Torgrim Sollid (born 17 June 1942) is a Norwegian self-taught traditional folk musician, composer and jazz musician (trumpet, flugelhorn, and drums), known for combining folk music with jazz, and for playing in the Jan Garbarek Quartet and Warne Marsh Sextet.

Career

After growing up in

Stor-Elvdal Stor-Elvdal is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Koppang. Other villages in the municipality include Atna, Even ...

Sollid was drummer in "Veitvet Big Band" and "Jan Garbarek Quartet" (1962–63), prior to training in music therapy in

Mo i Rana Mo i Rana () is a List of towns and cities in Norway, city, and the administrative centre of the Municipalities of Norway, municipality of Rana, Norway, Rana, in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the Helgeland region of Nordland, just sou ...

, where he also played with Guttorm Guttormsen Band. In

Molde Molde () is a town and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Romsdal. It is located on the Romsdal Peninsula, surrounding the Fannefjord and Moldefjord. The administrative centre of the m ...

he played in Erling Aksdal Sextet, and the two then gave out the "mountain jazz" project ''Østerdalsmusikk'' (1974) with music by

Ole Mørk Sandvik Ole Mørk Sandvik (9 May 1875 – 5 August 1976) was a Norwegian educator, musicologist and folk-song collector. Background Sandvik was born on the island of Helgøya in Hedmark, Norway. He was a son of school inspector Paul Knutsen Barstad S ...

. In the same vein he started the big band

Søyr Søyr (established 1976 in Trondheim, Norway) is a Norwegian musical group, led from the start of trumpeter Torgrim Sollid. Biography Søyr was initially inspired by folk music from Stor-Elvdal (among others Ole Mørk Sandvik) and released th ...

(1976–) in Trondheim, which he has led since to a number of album releases. Sollid played on two albums ''Sax of a kind'' (1983) and ''For the Time Being'' (1987) by

Warne Marsh Warne Marion Marsh (October 26, 1927 – December 18, 1987) was an American tenor saxophonist. Born in Los Angeles, his playing first came to prominence in the 1950s as a protégé of pianist Lennie Tristano and earned attention in the 1970s as ...

, with

Sidsel Endresen Sidsel Endresen (born 19 June 1952) is a Norwegian singer, composer, and actress. She was part of the Jon Eberson group. Since 1987, Endresen has pursued a successful solo career, recording for ECM. Career Endresen was one of the most pronou ...

and others in "Blue Moon" he performed at the "Oslo Jazzfestival" in 1995, and participated on the

Thomas Winther Andersen Thomas Winther Andersen (born 29 April 1969) is a Norwegian-born, now Amsterdam-based jazz bassist, married to jazz singer Henriette Andersen. Career Winther Andersen was born in Oslo, Norway. He toured extensively in Europe and the USA with ...

album ''Line Up'' (1998). He has been associated with the jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium and has taught jazz trumpet at

Norges Musikkhøgskole The Norwegian Academy of Music (Norwegian: ''Norges musikkhøgskole'', NMH) is a university-level music conservatory located in Oslo, Norway, in the neighbourhood of Majorstuen, Frogner. It is the largest music academy in Norway and offers the c ...

, where he began Norway's other jazz education, in addition to the jazz program in Trondheim. With

Knut Værnes Knut Værnes (born 1 April 1954) is a Norwegian jazz musician (guitar), composer and band leader, known from several recordings in the jazz rock genre. He grew up at Bøler in Oslo, where he became an accomplished guitarist. Career Værnes wa ...

he led the summer school for Norsk jazzforum.

Awards and honors

*Norwegian champion in amateur jazz 1962 with Jan Garbarek Quartet, awarded third soloist prize

Discography

Solo

*1974: ''Østerdalsmusikk'' (MAI)

Collaborations

Within

*1977: ''Søyr'' (MAI) *1983: ''Cierny Peter'' (

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) *1987: ''Vectors'' ( Hot Club) *1994: ''Bussene lengter hjem'' (

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 ...

) *1997: ''Med kjøtt og kjærlighet'' (Curling Legs) with the poetry of Niels Fredrik Dahl and Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen *2001: ''Alene hjemme'' (Curling Legs) Within Warne Marsh Sextet *1983: ''Sax of a Kind'' (Hot Club) with

John Pål Inderberg John Pål Inderberg (born 6 August 1950 Steinkjer, Norway) is a versatile saxophonist and one of the leading traditional musicians in Norway. His playing synthethises many different styles, not least when in partnership with Norwegian and America ...

Terje Bjørklund Terje Bjørklund (born 2 January 1945) is a jazz pianist and composer. He was an active jazz pianist until approximately 1980. From then on he has concentrated on composing. Early life and career Bjørklund was born in Narvik. After obtaini ...

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 ...

, Carl Haakon Waadeland *1987: ''For the Time Being'' (Hot Club) with John Pål Inderberg, Erling Aksdal,

Bjørn Alterhaug Bjørn Alterhaug (born 3 June 1945) is a Norwegian jazz bassist, arranger, composer and professor of music. Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian) Career Alterhaug was born in Mo i Rana, Norway. He is one of the grand masters among European bassp ...

, Ole Jacob Hansen With Thomas Winther Andersen Line Up *1998: ''Line Up'' (

NorCD NorCD (established 1991 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian record label for folk, jazz, world music and improvisational music, led by the founder saxophonist and composer Karl Seglem. NorCD is distributed through Musikkoperatørene, and is a member ...

) *2004: ''Out from a Cool Storage'' (NorCD) Crazy Moon *2017: ''West Side Story'' (

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References

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