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Jon Rune Strøm
Jon Rune Strøm (born 29 January 1985 in Namsos, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (Double bass, upright bass, bass guitar). Biography Strøm was raised on an island in north-western coast of Norway, and was early influenced by musicians like Gary Peacock and Frode Gjerstad, and participated on the album ''East of the West'' (2011), the Kjersti Stubø album ''How High Is the Sky'' (2011), he collaborates on the Norwegian Free Jazz scene with Paal Nilssen-Love's band ''Large Unit'', Petter Wettre and with Mats Gustafsson's ''Nu Ensemble'', further with musicians like Mats Äleklint, John Dikeman, Martin Küchen, Thomas Johansson and Tollef Østvang in different constellations like the ''SAKA Trio, Universal Indians, All Included'' and ''Friends & Neighbors''. In 2013 he released the solo album ''Jøa''. Discography Solo albums *2013: ''Gøa'' (Stone Floor Records) Collaborations ;With Kjersti Stubø *2011: ''How High Is the Sky'' (Bolage) ;With SAKA trio (Dag Erik Kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paal Nilssen-Love
Paal Nilssen-Love (born 24 December 1974) is a Norwegian drummer and composer in the jazz, free jazz and free improvisation genres. (in Norwegian) Early life Nilssen-Love was born in Molde, Norway. His parents ran a jazz club in Stavanger, and he learned to play drums on the kit owned by his father. As a teenager, he played with free-jazz reedsman Frode Gjerstad, which was the start of a long musical relationship. He did musical studies at ''Sund folkehøgskole'' 1993-94. In 1994, during studies on the Jazz program at the Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (1994–96), he formed the band Element which musically became a platform for several other groups with bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and pianist Håvard Wiik and led to collaborations with Iain Ballamy and Chris Potter. Nilssen-Love also did a little composing in the mid-1990s. Later life and career Relocating to Oslo in 1996, Nilssen-Love took part in the forming of bands such as ''Håkon Kornstad Trio'', ''The Quintet'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |