Results for "Oslo"

Tim Lowerson

Born: June 2, 1971

Tim Lowerson, originally from England, is an experienced saxophonist and composer based in Oslo. With many years of experience as a performing musician, Tim has played both in Norway and internationally. He has participated in numerous recordings, both as a bandleader and as a freelance musician.

Tim has founded and led several ensembles, including Kinetic Brass Collective, Luna Horns, Lucky Novak, and Sounds of the Unexpected. He has also performed with groups such as Oslo Swingers Club, Flying Rabbit, Oslo Gnawa, and Maghreb Funk, and has been part of the Django jazz scene in Oslo. Throughout his career, Tim has explored a wide range of musical styles, including jazz, electronica, reggae, funk, soul, and folk music.

Andreas Ulvo

Born: July 22, 1983

Andreas Ulvo (b.1983) from Eidskog in Hedmark, has despite his young age already remarked himself on the Norwegian and European jazz scene. His main projects is his own solo project and Eple Trio. Together with the two other members of Eple Trio, he has a masters degree in improvisation and jazz at the Norwegian Academy of Music. Ulvo also works with other bands and artists like Mathias Eick Quintet, Karl Seglem and Frøy Aagre.

Tellef Ogrim

Born: January 27, 1958

Tellef Øgrim (alternatively written Ogrim where the letter Ø does not work), was born on January 27. 1958 in Oslo, is a Norwegian guitarist and journalist.

Recent projects: 

Audiovisual collective Mugetuft celebrates Edvard Munch's birthday on December 12, 2022

Trio album Rune with Per Anders Nilsson and Anders Berg was released on December 1, 2022

Solo guitar album Temporal Angles released November 11, 2022

Hakon Kornstad

Born: April 5, 1977

Saxophonist Hakon Kornstad has enjoyed critical praise not only for his performance technique and emotional intelligence, but also for his willingness to experiment in a wide range of different expressive moods. Combining soundscapes and percussive beats and layers with a melodic sensibility, there's always been a sense of awe when listening to his recordings. In his newest offering, Dwell Time (Jazzland, 2009), we are again presented with his well-honed musicality, but this time the performances are all his own, in a scaled-down setting. It is a solo effort in every sense of the word. In eight pieces we are offered a variety of expressions

David Arthur Skinner

Born: January 2, 1980

Tord Gustavsen

Born: October 5, 1970

This is music that sings, at once gentle and robust. Lyrical, immediately memorable songs, songs of an appealing freshness, yet sophisticated in their involvement with the melodic line. In the seven years that have elapsed since the recording of a debut album that proved both a popular and a critical success, Tord Gustavsen has toured extensively, crystallizing the musical approach and developing new compositions. The second trio album "The Ground" was released in 2005. In 2007 the trio completed a unique trilogy with a release named "Being There". In 2009, Tord changed into a different and somewhat more flexible ensemble form, releasing the album "Restored, Returned" with a line-up including Kristin Asbjørnsen (vocals), Tore Brunborg (saxophones), Mats Eilertsen (bass), Jarle Vespestad (drums)

Jon Balke

Born: June 7, 1955

Jon Balke was born in Furnes, Norway, and has been a professional musician since 1974. Balke has no formal education in music or composition and has mainly worked within the realm of improvised music.

His main instrument has been the piano and this has lead, in time, to the use of electronic keyboards. He began composing for larger ensembles in 1982, first and foremost for Oslo 13, a 'small' big band, and has since composed works for the theatre and various chamber ensembles, in addition to big bands and jazz ensembles.

Balke's activities in music have always been two-fold. On the one hand, there is a search for maximum spontaneity through the establishing of orchestras which are increasingly based on pure improvisation; a development that has culminated in his very successful trio Jøkleba with Audun Kleive and Per Jørgensen (keys, percussion, and trumpet).

Kim Johannesen

Born: August 22, 1985

Kim Johannesen, born 1985, Norwegian guitarist and improviser, currently taking his master degree in performing jazz/improvisation together with drummer Dag Erik Knedal Andersen at the State Academy of Music in Oslo. Toured in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Estonia, Switzerland and the Netherlands, as well as played at Molde Int. Jazzfestival, NattJazz, Oslo Jazzfestival, Dølajazz, MaiJazz and at international festivals like Copenhagen Jazzfestival, Pori Jazzfestival and Murmansk Jazzfestival. In May 2008 Kim won the 1st prize at Nõmme International Young Artists Competition in Tallin, and participatet in Rikskonsertenes competition Jazzintro, Young Norwegian Jazz Talents of the year 2008, with the duo REVOLVER! who made it to the finals at Molde Int

Cortex

Active since: 2011

Thomas Johansson (trp), 
Kristoffer Berre Alberts (sax), 
Ola Høyer (bs), 
Gard Nilssen (dr) Cortex is a spirited combo that plays energetic jazz of the finest brand. With over hundred live-performances and two studio albums, the quartet positions itself as one of the strongest additions to the Norwegian jazz scene. The members are amongst the most sought after young jazz performers in Norway today. They all have marked their position in several other constellations such as: Bushman’s Revenge, Puma, Team Hegdal, SAKA, Zanussi 5, Friends & Neighbors, AKODE, Honest John, and The Heat Death

Roy Powell

Born: October 2, 1965

For biog see homepage Tour Info 2004 23-28th Feb appearing at London's Ronnie Scott's March-April dates in Scandinavia May-Germany Summer festivals in UK/Scandinavia