Next date in London
The Real Thing — artist performing in London.
Next date in London: 1 January 2027 at The Jazz Cafe.
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Most-streamed tracks
The Real Thing’s most-streamed tracks on Deezer. This is not a concert setlist, but a good idea of the songs the audience knows. 30-second previews.
- You To Me Are Everything You To Me Are Everything - The Very Best of The Real Thing
- Can't Get By Without You You To Me Are Everything - The Very Best of The Real Thing
- She's A Groovy Freak The Very Best of
- Rainin' Through My Sunshine The Very Best of
- Love's Such a Wonderful Thing The Very Best of
Source: The Real Thing on Deezer
Profile
- Latest album
- Deluxe (2000)
- Formed
- 1992
About — The artist
The Real Thing is a jazz band from Oslo, Norway, founded in 1992 when Sigurd Køhn and Palle (Paul) Wagnberg formed its predecessor, The B3 Blues Band, with Vidar Busk and Hamlet Pedersen. The name changed when Staffan William-Olsson and Fredrik Carl Størmer joined the band. Størmer was replaced by Torstein Ellingsen in 1995, and Ellingsen by Børre Dalhaug in 1998. Following the sudden death of the band's saxophonist, Sigurd Køhn, in the Thailand tsunami in December 2004, The Real Thing went dormant until reforming in 2010. In the 2010s, Hermund Nygård replaced Dalhaug on drums, with Dave Edge on saxophone.
Before this hiatus, the quartet released eight albums, starting in 1992 with the album The Real Thing, alternating between live and studio recordings. The band mainly plays original compositions, blending influences from American Blue Note jazz (represented by artists such as Jimmy Smith, George Benson, and Wes Montgomery) with elements of modern popular music, for a mix of swing, blues, soul, latin, funk, and rock.
In 2010, the band released the album Back on Track. In December 2017, they accompanied Angelina Jordan on her Christmas tour of Norway, alongside singer Sigrid Brennhaug. In 2018, they released the album Oh No! Not… The Real Thing …Again!.
Discography
- Live 1995
- Deluxe 2000