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Christopher Monsen
I cover jazz and related idioms for Musikkmagasinet in Klassekampen, Jazznytt, and on chrismonsen.substack.com.
About Me
Norwegian music scribe (mostly jazz & related idioms) writing for Klassekampen's weekly music supplement Musikkmagasinet, Jazznytt, on chrismonsen.substack.com, and others. Passionate Arsenal FC and NYKnicks fan.
My Jazz Story
I was first exposed to jazz via my local big band, in which my father played guitar. Their repertoire consisted of, among other things, a host of Count Basie compositions.
However, this interest didn't really take hold until a few years later, around age 15 or so, when my curiosity first led me to Charlie Parker and Miles Davis, among others. Soon
after, John Coltrane and Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, and crucially, Ornette Coleman. Things exploded since then.
