Rob Waring (born December 3, 1956 in

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, New York) is an American-Norwegian Contemporary music composer and performer (drums and

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), commonly associated with symphony orchestras and jazz ensembles.

Career

Waring studied with Roland Kohloff, who had just become timpanist of the

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, while still in high school. Then he continued studies on percussion at the

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with

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and Elden "Buster" Bailey (1974–79), and earned his Bachelor and Master of Music Degrees. During that period, he also took elective courses in composition with

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, and studied jazz vibraphone in 1975 with

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. He started a career as a freelance musician in New York, and worked in symphony orchestras, jazz groups, ensembles for new music, and an experimental ensemble for homemade instruments. In 1981, Waring moved to

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and since then has participated on numerous recordings and established the Rob Waring Trio with

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and

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(1987–). He teaches at

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, and has played in bands like

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and contributed on releases by

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(1983),

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(1984), Torgrim Sollid (1983), Rune Klakegg,

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(1986),

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(1987), Kjell Samkopf (1987),

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(1988), Lasse Thoresen (1994), Peter Opsvik (1999),

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(2000), Torbjørn Sunde oktett (2001), Elin Rosseland (2004),

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(2004), and on the

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records ''Strange News From Mars'' (2007) and ''The Jimmy Carl Black Story'' (2008). At the

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2014, Waring joined

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's Rubicon, for the commissioned work.

Works (in selection)

*1984: ''Concerto for Vibraphone and Chamber orchestra'' *1996: ''Sonomatrix'', electronic installation at the Henie-Onstad Art Center in Bærum, Norway *1997: ''Sikoté Sukán'', for percussion trio *2003: ''Sax Cycles'', for 2 saxophones and electronics *2005: ''Jalan Pantai Sari'', quartertone-marimba duet *2006: ''Braided Streams'', for viola, contrabass and marimba *2009: ''Frekoté Vokán'', guitar duet *2011: ''Wellspring'', guitar trio *2011: ''Three Narratives for Solo Harp'' *2013: ''Point of Departure'', duet for vibraphone and marimba

Discography (in selection)

Solo albums

;Rob Waring Trio *1992: ''Secret Red Thread'' ( Odin) *2001: ''Synchronize Your Watches'' (

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)

Collaborations

;Trio with Jan Wiese and

*1984: ''Wiese – Wøllo – Waring Trio'' (Maza) ;With Octoband *1986: ''Octoband'' (Aurora), including with Guttorm Kittelsen, Aasmund Feidje, Kjell Samkopf, Andreas Rønningen, Morten Gunnar Larsen and

Bjørn Kjellemyr Bjørn Kjellemyr (born 4 December 1950 in Bamble, Norway) is a jazz double bassist, known from a variety of musical contexts like Terje Rypdal & The Chasers, Joe Henderson, Bob Berg, Chet Baker, Art Farmer, Pat Metheny, Mike Stern, Dag Arnesen, K ...

;With

*1988: ''Vectors'' ( Hot Club) *2001: ''Alene Hjemme'' (Curling Legs) ;With Metropolitan *1999: ''Metropolitan'' ( Columbia) *2004: ''Love Is Blind'' (Curling Legs) ;With Torbjørn Sunde Octet *2001: ''Where Is the Chet'' (

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) ;With Elin Rosseland *2004: ''Moment'' (

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) *2007: ''Elin Rosseland Trio'' (NorCD) ;With Jon Eberson Trio *2009: ''Born to Be Slow'' (NorCD) ;With Stian Omenås *2012: ''Klangkammer 1'' (NorCD) With

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*'' Invisible Threads'' (ECM, 2018)

References

External links

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Rob Waring: American Composer in Norway
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