Jonas Kilmork Vemøy (born 12 October 1986 in

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) is a Norwegian Jazz musician (trumpet) and composer, member of

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jazz trio, and also known from collaborations within a series of bands and album releases. He was raised in

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in the county of

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Career

Vemøy was educated at

Norwegian Academy of Music The Norwegian Academy of Music (Norwegian: ''Norges musikkhøgskole'', NMH) is a university-level music conservatory located in Oslo, Norway, in the neighbourhood of Majorstuen, Frogner. It is the largest music academy in Norway and offers the ...

(2007–2011) in Oslo, where he studied under teachers Torgrim Sollid and Eckhard Baur. Residing in

he started working as a trumpet teacher educator at the Academy of Music autumn 2011, beside the collaboration within the bands "Blokk 5",

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, Kristin Minde Band,

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, "Simra", "Filter" and Lise Hvoslef Band among other projects. The gig by "Pixel", including the front figure double bassist and vocalist

Ellen Andrea Wang Ellen Andrea Wang (born 10 October 1986 in Gjøvik, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (double bass and singer) and composer. She is the cousin of singer-songwriter Marthe Wang. Raised in Søndre Land, Oppland, she released her debut album, ...

, saxophonist

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and drummer Jon Audun Baar, was noted as "one of the most memorable moments" of the Match and Fuse Festival, by the Jazz magazine

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Honors

*2013: Featured at Young Nordic Jazz Comets within Pixel

Discography

;Within

*2021: ''

'' (

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 ...

) ;Within "Blokk 5» *2007: ''Scandals and Animals'' ( Records) *2011: ''Sing your hart out!'' (Kennel Records) ;Within

*2009: ''Guidebook To Lamaland'' (Spoon Train Audio) *2009: ''Look What You Made Us Do'' (Spoon Train Audio) *2011: ''Endless Repeats'' (Spoon Train Audio) ;Within

*2012: '' Reminder'' (

Cuneiform Records Cuneiform Records is a record label in Silver Spring, Maryland. Founded in 1984, the label releases a mixture of musical styles, all with a Rock in Opposition aesthetic, including progressive jazz, jazz fusion, the Canterbury scene, and electron ...

) *2013: ''We are all small pixels'' (Cuneiform Records) *2015: ''Golden Years'' (Cuneiform Records) ;Within Kristin Minde Band *2011: ''Six Feet Over'' (VME) *2013: ''The Weight'' (VME) ;With other projects *2009: ''If You Don't Have Time To Cook, You Don't Have Time To Live'' (LP Records), with "Lasse Passage» *2009: ''Leave Your Friends And Family'' (Musikkoperatørene), with "The Captain & Me» *2009: ''På Lag'' (MUDI), with "Team Båt» *2010: ''Maneten Medusa'' (Schmell), with Åshild Watne *2011: ''Walk in the Light'' (MUDI), with Jens Andreas Kleieven *2011: ''Fridas Fabelaktige Ferie'' (Musikk-Husets Forlag), with Tone Ophus *2011: ''Hope is happiness'' (LS Music), with Hilde Dahl *2012: ''The Rise and Fall'' (

Sony Music Sony Music Entertainment (SME), commonly known as Sony Music, is an American multinational music company owned by Japanese conglomerate Sony Group Corporation. It is the recording division of Sony Music Group, with the other half being the ...

), with "Casa Murilo" *2014: ''Mapping the Coincidence'' (Lise Hvoslef Records), with Lise Hvoslef *2014: ''Kråkesølv'' (Jansen Plateproduksjon), with Kråkesølv

References

External links

Pixel Official WebsiteLama er et undervanns-monster
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