Sverre Gjørvad (born 26 October 1966 in
Stathelle
Stathelle is a town in Norway in the municipality of Bamble in the county of Telemark, Norway.
History
Stathelle was a former municipality in Telemark. It was separated from Bamble as a municipality of its own in 1851. In 1964, the municipalities ...
,
Norway
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) is a
Norwegian
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* Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway
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jazz musician
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Accordion
* Kamil Běhounek (1916–1983)
* Luciano Biondini (born 1971)
* A ...
(
drums
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) and
composer
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. He is known for participating in establishing the SoddJazz festival
and recording with various notable musicians including
Live Maria Roggen
Live Maria Roggen (born 22 March 1970) is a Norwegian jazz singer, songwriter and composer.
Roggen was born in Oslo and educated at Foss High School (violin and vocals). She studied sociology and Musicology intermediate at the University of Osl ...
,
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 Le ...
,
Mats Eilertsen
Mats Eilertsen (born 4 March 1975) is a Norwegian jazz musician and composer. He is known for recording with numerous bands, including the Maria Kannegaard Trio, Ola Kvernberg, Nils Økland, Eldbjørg Raknes, Anders Aarum Trio, Eirik Hegdal, Sve ...
and
Nils-Olav Johansen.
Career
Gjørvad studied jazz at
Trondheim Musikkonservatorium, while performing with Bodega Band and
Storytellers
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* A person who does storytelling
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*''Oidhche Sheanchais'', also called ''The Storyteller''; 1935 Irish short film
* '' Narradores de Javé'' (''Storytellers'') ...
, with Nils-Olav Johansen (guitar) and Svein Folkvord (bass). Storytellers released their album ''Enjoy Storytellers!'' in 1994. He has performed with
Dingobats, along with
Eirik Hegdal
Eirik Hegdal (born 3 October 1973 in Gjøvik, Norway) is a Norwegian Jazz musician (saxophone), composer, arranger and music teacher, known from the band Dingobats (1995-2005) and as leader of Trondheim Jazz Orchestra (from 2002).
Career
After ...
(saxophone), Njål Ølnes (saxophone), Thomas T. Dahl (guitar), and Mats Eilertsen (bass). As regional musician in
Nord-Trøndelag
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, Gjørvad taught music and composed the work ''Jazz Pathetique'' for the SoddJazz festival in 1999.
In 2006, Gjørvad moved to
Hammerfest
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, where he currently works as producer for the Arctic Cultural Centre.
[ He also leads his own quartet, doing occasional concerts and tours around Norway.
]
Discography
Solo albums
* 2001: ''Denne lille pytten er et hav'' (Curling Legs), texts by Jan Kjærstad
Jan Kjærstad (born 6 March 1953 in Oslo) is a Norwegian author.Jan Kjærstad
in Peter Handke
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, which featured Live Maria Roggen (vocals), Ståle Storløkken (keyboards), Nils-Olav Johansen (guitar), Mats Eilertsen (bass), and Øyvind Brekke (trombone).
Collaborations
;With Epinastic Movements
* 1994: ''Rapid'' (Pop Eye)
;With Storytellers
* 1994: ''Enjoy Storytellers!'' (Curling Legs)
;With Dingobats
* 1998: ''The New Dingobats Generation'' (Turn Left Productions)
* 2002: ''Pöck'' (Bergland Productions)
* 2004: ''Follow'' (Jazzaway Records
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The label includes artists an ...
)
;With Kjellerbandet
* 1999: ''Kjellerbandet På Plate'' ()
;With Richard Badendyck
* 2004: ''That's All'' (Jazzavdelingen)
;With Jienat
* 2010: ''Mira'' (Jienat)
;With Ivar Thomassen
* 2011: ''Særlig Når Timan E Blå'' (Reflect)
;With Håkon Follien
* 2019: ''Prærien Super'' (Tyven Records)
References
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Musicians from Stathelle
Norwegian University of Science and Technology alumni
20th-century Norwegian drummers
21st-century Norwegian drummers
Norwegian jazz drummers
Male drummers
Norwegian composers
Norwegian male composers
1966 births
Living people
20th-century drummers
20th-century Norwegian male musicians
21st-century Norwegian male musicians
Male jazz musicians
Storytellers (Norwegian band) members