Bjørn Marius Hegge (born 11 September 1987 in

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) is a Norwegian jazz musician (

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and guitar) and composer.

Biography

Hegge completed his studies on the Jazz program at

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in Trondheim, giving the exam concert with drummer

Hans Hulbækmo Hans Hulbækmo (born 1989) is a Norwegian musician (drums, percussion, saw, Jew's harp and vibraphone) and composer, son of the traditional folk musicians Tone Hulbækmo and Hans Fredrik Jacobsen, brother of pianist Alf Hulbækmo, and known ...

and pianist

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in 2016. While still a student he led his band Operasjon Hegge joined by former fellow students Martin Myhre Olsen, Petter Kraft, Simon Olderskog Albertsen, and Torstein Lavik Larsen, releasing his debut album ''Midt På Natta'' (2016) on the label Particular Recordings. He also collaborated in the Kjetil Mulelid Trio, including with drummer

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, releasing the album ''Not Nearly Enough To Buy A House'' (2017), ''What You Thought Was Home'' (2019) and ''Who Do You Love The Most'' (2022) on the label

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. In 2016 Hegge started his quintet Hegge joined by

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(

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), Martin Myhre Olsen (

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and

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s),

Vigleik Storaas Vigleik Storaas (born 2 February 1963) is a Norwegian jazz pianist and composer, and the younger brother of composer and bassist Gaute Storaas. He is known from a series of album releases and collaborations with jazz musicians such as Norma Wins ...

(

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) and

Håkon Mjåset Johansen Håkon Mjåset Johansen (born 1 August 1975 in Trondheim, Norway) is a Norwegians, Norwegian jazz musician, jazz drummer and composer, known from playing with the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra featuring Chick Corea at Moldejazz 2000, cooperations wit ...

(

drum The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a ...

s). They released the albumet ''Vi Är Ledsna Men Du Får Inte Längre Vara Barn'' in 2017 and was awarded the

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in the jazz category.

Honors

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in the category Jazz, for the album ''Vi Är Ledsna Men Du Får Inte Längre Vara Barn''.

Discography

Solo albums

; With Operasjon Hegge *

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

: ''Midt På Natta'' (Particular Recordings) ; With Hegge *

: ''Vi Är Ledsna Men Du Får Inte Längre Vara Barn'' (Particular Recordings)

Collaborations

; With Kjetil Mulelid Trio * 2017: ''Not Nearly Enough To Buy A House'' (

) * 2019: ''What You Thought Was Home'' * 2022: ''Who Do You Love The Most?''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hegge, Bjorn Marius Norwegian jazz composers Norwegian jazz upright-bassists Norwegian male double-bassists 21st-century Norwegian upright-bassists Spellemannprisen winners People from Stjørdal 1987 births Living people 21st-century Norwegian male musicians