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Axel Skalstad
Axel Skalstad (born 1992) is a Norwegian jazz and prog-rock drummer. He was born in Fiskum. He is mainly known as a member of the trio Krokofant with guitarist Tom Hasslan Tom Hasslan (born 1983) is a Norwegian jazz guitarist. He was born in Kongsberg. He is mainly known as a member of the Krokofant trio with drummer Axel Skalstad and saxophonist Jørgen Mathisen. Discography ; With Soft Ffog * 2022: ''Soft F ... and saxophonist Jørgen Mathisen.Diego Fischerman ''El sonido de los sueños: Y otros ensayos sobre música '' 2017 "... o Krokofant, el trío del guitarrista Tom Hasslam, el baterista Axel Skalstad y el saxofonista Jørgen Mathisen, eligen el jazz como lugar de circulación más por razones de amabilidad y apertura del género que por cuestiones estilísticas." Discography ; With Soft Ffog * 2022: ''Soft Ffog'' (Is It Jazz? Records) ; With Krokofant * 2014: ''Krokofant'' ( Rune Grammofon) * 2015: ''Krokofant - II'' (Rune Grammofon) * 2017: ''Krokofant - II ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiskum
Fiskum is a parish in the municipality Øvre Eiker in Buskerud, Norway. The parish name comes from the farm Fiskum. In the 17th century, Fiskum Manor (''Fiskum gård'') was a nobleman's estate. Among the owners were Governor-general Jens Hermansson Juel, Admiral Ove Gjedde and Governor-general Hannibal Sehested. The village of Darbu is the principal settlement in the parish. This is the site of Darbu Station as well as the local post office. There are two churches in Fiskum parish. Fiskum Old Church (''Fiskum gamle kirke'') was built in the 13th century in the village of Darbu. The medieval church was constructed in a rectangular shape, with a short, rectangular nave and lower and narrower, straight closed choir. The edifice is of brick and has 150 seats. The church has a gable roof, and the roof ridge, in the middle of the nave sits a turret. The church went out of active service in 1866 when it was replaced by a new church. Fiskum Church (''Fiskum kirke'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buskerud
Buskerud () is a former county and a current electoral district in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark and Vestfold. The region extends from the Oslofjord and Drammensfjorden in the southeast to Hardangervidda mountain range in the northwest. The county administration was in modern times located in Drammen. Buskerud was merged with Akershus and Østfold into the newly created Viken County on 1 January 2020. On the 23 February 2022 Viken County Council voted in a 49 against 38 decision to submit an application to the Norwegian government for a county demerger. Etymology The county was named after the old manor Buskerud ( non, Biskupsruð) (Biskopsrøysa) located on the west side of the Drammen River in Åmot, Modum municipality. The first element is the genitive case of ', 'bishop' (referring to the Bishop of Hamar), the last element is ' n 'clearing, farm'. The farm was one of the largest in Buskerud, and the original name of the farm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rune Grammofon
Rune Grammofon is a Norwegian record label founded in 1998 by Rune Kristoffersen. Rune Grammofon's reputation for lovingly issued experimental electronic music, jazz, and improvised music by Norwegian artists has grown over the years with its artists being featured heavily in magazines such as ''The Wire'' and ''Plan B''. The label is home to the widely respected improvisational group Supersilent as well as the solo work of its members including Deathprod and Arve Henriksen. Other notable releases are by Shining, Susanna and the Magical Orchestra, Jono El Grande, Skyphone, Alog, Phonophani and Food. In 2000, the label signed a distribution deal with ECM, which increased the label's audience considerably. This deal came to an end early 2005. In November 2003 the label celebrated its 30th release by issuing a set that included a two-CD compilation and a book that displayed each of Kim Hiorthøy's highly praised digipak Optical disc packaging is the packaging that accompan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kongsberg Jazzfestival
Kongsberg Jazz Festival or Kongsberg Jazzfestival is an international jazz festival that has been held annually in Kongsberg, Norway, since 1964. Artists Several worldwide great artists have visited Kongsberg during this festival; international stars including Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, John Scofield, Nigel Kennedy, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Charles Mingus, Wayne Shorter, Dianne Reeves, McCoy Tyner, Radka Toneff, Bobby McFerrin, John Butcher, Anthony Braxton, Diana Krall and Pat Metheny have played in Kongsberg several times. The festival is also an opportunity for young talented musicians to perform, and many now well-known Norwegian jazz-artists have begun their career in Kongsberg. Awards The Kongsberg Jazz Award (also called the DNB award, established in 1996) is an award given to the most prominent Norwegian jazz artists of the year at the festival, given in cooperation with DNB. Until 2011, the prize was 100,000 Norwegian kroner, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgenbladet
''Morgenbladet'' is a Norwegian weekly, newspaper, covering politics, culture and science. History ''Morgenbladet'' was founded in 1819 by the book printer Niels Wulfsberg. The paper is the country's first daily newspaper; however, Adresseavisen was founded earlier. For a long time, ''Morgenbladet'' was also the country's top-ranking newspaper by circulation. Adolf Bredo Stabell, chief editor from 1831 to 1857, made ''Morgenbladet'' an important force of opposition, both in politics and literature. Among its writers during this period was the author Henrik Wergeland. The leadership of Christian Friele, from 1857 to 1893, turned ''Morgenbladet'' into the leading conservative news outlet in Norway. It was read by most people of authority and became the newspaper of high-ranking bureaucrats. It was soon challenged by new competition: Aftenposten (1860), catering to the merchant class, and Verdens Gang (1868) and Dagbladet (1869), representing opposition to the ruling classes. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Hasslan
Tom Hasslan (born 1983) is a Norwegian jazz guitarist. He was born in Kongsberg. He is mainly known as a member of the Krokofant trio with drummer Axel Skalstad and saxophonist Jørgen Mathisen. Discography ; With Soft Ffog * 2022: ''Soft Ffog'' (Is It Jazz? Records) ; With Krokofant * 2014: ''Krokofant'' ( Rune Grammofon) * 2015: ''Krokofant - II'' ( Rune Grammofon) * 2017: ''Krokofant - III'' ( Rune Grammofon) *2019 : ''Q'', Krokofant with Ståle Storløkken and Ingebrigt Håker *2021 : ''Fifth'', Krokofant with Ståle Storløkken and Ingebrigt Håker References External links Tom Hasslan group på Energimølla Kongsberg 29 September 2017at YouTube YouTube is a global online video platform, online video sharing and social media, social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by ... Norwegian jazz musicians 21st-century Norwegian guitarists Norw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jørgen Mathisen
Jørgen Mathisen (born 27 December 1984 in Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ..., Norway) is a Norwegians, Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone and clarinet), the younger brother of Martin Mathisen (b. 1978), and known from different bands, and a series of recordings with musician like Marc Lohr, Per Zanussi, Steinar Raknes, Eirik Hegdal, Gard Nilssen, and Kjetil Møster. Career Mathisen is a graduate of the Jazz program at Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet, Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (2004–08). He is distinguished by his powerful, expressive play and is a force for all the bands he is involved with. He was first noted in the band Shagma in 2004, and also play within The Core together with Steinar Raknes, Espen Aalberg and Erlend Slettevoll, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is a global online video platform, online video sharing and social media, social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the List of most visited websites, second most visited website, after Google Search. YouTube has more than 2.5 billion monthly users who collectively watch more than one billion hours of videos each day. , videos were being uploaded at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute. In October 2006, YouTube was bought by Google for $1.65 billion. Google's ownership of YouTube expanded the site's business model, expanding from generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subscription option for watching content without ads. YouTube also approved creators to participate in Google's Google AdSens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Norwegian Drummers
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Norwegian Jazz Drummers
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Norwegian Composers
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Norwegian Male Composers
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