Results for "Oslo"

Kjetil Mulelid

Born: February 4, 1991

Kjetil A. Mulelid has distinguished himself as an inventive artist, blending jazz, psalms, and rhythmic improvised music. He grew up in the small village Hurdal, Akershus, and started playing the piano in a early age. In 2010 he graduated from Jessheim high school where he had some really inspiring piano teachers: Ulrika Magdalena Lind, Morten Reppesgård and Jan Terje Augestad. Then he took one year at Høgskolen i Staffeldstgate in Oslo before he went to do a bachelor degree in jazz performance at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim (NTNU, Jazzlinja). Here he really learned to use the piano as his own language with the great teachers Erling Aksdal, Vigleik Storaas, Espen Berg and Eyolf Dale.

Michael Bloch

Michael Bloch received a lot of attention when, at the age of 16, he was already a professional jazz pianist, playing with well-known and renowned musicians. However, at that time he was becoming deeply involved with the music of John Coltrane, and he eventually decided to learn the saxophone and pursue a career as a sax player. That led him to the unusual situation of being a professional musician on two completely different instruments. Although having received some private teaching on both piano and saxophone, Bloch is mostly self-taught as a musician and has learned his craft mainly by pursuing his own goals and ambitions

Carmen Gloria Pérez

Born: October 25, 1980

Carmen Gloria Pérez was born in The Bronx, New York and moved to Puerto Rico at the age of ten. She is an award-winning actress, writer, artist, filmmaker, and a proud U.S. Army veteran. Pérez is currently seen in the Netflix original series "Young Royals" as Linda, and has over 60 acting credits, including Nip/Tuck, Everybody Hates Chris, He’s Just Not That Into You, Lucha Underground, and A Man Apart. She has written, produced, directed and edited several short films and music videos, one of them selected as an Official Selection in Los Angeles CineFest. She won Best Supporting Actress in a Drama by the Valley Theatre League Artistic Director Achievement Awards (ADA) in 2003 for the play “Soldiers Don’t Cry” by Layon Gray

Magnus Jønnum Grimnes

Born: April 4, 1988

www.magnusjgrimnes.com Magnus Jønnum Grimnes was born in Kongsberg on the 4 April, 1988. He works in the field of improvised music. Started playing acoustic guitar at the age of 14, but after a year it was changed to the electric guitar. He has a bachelor degree from the Norwegian academy of music. Compositional work revolves around the bands he is playing in and currently the most active ones are KIAP, Gúo and Nilasalin.

Erlend Olderskog Albertsen

Born: April 21, 1988

Erlend Olderskog Albertsen is a bassplayer and composer from Oslo, Norway. He is currently active in bands such as Akmee, Filosofer, Avatar and his own project "RødssalG nEEn GlassdøR". Strongly influenced by the adventurous spirit of Wayne Shorter quartet, Erlend enjoys exploring the borderline between the sounds of composition and improvisation. website: erlendalbertsen.net

Kjetil Jerve

Born: August 28, 1988

Norwegian piano player, father of triplets. Based in Oslo, working internationally. DUGNAD rec artist and maker of #DailyPiano videos on Facebook and Instagram. Born 1988 in Ålesund. Played in Åse Skolekorps Marching Band. Got a really great Swedish piano teacher at age 10, who encouraged to pursue all music, not just classical. Got heavily into early Elton John, soul, funk, fusion, jazz and avant-garde - still studying George Gershwin & Béla Bartók. Played in the local Big Odd Band, leading to The Middle Norwegian Youth Big Band (Midtnorsk ungdomsstorband), meeting future collaborator Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø, Kristoffer Eikrem and Dan Peter Sundland. Went to the Sund Folk College's jazz class (check that thing out!) and got to consistently playing piano with other people in bands for the first time

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Jens Thoresen

Born: April 28, 1969

Jens Thoresen is a busy guitarist, composer and arranger. He is a regular member of the big band Ensemble Denada, and a freelancer who has composed a lot fro TV, radio, theater and film. Whether it is pop, rock or jazz, Jens Thoresen is the guitarist many are calling up to have on the team. He has toured around the world with different bands and musicians. He has also collaborated with Nick Kershaw, Chesney Hawkes and Michael Jay.

Maren M. Selvaag

Erik Smith

Erik Smith is one of Europe's most respected and versatile drummers. Inspired by his father and mother´s music making, he started out playing piano and drums at the age of 3 and before he was big enough to sit behind a regular drum set, he built his own set from boxes, cans and toy cymbals. At the age of 12 he became the regular drummer with his fathers band playing a wide variety of styles. At 14, Erik got into the clubs and studios of Norway´s capital Oslo to start his almost 30 year long professional career. His extensive work has involved studio sessions, countless TV shows, tours, shows and musicals as well as leading his own bands and receiving the highest honor in Norwegian music, the Spellemann award, Norway's "Grammy" as part of the legendary big band "Oslo Groove Company." Erik has worked with the majority of artists and entertainers on the Scandinavian scene as well as many well known artists such as Michael Bolton, Art Garfunkel, Neil Sedaka, Josh Groban, Donna Summer, Engelbert Humperdinck, John Miles, Boney M, Johnny Logan, Wenche Myhre, Lisa Nilsson, Samantha Fox, Carlene Carter, Al Jearrau, Randy Crawford, Frank Gambale, Bobby Shew, Andy Sheppard, Eddie Daniels, Niels Landgren, Bart Van Lier, Bill Champlin, Phil Woods, Putte Wickman, Ed Palermo, Django Bates, Bob Mintzer, Hector Bingert, DeeDee Bridgewater and Gerald Wilson