Jonas Howden Sjøvaag (born 3 November 1978 in
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...
, Germany) is a Norwegian jazz drummer.
Biography
Sjøvaag started playing piano at an early age. He had his solo debut with Vestfold Youth Symphony Orchestra at age 11, started playing drums at age 10, and switched main focus to jazz drums at age 17. He graduated at the
Norwegian Academy of Music
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 ...
with a
Master's degree
A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice. in improvised music in 2008. From 2003 he has been regular drummer of the
Eple Trio.
Discography (in selection)
Solo albums
*2001: ''Navyelectre 1 (Shipwreckords)''
*2008: ''Navyelectre The Mourning (Shipwreckords)''
*
2015
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: ''Navyelectre Large Ensemble'' (Shipwreckords)
Collaborations
;
Eple Trio
*
2007
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: ''Made this'' (
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 ...
)
*
2008
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: ''The Widening Sphere Of Influence'' (NorCD)
*
2010
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:''In The Clearing'' / ''In The Cavern'' (double album) (NorCD)
*
2014
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: ''Universal Cycle'' (Shipwreckords)
;
Kallerdahl /
Seglem /
Ulvo /
Hole
A hole is an opening in or through a particular medium, usually a solid body. Holes occur through natural and artificial processes, and may be useful for various purposes, or may represent a problem needing to be addressed in many fields of en ...
/ Sjøvaag
*
2009
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: ''Skoddeheimen'' (NorCD)
;
Karl Seglem
*2007: NorskJazz.no (Ozella Records)
*
2013
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: ''NyeSongar.no'' (Ozella Records)
*2017: ''Nordic Balm'' (Ozella Records)
References
External links
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1978 births
Living people
Musicians from Oslo
20th-century Norwegian drummers
21st-century Norwegian drummers
Norwegian jazz drummers
Male drummers
Norwegian jazz composers
Avant-garde jazz musicians
Norwegian Academy of Music alumni
NorCD artists
20th-century drummers
Male jazz composers
20th-century Norwegian male musicians
21st-century Norwegian male musicians
Eple Trio members