Arve Henriksen (born 22 March 1968) is a Norwegian trumpeter.

Career

Arve Henriksen and Terje Isungset 2015-12-04

Henriksen was born in

Stranda Stranda is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Stranda. Stranda consists of three smaller villages and one larger central villag ...

and educated on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium; he later studied music pedagogy, while he played in «Bodega Band» (1987–88), «Luft» (1987–89), « Veslefrekk» from 1989, «Close Enough» 1990–92, «Nutrio» from 1990, and recorded with

Bjørn Alterhaug Bjørn Alterhaug (born 3 June 1945) is a Norwegian jazz bassist, arranger, composer and professor of music. Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian) Career Alterhaug was born in Mo i Rana, Norway. He is one of the grand masters among European bassp ...

and «

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» (1990). After graduating in 1991, he joined the «Trio Midt-Norge» and «Piggy Bop». He has played among others with Misha Alperin,

Jon Balke Jon Georg Balke (born 7 June 1955) is a Norwegian jazz pianist who leads the Magnetic North Orchestra. He is the younger brother of saxophonist Erik Balke. Career Balke started playing classical piano but switched to blues at 12, though he pe ...

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Nils Petter Molvær Nils Petter Molvær () also known as NPM (born 18 September 1960) is a Norwegian jazz trumpeter, composer, and record producer. He is considered a pioneer of future jazz, a genre that fuses jazz and electronic music, best showcased on his most ...

Audun Kleive Audun Kleive (born 20 October 1961) is a Norwegian jazz drummer.) He was raised in Skien and is the son of organist Kristoffer Kleive and brother of organist Iver Kleive. Career Kleive began to play drums in a rock and dance band, and then wen ...

Trygve Seim Trygve Seim (born 25 April 1971) is a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone) and composer. He started to play the saxophone in 1985 after hearing Jan Garbarek's CD ''Eventyr''. Career Seim was born in Oslo. He studied music at Foss videregåe ...

Terje Isungset Terje Isungset (born May 4, 1964) is a Norwegian drummer. From his background in jazz and traditional Scandinavian music, he has designed musical instruments from non-traditional materials, including ice. Career Isungset was raised in Geil ...

Christian Wallumrød Christian Wallumrød (born 26 April 1971 in Kongsberg, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (piano, organ and electronic keyboards) and composer, and is considered one of the most prominent musicians of the younger Norwegian generation, known from ...

and recently with

Iain Ballamy Iain Ballamy (born 20 February 1964) is a British composer and saxophonist. He is considered one of the greatest modern jazz saxophonists. Career Ballamy was born in Guildford, Surrey, and educated at George Abbot School, Guildford, from 19 ...

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for Quartet and

Supersilent Supersilent is a Norwegian avant-garde-improvisational music group formed at Nattjazz in Bergen in 1997. The trio Veslefrekk was asked to play with electronic musician Helge "Deathprod" Stein. The fusion of the experimental jazz group with Sten' ...

, both bands signed on

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 art ...

. He has also contributed to

David Sylvian David Sylvian (born David Alan Batt, 23 February 1958) is an English musician, singer and songwriter who came to prominence in the late 1970s as frontman and principal songwriter of the band Japan. The band's androgynous look and increasingly ...

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project and his work, ''

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''. He also sings; his unique wordless vocalising was central to ''Chiaroscuro'', where he often sings in a soprano's range. The control over his

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is such that in "Opening Image" he could quite easily be mistaken for a woman. With

he has been a major contributor to one of the most acclaimed improvisational bands over the last 14 years in Norway, with collaborations with

Terje Rypdal Terje Rypdal (born 23 August 1947) is a Norwegian guitarist and composer. He has been an important member in the Norwegian jazz community, and has also given show concerts with guitarists Ronni Le Tekrø and Mads Eriksen as "N3". Career Rypdal ...

among others.

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played with them at the ''Punkt festival'' 2010, in

Kristiansand Kristiansand is a seaside resort city and municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 112,000 as of January 2020, following the incorporation ...

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and again at

Moldejazz Molde International Jazz Festival (MIJF) or Moldejazz (established 1961 in Molde) takes place annually in July, and is known as one of the oldest jazz festivals in Europe. It was initiated by the local Storyville Jazz Club. Since 1964 it has re ...

2012. John Kellman of the

All About Jazz ''All About Jazz'' is a website established by Michael Ricci in 1995. A volunteer staff publishes news, album reviews, articles, videos, and listings of concerts and other events having to do with jazz. Ricci maintains a related site, ''Jazz Near ...

magazine recognized Arve Henriksen/

Jan Bang Jan Bang (born 21 August 1968) is a Norwegian musician and record producer who has worked with Morten Harket, Sidsel Endresen, David Sylvian, Nils Petter Molvær, Arild Andersen, Bugge Wesseltoft, Arve Henriksen, and Erik Honoré. (in Norwegian) ...

Double CD Release Show at The Punkt Festival, Kristiansand, Norway, September 2013, as no. 17 of his "Best Live Shows of 2013". Arve Henriksen 2014

Honors

*2005: Buddyprisen *2007: Radka Toneff Memorial Award *2011:

Kongsberg Jazz Award 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; internation ...

*2011: Paul Acket Award, North Sea Jazz *2016: Dr Honoris Causa at Gothenburg University

Discography

Solo albums

*2001: ''Sakuteiki'' (

) *2004: ''Chiaroscuro'' (Rune Grammofon) *2007: ''Strjon'' (Rune Grammofon) *2008: ''

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'' (

ECM Records ECM (Edition of Contemporary Music) is an independent record label founded by Karl Egger, Manfred Eicher and Manfred Scheffner in Munich in 1969. While ECM is best known for jazz music, the label has released a variety of recordings, and ECM's a ...

) *2013: ''

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'' (Rune Grammofon) *2014: ''

The Nature Of Connections ''The Nature Of Connections'' (released 22 August 2014 in Oslo, Norway on the label Rune Grammofon – RCD2161) is an album by Arve Henriksen. Background On this album, Henriksen is working in harness with some of the most distinguished and d ...

'' (Rune Grammofon) *2014: '' Chron'' (Rune Grammofon) *2014: ''Cosmic Creation'' (Rune Grammofon) *2017: ''Towards Language'' (Rune Grammofon) *2018: ''The Height Of The Reeds'' (Rune Grammofon) *2018: ''Composograph: A Synthesis Of Wood, Metal And Electronics'' (Arve Music) *2019: ''The timeless nowhere'' (Rune Grammofon), boxed set 4 X LP plus 2 X CD *2021: ''Mental Fatigue'' (Arve Music) *2021: ''Murimorphosis'' (Arve Music) ;Compilations *2012: ''Solidification'' (Rune Grammofon) *2014: ''Chron, Cosmic Creation'' (Rune Grammofon)

Collaborative work

*2000: ''Daa'' (

NorCD NorCD (established 1991 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian record label for folk, jazz, world music and improvisational music, led by the founder saxophonist and composer Karl Seglem. NorCD is distributed through Musikkoperatørene, and is a member ...

), with

and

Karl Seglem Karl Seglem (born 8 July 1961 in Årdalstangen, Norway) is a Norwegian Jazz musician (saxophone and bukkehorn), composer and producer, known from a series of combined jazz and traditional music releases, as well as leading his own record label ...

*2000: ''Birth Wish'' (Pan M Records), with

and

Erik Honoré Erik Honoré (born 11 December 1966) is a Norwegian writer, musician, record producer and sound engineer. As a musician, he has collaborated with Jan Bang, David Sylvian, Brian Eno/ Peter Schwalm, Jon Hassell, Nils Petter Molvær, Arve Henriksen, ...

*2007: ''Sketches Of Spain'' (Nor Wind Records), with The Norwegian Wind Ensemble and

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*2009: ''Ellivan'' (NorCD), with Elling Vanberg *2010: ''Clinamen'' (Off, Rat), with Giovanni Di Domenico and Tatsuhisa Yamamoto *2012: ''Black Swan'' (Rat Records), with Teun Verbruggen *2012: ''Uncommon Deities'' (P-Vine Records), with

and

Sidsel Endresen Sidsel Endresen (born 19 June 1952) is a Norwegian singer, composer, and actress. She was part of the Jon Eberson group. Since 1987, Endresen has pursued a successful solo career, recording for ECM. Career Endresen was one of the most pronou ...

*2012: ''Distare Sonanti'' (and/OAR), with Giovanni Di Domenico and Tatsuhisa Yamamoto *2014: ''World Of Glass'' (All Ice Records), with

*2016: ''

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'' with

Tigran Hamasyan Tigran Hamasyan ( hy, Տիգրան Համասյան; born July 17, 1987) is an Armenian jazz pianist and composer. He plays mostly original compositions, which are strongly influenced by the Armenian folk tradition, often using its scales and mod ...

Eivind Aarset Eivind Aarset (born 23 March 1961) is a Norwegian guitarist who has worked with Ray Charles, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ute Lemper, Ketil Bjørnstad, Andy Sheppard, Mike Mainieri, Arild Andersen, Abraham Laboriel, Dhafer Youssef, Django Bates, and N ...

, and

(ECM) *2017: ''Rímur'' with

Trio Mediæval Trio Mediæval is a vocal trio established in 1997 in Oslo, mainly to sing medieval polyphonic works. Its members are Anna Maria Friman (from Sweden) and Linn Andrea Fuglseth and Torunn Østrem Ossum (from Norway). The trio's debut album, ''Word ...

(ECM) *2017: ''The Art Of Irrigation'' (All Ice Records), with Terje Isungset *2018: ''Pilgrim'' (ACT), with Janne Mark *2018: ''Illusion Of A Separate World'' with

David Kollar David Kollar (born 25 October 1983) is a Slovak Experimental music, experimental guitarist and composer. He was born in Prešov into a musical family. He began his career at the end of the nineties in various amateur groups. He studied with guitari ...

(Hevhetia)

References

External links

* * *
AllAboutJazz
- the musician's profile on AllAboutJazz. *Bungey, John (2007)
Arve Henriksen: Strjon
(review), ''

The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (fou ...

'', May 26, 2007 *Bungey, John (2009)
Arve Henriksen: Cartography
(review), ''

'', January 10, 2009
Arve Henriksen: Places of Worship – review (5 stars)
by John Fordham, October 24, 2013 at

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