Curling Legs
Curling Legs Productions A/S is a Norwegian record label with a catalogue encompassing all styles of jazz and improvised music. It was started by Knut Værnes and Morten Halle to release their own music. In 1994 Odin Records was licensed to Curling Legs from the Norwegian Jazz Forum, to continue the production of Norwegian jazz. In addition to Værnes and Halle, the third co-owner of Curling Legs is Helge Westbye, the director of the record label Grappa Music, and the label is part of FONO. The music is distributed through the company Musikkoperatørene.
By the time of their fiftieth issue, on 3 May 1999, Curling Legs had won Spellemannprisen four times.
The Radka Toneff Memorial Award is funded by the royalty income from all her releases on Odin, Universal and Curling Legs.
Recordings published by Curling Legs
- 1989: Ab und Zu, Ab und Zu
- 1992: Knut Værnes & Terje Gewelt, Admission for guitars and basses
- 1992: NUKU, Det absolutte nullpunkt
- 1992: Morten Halle, Jon Eberson, Finn Sletten & Bjørn Kjellemyr, 2
- 1992: Audun Kleive & Jon Eberson, Music for Men and Machines
- 1992: Tore Brunborg, Bugge Wesseltoft & Jon Christensen, Tid
- 1992: Palisanderkvartetten, Shaken – not stirred
- 1993: Oslo 13, Live
- 1993: Knut Værnes Band, Roneo
- 1994: Søyr, Bussene lengter hjem
- 1994: The Source, Olemanns kornett
- 1994: Nils-Olav Johansen, Sverre Gjørvad & Svein Folkvord, Enjoy storytellers!
- 1994: Per Eriksen, Center of the beat
- 1994: Lars Danielsson, David Liebman, Jon Christensen, Bobo Stenson, Far north
- 1994: Sidsel Endresen & Bugge Wesseltoft, Nightsong
- 1995: Out to Lunch, Kullboksrytter
- 1995: Jan Gunnar Hoff, Moving
- 1995: Morten Halle m.fl. Eagle
- 1995: Vigleik Storaas Trio, Bilder - winner of 1995 Spellemannprisen
- 1995: Cutting Edge, Alle tre
- 1995: Knut Værnes Trio, Jacques Tati
- 1995: The Source, of Christmas
- 1996: Per Jørgensen, Audun Kleive & Jon Balke, Jøkleba live!
- 1996: Rune Klakeggs «Fuzzy Logic», Fuzzy logic
- 1996: Jakob Davidsen, Jesper Riis, Per Gade, Nils Davidsen & Anders Mogensen, The Crossover Ensemble
- 1996: Ab und Zu, Totally
- 1996: Kvitretten, Voices
- 1996: Gunnar Andreas Berg, The music machine
- 1996: Petter Wettre Quartet, Pig virus
- 1997: Espen Larsen & Per Sigmond, Synergia
- 1997: Vidar Johansen Trio, Lopsided
- 1997: Krøyt, Sub
- 1997: Lars Danielsson Trio, Origo
- 1997: Ab und Zu, Remix EP
- 1997: Per Eriksen, Beats and pieces
- 1997: Vigleik Storaas Trio, Andre Bilder - winner of 1997 Spellemannprisen
- 1997: Søyr, Med kjøtt and kjærlighet
- 1997: Jacob Young, Pieces of Time
- 1998: Jazzpunkensemblet, Fourteen rounds
- 1997: Olga Konkova, Carl Morten Iversen & Audun Kleive, Going with the flow
- 1998: Knut Værnes Trio, 8:97
- 1998: Sidsel Endresen & Bugge Wesseltoft, Duplex ride
- 1998: Jon Balke, Rotor
- 1998: Patrick Shaw Iversen, Floating islands
- 1998: Jan Gunnar Hoff, Crosslands
- 1998: Niels Præstholm & Embla Nordic Project, Imagic
- 1998: Live Maria Roggen & Lars Andreas Haug, Tu'ba
- 1998: Tore Brunborg & Jarle Vespestad, Orbit
- 1999: Bjørn Klakegg, Gloria
- 1999: Vigleik Storaas Trio, Open Excursions
- 1999: Kvitretten, Everything turns
- 1999: Knut Værnes, Super Duper
- 2000: «4G» - Knut Værnes, Frode Alnæs, Knut Reiersrud & Bjørn Klakegg, 4G
- 2000: Helén Eriksen, City Dust
- 2000: Helge Iberg, Halvveis
- 2000: Georg Reiss & Morten Gunnar Larsen, Rhapsody
- 2000: Per Eriksen, Beat crazy
- 2001: Pangean, Pubterranean
- 2001: Søyr, Alene hjemme
- 2001: Jon Eberson's «The O O Quartet», The O O Quartet
- 2001: Jacob Young, Glow
- 2001: Come Shine, Come shine
- 2001: Helge Lien Trio, What are you doing the rest of your life
- 2001: 1300 Oslo, Live in the north
- 2001: Chillinuts, Reworks
- 2001: Jon Eberson & Carl Morten Iversen, Jazz for men
- 2001: Jon Eberson, Bjørnar Andresen & Paal Nilssen-Love, Mind The Gap
- 2001: Ingar Kristiansen & Torstein Ellingsen, The Sinatra songbook
- 2001: Sverre Gjørvad, Denne lille pytten er et hav
- 2001: Solveig Slettahjell, Slow motion orchestra
- 2001: Kvitretten & Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen, Kloden er en snurrebass som snurrer oss
- 2002: Vigleik Storaas Trio, Subsonic - nominated for 2002 Spellemannprisen for jazz
- 2002: Roy Hellvin Trio, Old friends
- 2002: Pål Thowsen, The rest is rumours
- 2002: Ab und Zu, Spark of life
- 2002: Come Shine, Do Do That Voodoo - winner of 2002 Spellemannprisen for jazz
- 2003: Jon Eberson & Carl Morten Iversen, Standards
- 2003: Jan Gunnar Hoff Group, In town
- 2003: Come Shine & Kringkastingsorkesteret, In concert
- 2004: Frode Kjekstad, New York time
- 2004: Solveig Slettahjell, Silver - winner of 2004 Spellemannprisen for jazz
- 2004: Hilde Marie Kjersem, Red shoes diary
- 2004: Knut Værnes & Vertavo-kvartetten, A night in cassis
- 2004: Chillinuts, Reworks – what kind of machine is this - a remix of 80 Curling Legs recordings into 11 new tracks
- 2004: Beate S. Lech, Jon Eberson & Morten Halle , Blind
- 2004: Hilde Marie Kjersem & Jon Eberson, Twelve o'clock tales
- 2005: Ivar Kolve Trio, Innover
- 2005: Håkon Storm, Canned second
- 2005: Helge Liens «tri ó trang», Plays Eberson
- 2005: BOL Silver sun
- 2005: Solveig Slettahjell, Pixiedust
- 2005: Lars Andreas Haug, Vinterfjøs
- 2005: Hans Mathisen, Quiet Songs
- 2005: Bjørn Klakegg, A day with no plans at all
- 2005: Morten Halle, Ten eacy pieces
- 2005: Helge Lien Trio, Live
- 2006: Heidi Skjerve Quintet, Coming Home
- 2006: Tobias Sjögren & Per Jørgensen, Unspoken songs
- 2006: Tri ó trang, MÅ
- 2006: Solveig Slettahjell, Good rain
- 2007: Jørn Skogheim, Above water
- 2012: Elin Synnøve Bråthen, Time to cross
- 2007: Tellef Øgrim, Wagon 8
- 2007: Per Eriksen, Beat repeat
- 2007: Morten Halle, Halles komet
- 2007: Solveig Slettahjell, Domestic Songs
- 2008: Ivar Kolve Trio, View from my room
- 2008: Jan Wiese, Erik Wøllo & Rob Waring, Wiese Wøllo Waring
- 2008: Lars Andreas Haug Quintet, Fabatune
- 2008: Radka Toneff, Butterfly
- 2008: Heidi Skjerve, Morning news of the woods
- 2008: Grethe Kausland, Jazz my way
- 2009: Kåre Kolve Quartet, My direction
- 2010: Steve Dobrogosz, Golden slumbers
- 2010: Magni Wentzel, Live
- 2010: Elin Synnøve Bråthen, The anchor and the dream
- 2010: Kåre Kolve Quartet, Further directions
- 2010: Steve Dobrogosz, Your songs
- 2011: Jørn Skogheim, New direction
- 2011: Hans Mathisen, Timeless tales
- 2011: Torbjørn Sletta Jacobsen, Time layers
- 2011: Urban Tunélls Klezmerband, In der finster
- 2011: Espen Rud, Dobbeldans
- 2011: Eyolf Dale, Hotel interludes
- 2012: Rune Klakegg Trio, Romantic notions
- 2012: Fire fyrer, Prøysen goes jazz
- 2012: Frode Kjekstad, The Italian Job
- 2012: Morten Halle, Northern arc
- 2012: Espen Rud, Løvsamleren
- 2012: Ung Pike Forsvunnet, Kraften i oss to
- 2013: Lars Andreas Haug, Conrairo
- 2013: Soo Cho, Pandora
- 2013: Ung Pike Forsvunnet, Skatten i Skrinet
- 2013: Arne Olav Hageberg, Firogtjue Kalde
- 2013: Arne Olav Hageberg, Råoljekjærleik
- 2013: Kenny Wessel, Weights & Measures
- 2013: Knut Værnes Group, Tributes
- 2014: Espen Rud, Ukjend By
- 2013: Eyolf Dale, Hometown Interludes
- 2013: Live Foyn Friis, Running Heart
- 2014: Live Foyn Friis, With Strings
- 2014: Hans Mathisen, The Island
- 2015: Lush Life, Ordinary Things That Everyone Ought To Do
- 2015: Rune Klakegg and Jan Olav Renvåg, Jazz På Norsk
- 2016: Halles Komet, The Storm Inside
- 2016: Lukas Zabulionis, Changing Tides
- 2017: Svein Olav Herstad Trio, The Ballad Book