David Aleksander Sjølie (born 7 May 1988) is a Norwegian

jazz guitarist Jazz guitarists are guitarists who play jazz using an approach to chords, melodies, and improvised solo lines which is called jazz guitar playing. The guitar has fulfilled the roles of accompanist ( rhythm guitar) and soloist in small and large ...

, known from bands like

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, married 31 July 2014, to the jazz singer

Anja Eline Skybakmoen Anja Eline Skybakmoen (born 17 October 1984 in Trondheim, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz singer, composer and band leader, the younger sister of guitarist Jonas Skybakmoen, and married 31 July 2014, to the guitarist David Aleksander Sjølie. Car ...

Career

Sjølie was born in

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, where he lives and works as a musician, producer and studio engineer. He studied jazz and improvisation at the Norwegian Academy of Music (2013). As a performing musician, he is grounded in different musical traditions such as jazz, pop, country and rock, and is collaborating in bands like

, Angus and Grandmas Grand. He is teaching guitar in Oslo.

Discography

;With Bendik Baksaas Band *

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: The Shape of Beats To Come'' (Dayladore Collective) *2013: ''1991'' (Aspén) ;With Ine Hoem *2013: ''The Island'' (Impeller Recordings) ;With

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

: ''Logic'' (

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. ...

) *

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

: ''Bits & Pieces'' (

) ;With Lise Hvoslef *2014: ''Mapping the coincidence'' (Lise Hvoslef Records) ;With

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2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

: ''We're The Houses'' (Øra Fonogram) *2015: ''Echo'' (Triogram)

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– Musikkhøgskolen var både fødestue og lekestue
at Norwegian Academy of Music (in Norwegian) {{DEFAULTSORT:Sjolie, David Aleksander 21st-century Norwegian guitarists Jazzland Recordings (1997) artists Norwegian Academy of Music alumni Norwegian jazz guitarists Norwegian jazz composers Musicians from Kongsberg 1988 births Living people Mopti (band) members