on the 28th of August 1983 at the Munch museum, Oslo. On this record MJB plays a great variety of melodies, from typical brassband to everygreens and ballads. MJB shows/demonstrate how different kind of music make up adequate materials for a New Orleans jazzband. The record is published by the Norwegian company Herman Records (see the links section), and is listed under the number HJCD-1007 in their catalogue.

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This was recorded live at Molde church on the 5th of August 1981, during the Jazzfestivalen in Molde the same year. Lillian Boutté is borned and raised in New Orleans. MJB met and played with Lillian for the first time in 1979/1980, and when planning the church concert in Molde there was no doubt who was their favorite singer. The record is published by the Norwegian company Herman Records (see the links section), and is listed under the number HJCD-1004 in their catalogue.

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