Eivin One Pedersen (8 September 1956 – 22 February 2012) was a Norwegian

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musician (accordion and piano) from

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, Norway.

Career

One Pedersen played in the trio Detail, together with

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(saxophone) and John Stevens (drums) from 1981, and released several albums on the

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company Circulasione Totale. Here he also published his own debut album ''Solo mio!'' (1981). In 1984 he released the album I 1984 utga han platen ''Keep Nose in Front'', with his former group, Aha! The band name created confusion when another famous pop trio debuting with the same name almost at the same time. Later they changed the name to Extended Noise in 1986 and released several albums. Another project was the band Calling Signals, where he collaborated with

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(drums), Frode Gjerstad (saxophone) and Nick Stephens (bass). One Pedersen played with

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on his performance at

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2003. He released a duo album with

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, ''Ett bein på jorda, ett i himmelen – helt korrekt'' (1992), with poems by Rolf Jacobsen, and performed with

Erik Balke Erik Balke (born 7 November 1953) Store Norske Leksikon is a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone), known as leader of the "Lille Frøen Saksofonkvartett" with Vidar Johansen, Arne Frang and Odd Riisnæs/Tore Brunborg/ Olav Dale, as member of hi ...

(1996). More recently, he played on the debut album ''Heaveny attack'' (2004) by Randi Tytingvåg, as well as '' Villhund'' (2006) by Elin Furubotn. Otherwise, he has been a member of the expert jury for

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1979, lead the Association Norwegian jazz musicians some time, and composed commissioned work ''Ein med alt'' for the MaiJazz 1996.

Discography

His own projects

;Solo albums *1984: ''Solo mio!'' (Loose Torque) ;With A-Ha/Extended Noise *1984: ''Keep Nose in Front'' (

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) ;Duo with

*1992: ''Ett bein på jorda, ett i himmelen. Helt korrekt'' (

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) ;With Calling Signals *1998: ''Calling Signals'' (Loose Torque) *2002: ''Dreams in Dreams'' (FMR Records) *2005: ''Live in the UK'' (FMR Records) *2009: ''From Cafe Oto'' (Loose Torque) *2011: ''From Cafe Sting'' (Loose Torque) *2011: ''A Winter's Tour'' (Loose Torque)

Collaborations

;With

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*1994: ''Dûrî'' (Ses) ;With

Morten Abel Morten Abel Knutsen (born 15 October 1962), better known by his stage name Morten Abel is a Norwegian pop artist, and one of Norway's best-selling domestic artists. Career Morten Abel was born and grew up near Bodø, but moved to Stavanger wh ...

*2003: ''Being Everything, Knowing Nothing'' (Virgin, EMI Music) ;With

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*2006: ''The Walk'' (FMR Records)

References

External links

Minnekonsert for Eivin One Pedersen
by Leif Tore Lindø 30 April 2012 at

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(in Norwegian) {{DEFAULTSORT:Pedersen, Eivin One 1956 births 2012 deaths Musicians from Sandnes 20th-century Norwegian pianists 21st-century Norwegian pianists 20th-century Norwegian accordionists 21st-century Norwegian accordionists Norwegian jazz pianists Norwegian jazz composers Norwegian jazz accordionists 20th-century pianists Extended Noise members