Bjørn Klakegg
Bjørn Klakegg (born 30 January 1958 in Skien, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (guitar) and composer, known from a number of recordings and cooperations with the likes of Nils Petter Molvær, Sverre Gjørvad, Ernst-Wiggo Sandbakk, Frode Alnæs, Knut Værnes, Knut Reiersrud, Hanne Hukkelberg, Tove Karoline Knutsen, Terje Gewelt and Tore Brunborg. Career With his brother the jazz pianist Rune Klakegg, he played in bands led by Guttorm Guttormsen as young. He studied music at "Toneheim folkehøgskole" (1978) and on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (1979–83). During his studies he established his own bands with amomong others his fellow students Nils Petter Molvær, Ernst-Wiggo Sandbakk, Frode Alnæs and Tore Brunborg, before he settled in Oslo and joined Sun, Extended Noise, Out to Lunch and Nuku. He plays in the Sverre Gjørvad Quartett and has otherwise contributed to releases by Tove Karoline Knutsen, Elsa Kvamme (1990) and Terje Gewelt (2004 and 2007 ...
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Needlepoint (band)
Needlepoint (initiated in 2010 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz-rock band. Biography Needlepoint includes some leading Norwegian jazz musicians according to Tor Hammerø. The band started out as a trio with Bjørn Klakegg, Nikolai Hængsle and Thomas Strønen in 2010 releasing the album ''The Woods Are Not What They Seem'' (2010). David Wallumrød joined the team in 2012 and the album ''Outside The Screen'' was released the same year. Olaf Olsen known from Bigbang, replaced Thomas Strønen in 2014. The latest album ''Walking up That Valley'' was released in 2021. They operate in a soundscape somewhere between psychedelic 1970's rock and jazz-rock. Needlepoint have played at several festivals in Norway, at different clubs, and has also been touring in China. In November 2013 they played in Paris, and appeared at 2016 Nattjazz in Bergen, Norway. Band members Current members * Bjørn Klakegg - guitar * David Wallumrød - keyboards (2012–present) * Nikolai Hængsle - ...
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Tore Brunborg
Tore Brunborg (born 20 May 1960) is a Norwegian jazz musician and composer who plays saxophone. He was born in Trondheim but grew up in Voss where a jazz environment was flowering. Known from numerous appearances with international greats including Bugge Wesseltoft, Håvard Wiik, Audun Kleive, Anders Jormin, Diederik Wissels, Arild Andersen, Pat Metheny, Per Jørgensen, Geir Lysne, Misha Alperin, Bjørn Alterhaug, Jan Gunnar Hoff, Jarle Vespestad, Jon Christensen, Jon Balke, Nils Petter Molvær, Vigleik Storaas, Bo Stief, and Billy Cobham. Career After playing with Knut Kristiansen and Per Jørgensen, Brunborg debuted at Vossajazz (1980, 1982). After this he studied music at ''Toneheim folkehøgskole'' and on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (1980–82), and has evolved to be one of the most sought jazz saxophonists in Norway. He was on the lineup for the acclaimed band Masqualero and was three times awarded Spellemannprisen with this band. Brunborg also was ...
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Nils Einar Vinjor
Nils Einar Vinjor (born 15 December 1962 in Øvre Årdal, Norway) is a Norwegian guitarist known for his solo albums and the collaboration with musicians like Silje Nergaard, Iver Kleive and Knut Reiersrud. Career Vinjor, residing in Oslo, is known in Norway as a central guitarist and composer on the Norwegian musical scene. As a freelance musician Vinjor played together with a number of famous Norwegian performers, and also toured in several European countries and East-Asia. In 1997 he released the solo album ''Sjonglør'' with music in the generes jazz, rock and blues, and later the album ''Silent Traveler'' (2004). Discography Solo albums *1997: ''Sjonglør'' (Skald AS) *2004: ''Silent Traveler'' (Virgin Records) Collaborations ;With Silje Nergaard *1990: ''Tell me Where You're Going'' (Sonet Music) *1996: ''Hjemmefra'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted) *2003: ''Nightwatch'' (EmArcy) *2005: ''Be Still my Heart - the Essential'' (EmArcy) *2007: ''Darkness Out Of Blue'' (EmArc ...
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Celio De Carvalho
Celio may refer to: People *Elton Divino Celio (born 1987), Brazilian football player known as Eltinho *Enrico Celio (1889-1980), Swiss politician *Gaspare Celio (1571-1640), Italian painter *Nello Celio (1914-1995), Swiss politician Places in Italy *Caelian Hill (Italian ''Celio''), one of the Seven Hills of Rome *Celio, Lazio, a ''rione'' in the City of Rome Other *Celio (retailer), French clothing retailer *Celio Technology Corporation Celio Technology Corporation was a smartphone terminal manufacturer headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the capital and most populous city of Utah, United States. It is ...

Rikskonsertene
Concerts Norway ( no, Rikskonsertene) was established in 1967 on the initiative of the Arts Council Norway ( no, Norsk kulturråd), with its main purpose described as follows: "Concerts Norway is to make living music of high artistic quality accessible to all people in the country." The organization had its opening concert in Hammerfest school on 4 January 1968, with artists Liv Glaser, Eva Knardahl, Kjell Bækkelund, Robert Levin, Arve Tellefsen and Aase Nordmo Løvberg. Concerts Norway is currently under the Norwegian Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs, and continues to have as its primary responsibility making a variety of music and culture available to the entire country, but in a greater variety of forms than originally. it annually engages more than 800 artists for more than 9000 concerts in all the country's 433 municipalities, which take place in schools, kindergartens, and work places. In recent years it has worked to promote new, young musicians in jazz, folk, and c ...
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Nuku
Nuku was a traditional province of the island of Hiva Oa in pre-European times. It did not function as a unified governmental unit, but rather as a confederation of local tribes during times of war with tribes from Hiva Oa's other province, Pepane. Nuku comprised approximately the western half of Hiva Oa's landmass, as well as the whole of the tribes of the neighboring island of Tahuata Tahuata is the smallest of the inhabited Marquesas Islands, in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. It is located 4 km (2.5 mi.) to the south of the western end of Hiva Oa, across the Canal du Bordela .... Resources *Handy, E. S. Craighill. ''The Native Culture in the Marquesas''. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum Bulletin 9. B.P.B. Museum, Honolulu, 1971. {{Coord, 9, 49, 45.42, S, 139, 4, 12.11, W, display=title Geography of the Marquesas Islands ...
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Out To Lunch (band)
Out to Lunch may refer to: *''Out to Lunch!'', a 1964 album by Eric Dolphy * ''Out to Lunch'' (album), a 1994 album by Mainesthai * ''Out to Lunch'' (TV program), a 1974 ABC special * ''Out to Lunch'' (video game), a multi-platform action video game created by Mindscape *"Out to Lunch", a poem in the Conductors of Chaos poetry anthology *"Out To Lunch", a song by Krokus from ''The Blitz'' *"Out to Lunch", a column by South African writer David Bullard See also *"Along Comes Mary "Along Comes Mary" is a song composed by Tandyn Almer, originally recorded by American sunshine pop band the Association. It was the group's first hit, released on their debut album, '' And Then... Along Comes the Association'' (1966). Backgr ...

Extended Noise
Extended Noise (established 1982) was a Norwegian Jazz Quintet. Their first album ''Keep nose in front'' (1984) under the name AHA was released after an acclaimed appearance at Moldejazz 1983, followed by the Extended nose album ''Jamaha'' (1986) where Alnes was substituted for Klakegg. The change of name was dued to the competition from the Norwegian pop band "a-ha". The last record was ''Slow but Sudden – Langsam, aber Plötzlich'' (Odin Records, 1990), in the US on Cadence Jazz Records 1992), now as Extended Noise as a Quartet without guitars and with compositions by One Pedersen for the most. Band members *Erik Balke - saksofon *Eivin One Pedersen - piano, celeste and harmonium *Carl Morten Iversen - bass *Audun Kleive - drums Additional members *Frode Alnæs - guitar *Bjørn Klakegg - guitar Discography *''Keep nose in front'' (Hot Club Records, 1984), as "AHA" *''Jamaha'' (Circulasione Totale, 1986) *''Slow but Sudden – Langsam, aber Plötzlich'' (Odin Records ...
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Sun (Norwegian Band)
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a nearly perfect ball of hot plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion reactions in its core. The Sun radiates this energy mainly as light, ultraviolet, and infrared radiation, and is the most important source of energy for life on Earth. The Sun's radius is about , or 109 times that of Earth. Its mass is about 330,000 times that of Earth, comprising about 99.86% of the total mass of the Solar System. Roughly three-quarters of the Sun's mass consists of hydrogen (~73%); the rest is mostly helium (~25%), with much smaller quantities of heavier elements, including oxygen, carbon, neon, and iron. The Sun is a G-type main-sequence star (G2V). As such, it is informally, and not completely accurately, referred to as a yellow dwarf (its light is actually white). It formed approximately 4.6 billionAll numbers in this article are short scale. One billion is 109, or 1,000,000,000. years ago from the gravitat ...
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