Edvard Askeland (born 10 December 1954) is a Norwegian jazz bassist, known from a series of album releases in various genres and for being regular in Dag Arnesens lineups in 1970-80, and within Cutting Edge.

Career

Askeland was born in

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, Norway. He was educated at Bergen Lærerhøgskole, and

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(Bachelor in music). During his musical period in

he played within different

Dag Arnesen Dag Syver Arnesen (born 3 May 1950) is a Norwegian jazz pianist with a series of album releases. Career Arnesen was born in Bergen, and studied classical piano under Jiri Hlinka at the Bergen Music Conservatory and got a commitment by Den Na ...

lineups, within «Danmarksplass Jazz & Rock» and «

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» (1974–80), to mention a few. After moving to

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in 1980, he joined the band «Country Team» (1980–82) and various jazz bands, like «Eim»,

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and Frode Thingnæs Big Band. The contributions in the renowned Cutting Edge resulted in four record releases during the 1980'es with

Knut Værnes Knut Værnes (born 1 April 1954) is a Norwegian jazz musician (guitar), composer and band leader, known from several recordings in the jazz rock genre. He grew up at Bøler in Oslo, where he became an accomplished guitarist. Career Værnes wa ...

Morten Halle Morten Halle (born 7 October 1957) is a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone), composer and music arranger. He was born in Oslo, and he is known from the city's jazz scene and from a series recordings. (in Norwegian) Career Halle participated in ...

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and Stein Inge Brækhus. In 2004 he established the Bass Ensemble «BassoNova» together with Stein Erik Tafjord. He also has played on tour with Morten Halle Quartet, and was in the lineup for

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in 1988. In other genres, he has contributed on among others ''Alarmen går'' (1982) with

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, and ''Fra nei til ja'' (1994) with

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. Poems by

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was released on ''Prøv å sette vinger på en stein'' (1996) with

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. He was central in Kjell Habbestad's ''Noahs draum'' (1998). Askeland composed music to texts by the poet

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on ''Under stjernone'' (2005), where Hildegun Riise recite poems,

Per Jørgensen Per Jørgensen (born 9 September 1952) is a Norwegian multi-instrumentalist with trumpet as his main instrument, also known for his vocal contributions, in collaboration with Dag Arnesen, Knut Kristiansen, Alex Riel, Jon Christensen (musician), ...

play trumpet,

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(guitar) and

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(drums). This material was premiered at

in 2005. Askeland was awarded

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class studio in 1993 and from April 2007 General Manager of

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Honors

1993 in the class Studio musician

Discography (in selection)

;Within Cutting Edge *1982: ''Cutting Edge'' (

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) *1984: ''Our Man In Paradise'' (Odin) *1986: ''Duesenberg'' (

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) *1995: ''Alle Tre'' (Curling Legs), Compilation ;With

*1984: ''Alarmen Går'' (Karussell), with Jan Eggum *1985: ''E.G.G.U.M'' (

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), within «Cutting Edge» *1996: Dacapo (Grappa Music) ;With other projects *1975: ''Kjerringrokk Om Kvinner'' (

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), with «Kjerringrokk» *1980: ''Bergen Blues Band'' (Harvest, EMI Norge), within «

» *1982: ''Ny Bris'' (

), with Dag Arnesen on "En Sint Glad Marsj - Mot Swingen" *1984: ''Cierny Peter'' (Mai), within

*1985: ''Reisefeber'' (Slager Records), with

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*1992: ''Wenches Jul'' (Slager Records), with

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(Children Choir:

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, Benedikte Kruse, Christina Møllen, Live Maartmann, Lotte Gjøstøl) *1993: ''Våre Beste Barnesanger II'' (Grappa Music) *1993: ''Live At Gildevangen'' (Bare Bra Musikk), with

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alias Sylfest Strutle *1996: ''Prøv å sette vinger på en stein'',

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, poems by Hans Børli *1998: ''Livsglede'' (AMK 9801), with Anne-Marie Kvien *2000: ''Tein'' (Anchi Litt Av Hvert...), with

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*2002: ''Nære Ting'' (Traffic Trading ), with

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References

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Edvard Askeland
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at Ballade.no {{DEFAULTSORT:Askeland, Edvard 1954 births Living people 20th-century Norwegian bass guitarists 21st-century Norwegian bass guitarists 20th-century Norwegian upright-bassists 21st-century Norwegian upright-bassists 20th-century Norwegian male musicians 21st-century Norwegian male musicians Jazz double-bassists Male double-bassists Male jazz musicians Norwegian male bass guitarists Norwegian jazz upright-bassists Norwegian jazz bass guitarists Norwegian classical upright-bassists Musicians from Bergen Bergen University College alumni Cutting Edge (band) members Søyr members