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Christer Fredriksen
He soon began composing his own music, leading his own jazz-trio with bassist Audun Ramo and drummer Bjørn Stiauren, releasing his first solo album Urban Country (2011) on Losen Records with his old tutor/renowned saxophonist Bendik Hofseth (Steps Ahead) as a featured artist. This instrumental jazz album, with elements of other musical styles, was also mixed and mastered at Rainbow Studio in Oslo, by ECM engineer Jan Erik Kongshaug (Jan Garbarek, Terje Rypdal).
Fredriksen's second album Trademark (2014), featuring Valencian saxophone player Perico Sambeat, was rewarded 4 out of 5 stars in Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet. 2016 marked a seminal change in Christer Fredriksen’s musical direction and he began exploring a new sound and a wider range of musical expression. 2017 sees the release of his new album “vit” where Christer Fredriksen, playing a single guitar in a single take creates a new, vast and musical landscape…
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Allan Miller custom fanned fret
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Christer Fredriksen: Vit
by Mark Sullivan
On his first two albums Norwegian guitarist Christer Fredriksen was playing in a contemporary jazz style, albeit one with clear rock influences. Urban Country (Losen, 2011) even included a cover of the Duke Ellington standard In a Sentimental Mood." Vit finds him creating soundscapes in a single take using a loop pedal and three guitar amps (along with guest performers on two tracks). It's his most spontaneous, personal mode of expression to date--and it has little to do with jazz, ...
read more«Overall this is an eye (ear) opener in many respects and for people who think they have already heard everything that can be done on a guitar, this album proves them wrong.» (Adam Baruch, Soundtrack of my Life)
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Guitar, electric
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Advanced only
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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson