Øystein Bjørn Blix (born 5 November 1966 in

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, Norway) is a Norwegian Jazz musician (

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) and sound designer, central to the

Jazz scene and Head of ''Tromsø Jazzklubb'' from 2001.

Career

Blix is a graduate of the Jazz Program at '' Trondheim Musikkonservatorium'' (1988). He was first recognized as trombonist in the band "Jazz i Nord" together with Jørn Øien (piano), Konrad Kaspersen (double bass) and Trond Sverre Hansen (drums) releasing the album ''Song, Fall Soft'' featuring

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(vocals) in 1997. He has led the trio "Pentateuch" expanding to the quartet "Blix Band" in 1990. They released the album ''På en lyserød sky'' (1997), including

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(double bass),

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(guitar) and

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(drums). It was followed up with the album ''Texas'' (1998), where Didrik Ingvaldsen contributed on trumpet. He toured in the period 1999–2003 together with the trumpeter Gustavo Bergalli, within the band "Blix/Bergalli Group" comprising additional

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(piano),

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(bass) and Magnus Gran (drums). In 2002 we find Blix in a duo "Tromsø Kunstforsyning" performing

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together with the celloist Bernt Simen Lund documented on the album ''Tur'' (2009). Otherwise, he has participated on the Tromsø

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-miljø scene, with such as

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(alias "Kolar Goi") (''Kolar Goi'', 2003). Blix works as Assistant Professor at the

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, department of fine arts, where he lectures in

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. He is also director of the record company ''Reflect''.

Honors

*NOMUS scholarship, 1999 & 2002 *Norwegian Government Travel and Study Grants, 1994, 2001 & 2005 *Torgeir Stubøs Avard for special effort for the jazz in Northern Norway (

Stubøprisen Stubøprisen (an Award initiated in 1989, in memory of the late guitar virtuoso and Northern Norway Enthusiast Thorgeir Stubø) is the highest honor given to a Northern Norwegian jazz musician. The award is given every second year to a person who ...

), 2003 *Tromsø Municipality Cultural Grant, 2004.

Discography

Solo projects

*1996: ''På en lyserød sky'' (NorCD), Blix Band *1998: ''Texas'' (NorCD), within Blix Band *2010: ''Pinseria'' (NorCD), Blix Band

Collaborative works

*1997: ''Song, Fall Soft'' (Gemini Records), with Marit Sandvik *1999: ''Casamance'' (TKCD), with Tamba Kounda *2003: ''Kolar Goi'' (Beatservice Records), with Kolar Goi *2005: ''Aline Sitoe'' (King Snake), with Tamba Kounda *2007: ''June 1999'' (Reflect), with Alf Kjellman *2008: ''Feather, But No Wings'' (Reflect), with Alf Kjellman *2009: ''Tur'' (NorCD), within "Tromsø Kunstforsyning"

Theatre and film

*1997: ''Nakkeknekk'' (Totalteatret) *1999: ''Englepels'' (Totalteatret), was filmed in 2000 *2003: ''Søstre'' (Haugen Produksjoner) *2004: ''Berøre'' (Stein Elvestad/Per Bogstad Gulliksen) *2005: ''Kaffebønneslekten'' (Stein Elvestad/Trine H. Blixrud) *2005: ''Søstre'' (Haugen Produksjoner/Riksteatret)

References

External links

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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 ...

The Record Company Reflect
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