 Dingobats is very much part of the new wave of jazz that has come out of Norway the past decade.Its founder and main composer, Erik Hegdal, is an important figure at the Norwegian jazz scene.Doing big band arrangements of their music at Moldejazz and "Vossajazz" in 1996, and at "Vossajazz" in 1996 released on the album "The New Dingobats Generation" (1998), followed by performances at "SoddJazz" 1998, "Dølajazz" and "Kibneb" in 1999, and returning to "Vossajazz" in 2001.