Torbjørn Sunde (born 16 February 1954) is a Norwegian jazz trombonist who has worked with

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, and Mezzoforte.

Musical career

After growing up at

Gjøvik is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Toten. The administrative centre of the municipality is town of Gjøvik. Some of the villages in Gjøvik include Biri, Bybrua, and Hunndalen. The ...

he got a bachler in football from Norges Idrettshøgskole, and a master in musicology at

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

. He participated on a number of recordings with Terje Rypdal (''Odyssey'', 1975), Edward Vesala (1977), Oslo 13 (awarded

Spellemannprisen Spellemannprisen, often referred to as the Norwegian Grammy Awards in English, is a Norwegian music award presented to Norwegian musicians. The award was established by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), an organizati ...

in 1988, for the album ''Off Balance''), Oslo Rhythm & Blues Ensemble, Four Roosters, Etno Funk, Chipahua, Horns for Hire,

Jazzpunkensemblet Jazzpunkensemblet (established 1983 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz ensemble orchestra led by the famous musicians Jon Eberson on guitar and Nils Petter Molvær on trumpet, and known for a clean style duel between two rhythm sections, and the ...

, and Mezzoforte. He has participated on releases by

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(''Stash'', 1988), Jon Balke (''Nonsentration'', 1990) and Knut Værnes (1993). He worked with Rickie Lee Jones, Randy Crawford, Dr. John, Jan Eggum (''Deilig'', 1999) and Jan Garbarek. He led his own orchestra "Meridians of Music" (with such musical profiles as Terje Rypdal,

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and Jon Balke), and the "Torbjørn Sunde Octet" (with Jon Eberson,

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, Håvard Lund,

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and Jens Petter Antonsen) with album releases. He also had his own Quartet with

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, Roy Powell and

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(''The Blue Note sessions'').

Speedskater

In his youth, Sunde was a very promising

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representing "Gjøvik Skøiteklub". In 1971, at the age of 17, he skated 500 meters in 41.5 seconds. Sunde participated in three sprint NM (Norgesmesterskap) in 1971, 1972 and 1973, with a 9th place as the best in 1973. He is the younger brother of speedskater

Arnulf Sunde Arnulf Sunde (born 12 October 1951) is a former speed skater from Norway, who represented his native country at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. There he finished in sixth place in the men's 500 metres, together with the Netherlands' ...

(

1976 Winter Olympics The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (german: XII. Olympische Winterspiele, french: XIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1976 ( bar, Innschbruck 1976, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a ...

participant).

Awards and honors

*Spellemannprisen 1988 in the class Jazz, with Oslo 13 for the album ''Off Balance''

Discography

* ''Meridians'' (ACT, 1998) * ''Where Is the Chet'' (K&K, 2001)

References

External links

Torbjorn Sunde Confronting Hemispheres
from the album ''Meridians'' on YouTube * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sunde, Torbjorn 1954 births Living people Musicians from Gjøvik 1300 Oslo members 20th-century Norwegian male musicians 20th-century Norwegian trombonists 21st-century Norwegian male musicians 21st-century Norwegian trombonists 21st-century trombonists Jazzpunkensemblet members Male jazz composers Male trombonists Norwegian jazz composers Norwegian jazz trombonists ACT Music artists