Karl Seglem (born 8 July 1961 in

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, Norway) is a Norwegian

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( saxophone and

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and

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, known from a series of combined jazz and traditional music releases, as well as leading his own record label NorCD from 1991.

Career

Seglem was educated on the Music program at

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(1978–80), followed by cooperation with

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, «Jan Grieg Qvartet», Kenneth Sivertsen (1980–92) and

Knut Kristiansen Knut Johan Bratland Kristiansen (born 14 April 1946) is a Norwegian composer and jazz musician (piano), known from Bergen jazz life primarily for his many interpretations of the music of Thelonious Monk as orchestra leader his own bands with var ...

(during the 1980s) in Bergen. He also led his own Jazz band «Growl», wrote for the magazin «Jazznytt» and was politically active in ''Foreningen norske jazzmusikere''. He has released eight albums in his own name, and has a long lasting cooperation with Terje Isungset like in the bands

Isglem Isglem (established 1987 in Bergen, Norway) is a Norwegian musical duo comprising Karl Seglem and Terje Isungset. Their traditional music and free jazz-based expression involves an unusual amount of improvisation and has given the pairing a pione ...

and trio «Utla» where also fiddle player Håkon Høgemo contributed, resulting in many record releases. begge har resultert i flere utgivelser on his own label. He has also released two albums cooperating with the poet

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. Around 2000 he started experimenting with the old Norwegian instrument

or Billy Goat Horn. He is currently the main instrumentalist playing the instrument in the world. Seglem has toured extensively with ''

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'' and ''Den norske jazzscene''. In 2013 he also toured in Norway with

Morning Has Occurred Morning Has Occurred (initiated 2010 in Bergen, Norway) is a Norwegian Jazz ensemble. Biography The band members met on the Jazz program at Griegakademiet, and started the band in 2010. The quartet performs self composed material, which are b ...

fronted by

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and Marte Eberson, for the project 'Jazz til ungdom' (Jazz to the youth). At

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2014, he joined

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presenting his "fjord-jazz" together with

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and Epletrio, including

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and

Jonas Howden Sjøvaag Jonas Howden Sjøvaag (born 3 November 1978 in Munich, Germany) is a Norwegian jazz drummer. Biography Sjøvaag started playing piano at an early age. He had his solo debut with Vestfold Youth Symphony Orchestra at age 11, started playing drum ...

Honors

*1983: ''Årdal Kommune´s Culture Prize'' *1998:

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in open class *1998:

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in the class Popular music, major work, together with Reidar Skår for ''TYA'' *2010:

Buddyprisen Buddyprisen (established 1956 in Oslo, Norway) is an award, given annually by the Norwegian Jazz Forum to a Norwegian jazz musician that has "been an excellent performer and significantly involved in Norwegian jazz by other means". The award was a ...

*2012: Commissioned work ''Som spor'' at

Discography

*1988: ''Poems for Trio'' (

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; with

Kåre Thomsen Kåre Thomsen (born 30 December 1959) is a Norwegian Jazz musician (guitar) and graphic designer, known for a number of releases and is active on the Bergen jazz scene performing with musicians like Karl Seglem, Vigleik Storaas and Terje Isungset ...

and

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 ...

) *1991: ''Sogn-A-Song'' ( NorCD) *1994: ''Rit'' (NorCD) *1998: ''Spir (album)'' (NorCD) *2002: ''Nye nord'' (NorCD) *2004: ''New north'' (NorCD) *2004: ''Femstein'' (NorCD) *2005: ''Budda og reven'' Singie (NorCD) *2005: ''Reik'' (NorCD) *2006: ''Urbs'' (NorCD) *2008: ''Spelferd – a playful journey'' DVD (NorCD) *2009: ''NORSKjazz.no'' (NorCD) *2009: ''Skoddeheimen'' (NorCD) *2009: ''Draumkvedet'' (NorCD) *2010: ''Ossicles'' (NorCD) *2013: ''NyeSongar.no'' (Ozella Music) *2014: ''Som Spor'' (NorCD) *2015: ''Lærad The Tree'' (NorCD) *2015: ''Live In Germany'' (NorCD) *2015: ''WorldJazz'' (NorCD) *2016: ''Nordic Balm'' (NorCD)

References

External links

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Karl Seglem NorCD.noKarl Seglem Biography - Norsk MusikkinformasjonMonitor: Morning Has Occurred og Karl Seglem
{{DEFAULTSORT:Seglem, Karl 1961 births Living people Norwegian jazz saxophonists Norwegian jazz composers 20th-century Norwegian musicians 21st-century Norwegian musicians Musicians from Årdal Hot Club Records artists NorCD artists 21st-century saxophonists