Hayden James Richard Powell (born 25 September 1983 in England) is a

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trumpeter and composer based in Oslo, Norway. Powell is English, but moved to Norway as a child and grew up in

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. He has collaborated with numerous musicians including

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 ...

Kenny Wheeler Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler, OC (14 January 1930 – 18 September 2014) was a Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player, based in the U.K. from the 1950s onwards. Most of his performances were rooted in jazz, but he was also active ...

Eirik Hegdal Eirik Hegdal (born 3 October 1973 in Gjøvik, Norway) is a Norwegian Jazz musician (saxophone), composer, arranger and music teacher, known from the band Dingobats (1995-2005) and as leader of Trondheim Jazz Orchestra (from 2002). Career After ...

Vigleik Storaas Vigleik Storaas (born 2 February 1963) is a Norwegian jazz pianist and composer, and the younger brother of composer and bassist Gaute Storaas. He is known from a series of album releases and collaborations with jazz musicians such as Norma Win ...

, Nils-Olav Johansen,

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Eyolf Dale Eyolf Dale (born 5 March 1985) is a Norwegian jazz pianist and composer. Career Dale started playing piano at the age of 6 years, and shortly after started taking lessons. After finishing his Examen artium on the Music program at Skien videre ...

, and

Ståle Storløkken Ståle Storløkken (born 22 February 1969 in Dombås, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (keyboards, organ and piano) and composer, known for collaborations with artists like Terje Rypdal, BigBang, Supersilent and Motorpsycho. Store Norske Le ...

, and released his debut solo album ''The Attic'' in 2011.

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.no (in Norwegian)

Career

Powell holds a bachelor in Performing jazz from the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (2006), and completed the masters at

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in 2011. He started his career at 13 in the jazz band Dixi in

, they released four albums.

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.no (by Erling Wicklund, in Norwegian) Later he played with

Magic Pocket Magic Pocket (established 2002 in Trondheim, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz band initiated by students on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonsevatorium. Career Magic Pocket is a Brass Band in miniature, performing music in the open area betwe ...

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 ...

and Jens Carelius in addition to his own trio. Powell received jazz scholarship from "Sparebank 1" at

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(2006), "Trondheim jazzfestivals" talent award (2009), and was with the band

''JazZtipendiat'' in 2009/2010. This scholarship, which is awarded by "Midtnorsk jazzsenter",

and "Sparebank 1", amounts kr and gives the recipient the opportunity to write a commissioned work for

the following year. The result of this commissioned work was documented on the album ''Kinetic Music'' with

. As composer Powell, in addition to the aforementioned, has written commission works for big band (e.g. "Midtnorsk Ungdomsstorband", "Big Boss Band", "Ett Fett Storband"), brass bands (" Luftforsvarets Musikkorps", "Bispehaugen Ungdomskorps") and a number of smaller ensembles. He has also written a mini-opera based on the novel about «Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde» (2006), and made musical arrangements to Jens Carelius' album ''The Architect'' (2011).

Discography (in selection)

Solo albums

*2011: ''The Attic'' (

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), as Hayden Powell Trio including

& Jo Skaansar *2013: ''Roots and Stems'' (Periskop Records) *2015: ''Circadian Rhythm & Blues'' (Periskop Records)

Collaborations

;With Dixi *1998: ''Just Over in the Dixi-Land'' *1999: ''Some of Those Days'' *2002: ''Going to the Mardi Gras'' (Herman Records) *2005: ''The New Orleans Sessions'' ;With

*2006: ''Tribute'' (MNJ Records), with

*2007: ''Live in Oslo'' (MNJ Records), with Maria Kannegaard Trio *2009: ''Live at Moldejazz'' (MNJ Records), with Kobert *2009: ''What if: A Counterfactual Fairytale'' (MNJ records), with

Erlend Skomsvoll Erlend Fredrik Skomsvoll (born 12 May 1969) is a Norwegian jazz musician (piano, keyboards, accordion, and tuba), band leader, composer and arranger, known from his own band Skomsork and the band Wibutee with Live Maria Roggen, Madrugada, and K ...

*2011: ''Kinetic Music'' (MNJ Records), with

*2011: ''Migrations'' (MNJ Records), with Øyvind Brække ;With others *2009: ''Vi som ser i mørket'' (

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), with

Siri Nilsen Siri Anne Nilsen (born 12 April 1985) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and voice actress. "As the daughter of two folksingers, Lillebjørn and Shari Nilsen, she grew up surrounded by music." Nilsen is noted for the sincerity of her song writi ...

*2009: ''Live at Dokkhuset'' (Komponist og dirigent, MNJ Records), with "Midtnorsk Ungdomsstorband" *2010: ''Den Blåaste Natt'' (Talik Records), with Jo Skaansar *2011: ''The Katabatic Wind'' (Bolage Records), with

Morten Qvenild Morten Qvenild (born 31 August 1978) is a Norwegian jazz pianist, band leader, and producer. Career Qvenild started his jazz career in the big band Ung Musikk in 1995, followed by studies on the Jazz program at the Norges Musikkhøgskole. He u ...

*2011: ''The Architect'' (Jansen Plateproduksjon), with Jens Carelius *2011: ''Katedral For Tapte Drømmer'' (

Kirkelig Kulturverksted Kirkelig Kulturverksted (KKV) is a Norwegian company and record label, founded in 1974 by Erik Hillestad. Among the musicians who have issued records on the label are Ketil Bjørnstad, Kari Bremnes, Erik Bye, Ole Paus, Sigvart Dagsland, Bjørn Eidsv ...

), with Solfrid Molland

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Powell, Hayden 1983 births Norwegian military musicians Living people Norwegian jazz composers Norwegian jazz trumpeters Male trumpeters 21st-century Norwegian trumpeters Musicians from Molde Male jazz composers 21st-century Norwegian male musicians Trondheim Jazz Orchestra members Magic Pocket members