In the country is a piano trio consisting of piano player Morten Qvenild, bass player Roger Arntzen and drummer Pål Hausken. Morten Qvenild (28) is probably best known for being the orchestra in Susanna and the Magical Orchestra. He has been a member of both Shining and Jaga Jazzist and is since long a member of Solveig Slettahjell´s Slow Motion Orchestra. He formed In The Country with fellow music students Roger Arntzen (30) and Pål Hausken (27) at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo in 2003. Since then they have been selected best young jazz artists in Norway, played concerts in Europe and USA and released their debut album ”This Was The Pace Of My Heartbeat” to much critical acclaim. Downbeat called it ”one of the finest and most arresting albums to come out of Europe”, Mojo said ”startling”, Straight No Chaser said ”fantastic” and a host of others followed. Their newest album ”Losing Stones, Collecting Bones” has 11 brand new Qvenild originals recorded in the legendary Atlantis Studio in Stockholm. NYC icon Marc Ribot is participating on this record. Also the Swedish singer Stefan Sundström has joined forces with this unusual piano trio.
