Tor Andreas Haugerud (born 7 January 1962 in
Brattvåg
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The ...
) is a Norwegian jazz musician (drums and percussion)
known from
Transjoik
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,
Blixband,
BOL,
Möster Trio, and has created his own
avant-garde
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band "MisterYtor" ("Nordland Musikkfestuke", 2006).
Career
Haugerud is an experienced drummer and percussionist, living in
Trondheim
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, Norway. As a musician, he has developed his own unconventional style based on improvised music influenced by the European contemporary music scene. He was involved in a production under "Trondheim Jazzfestival" (2005), and has contributed for "Cirka Teater", showing his background as a physical actor and performance artist in projects of surrealistic art, in groups like "Cirka Teater", "MisterYtor" and "Teater Fot", in which he also is a composer.
At "SoddJazz" 2006 he performed with
Trio Alpaca, and is now a member of
Alpaca Ensemble which has released the records ''Tapet Tapet'' and ''Elevator'' with music composed by
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 ...
.
Haugerud is playing in the Jazz trio
ÉnÉnÉn with Eirik Hegdal and
Michael Francis Duch, and in the bands "Gibrish" and "Bengalo". In 2008 he joined the free improvisation group "Murmur"/
Muringa comprising
Kim Myhr,
Martin Taxt,
Klaus Holm in addition to Haugerud. He also plays the improvisation duo
Vertex
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with
Petter Vågan. They released the album ''Shapes & Phases'' (2010) at the label Sofa, followed by extensive touring in among other places Germany and the United States.
Haugerud is also a guest lecturer at the Music Performance Studies at the
Trondheim Musikkonservatorium.
Discography
;With
Bol
*''Bol'' – (2001, Via Music)
*''Silver Sun'' – (2005, Curling Legs)
*''Skylab'' – (2007, NorCD)
*''Numb, Number'' – (2012, Gigafon)
;With Transjoik
*''Uja Nami'' – (2004, Vuelie), nominated for the
Spellemannprisen
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*''Bewafá'' – (2005, Vuelie), with
Sher Miandad Khan from Pakistan on vocals
;With
Trondheim Jazz Orchestra
Trondheim Jazz Orchestra (TJO) (established 1999 in Trondheim, Norway) is an orchestral project based in Trondheim, and closely related to both the Midtnorsk Jazzsenter (MNJ - Mid Norwegian Jazz Center) and Jazz Line at the Trøndelag Conservator ...
*''We Are – (2005,
Jazzaway Records
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), with Eirik Hegdal
*''Live in Oslo'' – (2007, MNJ Records), with
Maria Kannegaard Trio
*''Wood And Water'' – (2008, MNJ Records), with Eirik Hegdal
*''Stems And Cages'' – (2010, MNJ Records), with Kim Myhr
*''Morning Songs'' – (2011, MNJ Records), with
Per Zanussi
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;with Eirik Hegdal's Alpaca Ensemble
*''Tapet Tapet'' – (2007, Jazzaway Records)
*''Elevator''
;with Vertex Duo Petter Vågan
*''Shapes & Phases'' – (2010, Sofa)
;with ÉnÉnÉn
*''Rød & Blå'' – (2010, Øra Fonogram)
;with Muringa
*''The Unknown Knowns'' – (2011, Sofa)
References
External links
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20th-century Norwegian drummers
21st-century Norwegian drummers
Norwegian jazz drummers
Male drummers
Norwegian jazz composers
Male jazz composers
1962 births
Living people
20th-century drummers
20th-century Norwegian male musicians
21st-century Norwegian male musicians
Trondheim Jazz Orchestra members
BOL (band) members