Magne Thormodsæter (born 8 July 1973 in

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) is a

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jazz musician (

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) and composer, known from a dozen releases and cooperations with the likes of

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 ...

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 Leks ...

Paolo Vinaccia Paolo Vinaccia (Camerino, 27 March 1954 – Oslo, 5 July 2019) was an Italian jazz drummer who lived in Norway. He died on July 5, 2019 after almost ten years of living with pancreatic cancer. Career Vinaccia worked with Terje Rypdal, Bendik ...

Karin Krog Karin Krog (born 15 May 1937) is a Norwegian jazz singer. Life and career Krog began singing jazz as a teenager and attracted attention while performing in jam sessions in Oslo. In 1955, she was hired by the pianist Kjell Karlsen to sing in ...

and

John Surman John Douglas Surman (born 30 August 1944) is an English jazz saxophone, bass clarinet, and synthesizer player, and composer of free jazz and modal jazz, often using themes from folk music. He has composed and performed music for dance performanc ...

Career

Thormodsæter was educated on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium, and is now

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, Department of Music,

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. He has his own M.T. Trio, and also plays within bands like "Bungalow", Knut Kristiansen Trio, Lena Skjerdal Trio, Qvales Ensemble, The Wedding and Zumo.

Honors

Vossajazz Vossajazz or Vossa Jazz (established 19 December 1973) is an international jazz festival in Voss, Norway, which takes place annually during the week before Easter, and which also includes concerts throughout the year. The festival has been led by ...

prisen 2004

Discography

Within

Bergen Big Band Bergen Big Band (BBB) is a Norwegian big band established 1991 as a continuation of Knut Kristiansen's Bergen Band. BBB is known from cooperations with musicians like Phil Woods, Paquito D'Rivera, Joe Henderson, Maria Schneider, Diana Krall, Si ...

* 2003: ''Adventures in European New Jazz and Improvised Music'' (Europe Jazz Oddysey), with Mathias Rüegg "Art & Fun" on compilation with various artists * 2005: ''Seagull'' (

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), feat.

conducted by

recorded at the

Nattjazz Festival 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 ...

, Bergen 2004 * 2007: ''Meditations on Coltrane'' (Grappa), with

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* 2008: ''Som den gyldne sol frembryter'' (Grappa) * 2010: ''

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'' ( ECM), with

recorded at the

, Bergen 2009 Collaborations * 2000: ''City Dust'' (

Curling Legs __NOTOC__ Curling Legs Productions A/S (established 1992 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian record label with a catalogue encompassing all styles of jazz and improvised music. It was started by Knut Værnes and Morten Halle to release their own mus ...

), with Helén Eriksen * 2003: ''Adventures in European New Jazz and Improvised Music'' (Europe Jazz Odyssey), with various artists * 2004: ''Grønn'' (

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 Qvales Ensemble * 2005: ''Siste Stikk'' (MajorStudio), with

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* 2005: ''Join Me in the Park'' (

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, Norway), with

Nathalie Nordnes Nathalie Nordnes (born 22 November 1984, in Bergen) is a Norwegian singer. She released her first album on Virgin Records in 2003, and her fourth album in November 2011. Most of her recorded output is sung in English. Her debut album ''Hush Hush' ...

* 2005: ''Inventio'' ( Jazzaway), within Svein Olav Herstad Trio including

Håkon Mjåset Johansen Håkon Mjåset Johansen (born 1 August 1975 in Trondheim, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz drummer and composer, known from playing with the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra featuring Chick Corea at Moldejazz 2000, cooperations with Bugge Wesseltoft's New Co ...

* 2008: ''The Good or Better Side of Things'' (

), with "Garness» * 2012: ''Jeg Har Vel Ingen Kjærere'' (Plush Badger Music), with Anne Gravir Klykken

References

External links

The Moment of Truth ~ Eivind Austad Trio ~ Bergen Jazzforum
on YouTube {{DEFAULTSORT:Thormodsaeter, Magne 1973 births Living people Norwegian University of Science and Technology alumni Norwegian jazz upright-bassists Male double-bassists Jazz double-bassists Norwegian jazz composers Musicians from Bergen ECM Records artists 21st-century double-bassists 21st-century Norwegian male musicians Bergen Big Band members