Kåre Thomsen (born 30 December 1959) is a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

Jazz musician (guitar) and

graphic designer A graphic designer is a professional within the graphic design and graphic arts industry who assembles together images, typography, or motion graphics to create a piece of design. A graphic designer creates the graphics primarily for published, ...

, known for a number of releases and is active on the Bergen jazz scene performing with musicians like

Karl Seglem Karl Seglem (born 8 July 1961 in Årdalstangen, Norway) is a Norwegian Jazz musician (saxophone and bukkehorn), composer and producer, known from a series of combined jazz and traditional music releases, as well as leading his own record label ...

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 ...

and

Terje Isungset Terje Isungset (born May 4, 1964) is a Norwegian drummer. From his background in jazz and traditional Scandinavian music, he has designed musical instruments from non-traditional materials, including ice. Career Isungset was raised in Geil ...

. He is the younger brother of the acclaimed Bergen guitarist

Ole Thomsen Ole Thomsen (born 28 November 1952 in Bergen, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (guitar) and composer, known from a number of releases and since 1977 central on the Bergen jazz scene. (in Norwegian) He is the older brother of another Bergen Gu ...

Career

Thomsen was born in

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

. When growing up, he was inspired by

Jazz fusion Jazz fusion (also known as fusion and progressive jazz) is a music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and jazz improvisation, improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues. Electric guitars, ...

and played in bands like "Rabies" (including drummer Atle Garmann & bassist Knut Vaksdal), and "One Step Limbo" together with Program 81/82 vocalist Kate Augestad and bassist Frank Hovland among others, In 1987 Thomsen appeared on the show "Nattsang" at NRK, with the band "Growl", comprising Karl Seglem (saxophone), Vigleik Storaas (piano),

Odd Magne Gridseth Odd Magne Gridseth (born 27 April 1959 in Ørsta, Sunnmøre, Norway) is a Norwegian musician (bass), known from the Trondheim music scene. Biography Gridseth was regular bassist in the band «Soundtrip» together with guitarist Ove Bjørken, d ...

(bass) and Terje Isungset (drums). Thomsen within an eight men strong guitarist happening (Mats Grønner, Ronny Heimdal, Morten Sæle, Kato Ådland, Reinhardt Døskeland, Mads Eriksen and Jan Ove Nordeide in addition) appeared with brother

's band "Electric Heavyland" (Frank Jakobsen, Øivind Lunde, Harald Dahlstrøm, in addition to his brother) performing a concert at

Nattjazz Bergen International Jazz Festival or Nattjazz, is one of the largest jazz festivals of Norway. The festival has a musical profile with an emphasis on ethnic and contemporary jazz. It is held annually in late May, coinciding with Festspillene ...

in 1993. In addition Thomsen has several performances at the Bergen Jazz Festival Nattjazz. Within the band "Tundra" (1984), "Growl" (1986–87), "Poems for Trio" (1986–93, 1989–91 with Frode Rasmussen), "Hip Slippers" (1991), and "Frank's Friends N'Loose Ends" (1993).

Discography

As musical performer

;With

*1988: '' Poems For Trio'' (

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) *1991: '' Sogn-A-Song'' (NorCD) ;With

Ole Amund Gjersvik Ole Amund Gjersvik (born 10 December 1963) is a Norwegian Jazz musician (upright bass The double bass (), also known simply as the bass () (or by other names), is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed (or plucked) string instrument in the m ...

*1990: ''Voice From the Past''

As photo designer

*2010 – Karl Seglem: ''Ossicles'' (Ozella Music)

References

External links

Kåre Thomsen official website
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