Kåre Garnes (born 8 November 1954 in

Bergen Bergen (, ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, second-largest city in Norway after the capital Oslo. By May 20 ...

, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (

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), known for his collaborations with Bergen jazz legends like

Dag Arnesen Dag Syver Arnesen (born 3 May 1950) is a Norwegian jazz pianist with a series of album releases. Career Arnesen was born in Bergen, and studied classical piano under Jiri Hlinka at the Bergen Music Conservatory and got a commitment by Den ...

Knut Kristiansen Knut Johan Bratland Kristiansen (born 14 April 1946) is a Norwegian composer and jazz musician (piano), known from Bergen jazz life primarily for his many interpretations of the music of Thelonious Monk as orchestra leader his own bands with va ...

, Per Jørgensen, Olav Dale and Ole Thomsen, and in a series of Norwegian jazz bands.

Career

From the mid-1970s he was a central figure on the Bergen jazz scene, and participated such within orchestras like Knut Kristiansen/Per Jørgensen Quintet 1979–80, Ny Bris and Steam 1980–83. He moved to Oslo in 1983, and there he collaborated with musicians such as Odd Riisnæs,

Bjarne Nerem Bjarne Arnulf Nerem (31 July 1923 in Oslo, Norway – 1 April 1991 in Oslo), was a Norwegian jazz musician (tenor saxophone, alto saxophone and clarinet) among the foremost soloists in Norwegian jazz. He was in the tradition of Lester Young, ...

, Laila Dalseth and Per Husby. In 2010–12 he has performed a series of gigs at Oslo jazz clubs with his own K. G. Trio including Svein Christiansen (drums) and

Håkon Storm-Mathisen Håkon Storm (born Håkon Storm-Mathisen 13 March 1967 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (guitar), the son of professor of medicine Jon Storm-Mathisen (b. 1941), and known from his own band projects in addition playing within the "Pr ...

(guitar), and in the quintet "Changes" including

Tom Olstad Tom Olstad (born 13 April 1953 in Gjøvik, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz drummer who has performed on many recordings. Career Olstad has lived in Oslo since 1973, when he started his musical studies at Østlandets Musikkonservatorium and Unive ...

, Nils Jansen and Rune Klakegg.

Discography

;With

*1982: ''Ny Bris'' (

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), including

Frank Jakobsen Frank Jakobsen (born 28 April 1954) is a Norwegian jazz musician (drums), known from a number of recordings, and central to the jazz scenes in Bergen and Oslo. Career Jakobsen was born and raised in Bergen, where he played in local groups li ...

, Olav Dale, Ole Thomsen and Per Jørgensen ;With Eli Storbekken *1989: ''Glimt'' (

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) ;With

*1987: ''More Than You Know'' (Gemini Records) *1988: ''Mood Indigo'' (Gemini Records) *2006: ''Embraceable You'' (Gemini Records), compilation ;With Odd Riisnæs *1988: ''Speak Low'' (Taurus Records) *1990: ''Thoughts'' (Taurus Records) ;With

Nora Brockstedt Nora Brockstedt (20 January 1923 – 5 November 2015) was a Norwegian singer. She was the first person ever to represent Norway in the European Song Contest, appearing as the Norwegian entrant in 1960 and 1961. She was first nationally kno ...

*1990: ''Hilsen Nora'' (Benoni Records) ;With

*1995: ''Monk Moods'' (Odin Records) ;With

Totti Bergh Theodor Christian Frølich Bergh known as Totti Bergh (5 December 1935 – 4 January 2012) was a Norwegians, Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone), the younger brother of the jazz journalist Johannes (Johs.) Bergh (1932–2001). He was married to ...

*1996: ''Warm Valley'' (Gemini Records) ;With Vidar Johansen Trio *1997: ''Lopsided'' (

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) ;Trio including Harald Gundhus and

*1999: ''Don't Drop the Bop'' (Gemini Records) ;With

*2007: ''Changes – For Mingus'' (Ponca Jazz)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Garnes, Kaare 1954 births Living people Musicians from Bergen Norwegian jazz upright-bassists Norwegian male double-bassists Norwegian jazz composers Odin Records artists Taurus Records artists 21st-century Norwegian upright-bassists 21st-century Norwegian male musicians