Christian Skår Winther (born 8 May 1989 in

Ålesund Ålesund () sometimes spelled Aalesund in English, is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal County, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sunnmøre and the centre of the Ålesund Region. The town of Ålesund is the administrative ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

) is a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

musician (guitar) and the older brother of jazz drummer

Andreas Skår Winther Andreas Skår Winther (born 10 April 1991 in Ålesund, Norway) is a Norwegian musician (drums), the younger brother of jazz guitarist Christian Skår Winther (b. 1989), and is known from bands like Megalodon Collective and Left Exit, Mr K. Ca ...

(b. 1991), known from bands like Monkey Plot, Listen to Girl, Ich Bin N!ntendo and Torg.

Career

Christian Winther is a guitarist, songwriter, improviser, producer and singer. Best known from the improv- and instrumental rock group Monkey Plot, alternative pop duo Listen to Girl, noise punk band Ich Bin N!ntendo, and as a performer and co-producer in Torg. Winther have toured Europe, Japan and South America and released a dusin albums with his different projects. He also run the record labe
Earthly Habit
He is educated from the Improvised Music and Jazz Department at the Norwegian Academy of Music with a Master Performance Degree, and in 2014 awarded "Young Jazz Musician of The Year" at Molde International Jazz Festival together with Monkey Plot. Winther collaborated on the album release ''Ich Bin N!ntendo & Mats Gustafsson'' (2012) including Joakim Heibø Johansen (drums) and Magnus Skavhaug Nergaard (bass guitar), featuring Mats Olof Gustafsson (baritone saxophone). Monkey Plot, including Magnus Skavhaug Nergaard (double bass) and

Jan Martin Gismervik Jan Martin Gismervik (born 1988 in Avaldsnes, Karmøy, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (drums), known from bands like Monkey Plot, Torg, Oker, O, PGA. Career Gismervik was raised in Avaldsnes Avaldsnes is a village in Karmøy municip ...

(drums and percussion), made their debut with the album ''Løv Og Lette Vimpler'' (2013).

Discography

In bands

;Ich Bin N!ntendo *2012: ''Ich Bin N!ntendo &

Mats Gustafsson Mats Olof Gustafsson (born 29 October 1964) is a Swedish free jazz saxophone player. Career Gustafsson came to the attention of lovers of improvised music as part of a duo with Christian Munthe (started in 1986), as member of Gunter Chri ...

'' (Va Fongool) *2014: ''Look'' (Va Fongool) *2016: ''Lykke'' (Shhpuma Records) ;Monkey Plot *2013: ''Løv Og Lette Vimpler'' (Gigafon) *2015: ''Angående Omstendigheter Som Ikke Lar Seg Nedtegne'' ( Hubro Music) *2016: ''Here I Sit, Knowing All Of This'' (Hubro) ;Listen to Girl (formerly (Girl) *2016: ''Sea And Dirt'' (Vilje/SusannaSonata) Torg * 2018: Palms, Beaches, Dreams (Earthly Habit) * 2015: Kost/Elak/Gnäll (

Jazzland Recordings Jazzland Recordings is a Norwegian jazz and improvised music label based in Oslo, Norway, often associated with nu jazz. It was founded in 1996 by pianist Bugge Wesseltoft to release his "New Conception of Jazz" and operate as a standalone label. ...

) ;Karokh *2016: ''Needle, Thread and Nailpolish'' (No Forevers) *2014: ''Karokh'' (Loyal Label)

Other

*2017:

Trondheim Jazz Orchestra Trondheim Jazz Orchestra (TJO) (established 1999 in Trondheim, Norway) is an orchestral project based in Trondheim, and closely related to both the Midtnorsk Jazzsenter (MNJ - Mid Norwegian Jazz Center) and Jazz Line at the Trøndelag Conservator ...

& Skrap - 'Antropocen' (Fanfare) *2013: Christian Winther /

Christian Meaas Svendsen Christian Meaas Svendsen (born 26 February 1988) is a Norwegian jazz bassist. He has worked with Nakama, Paal Nilssen-Love Large Unit, Mopti (band), Mopti, Momentum, Aksiom, Ayumi Tanaka Trio and Duplex (Norwegian duo), Duplex. He runs Nakama Re ...

'M / W' (Va Fongool)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Winther, Christian Skaar 1989 births Musicians from Ålesund Living people Norwegian jazz composers Norwegian jazz guitarists Norwegian Academy of Music alumni 21st-century Norwegian guitarists Monkey Plot members