Stathelle
is a town in Bamble Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The town is located at the confluence of the Frierfjorden, Eidangerfjord, and Langesundsfjorden. The town of Brevik lies about across the fjord and the town of Langesund lies about ...
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Norway
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jazz musician
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Accordion
* Kamil Běhounek (1916–1983)
* Luciano Biondini (born 1971)
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drums
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composer
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. He is known for participating in establishing the SoddJazz festival and recording with various notable musicians including Live Maria Roggen,
Ståle Storløkken
Ståle Storløkken (born 22 February 1969 in Dombås, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (keyboards, organ and piano) and composer, known for collaborations with artists like Terje Rypdal, BigBang, Supersilent and Motorpsycho. Store Norske ...
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Mats Eilertsen
Mats Eilertsen (born 4 March 1975) is a Norwegian jazz musician and composer. He is known for recording with numerous bands, including the Maria Kannegaard Trio, Ola Kvernberg, Nils Økland, Eldbjørg Raknes, Anders Aarum Trio, Eirik Hegdal, S ...
Storytellers
Storyteller, story teller, or story-teller may refer to:
* A person who does storytelling
Arts and entertainment Film
*'' Oidhche Sheanchais'', also called ''The Storyteller''; 1935 Irish short film
* '' Narradores de Javé'' (''Storytellers'') ...
, with Nils-Olav Johansen (guitar) and Svein Folkvord (bass). Storytellers released their album ''Enjoy Storytellers!'' in 1994. He has performed with Dingobats, along with
Eirik Hegdal
Eirik Hegdal (born 3 October 1973 in Gjøvik, Norway) is a Norwegians, Norwegian Jazz musician (saxophone), composer, arranger and music teacher, known from the band Dingobats (1995-2005) and as leader of Trondheim Jazz Orchestra (from 2002).
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(saxophone), Njål Ølnes (saxophone), Thomas T. Dahl (guitar), and Mats Eilertsen (bass). As regional musician in
Nord-Trøndelag
Nord-Trøndelag (; "North Trøndelag") was a counties of Norway, county constituting the northern part of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Sør-Trøndelag ("South Trøndelag") county as well as the county of Nordl ...
, Gjørvad taught music and composed the work ''Jazz Pathetique'' for the SoddJazz festival in 1999.
In 2006, Gjørvad moved to
Hammerfest
Hammerfest or Hámmárfeasta is a town/cityIn the Norwegian language, the word ''by'' can be translated as "town" or "city". that is also the administrative centre of Hammerfest Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located on the nor ...
, where he currently works as producer for the Arctic Cultural Centre. He also leads his own quartet, doing occasional concerts and tours around Norway.
Discography
Solo albums
* 2001: ''Denne lille pytten er et hav'' (Curling Legs), texts by
Peter Handke
Peter Handke (; born 6 December 1942) is an Austrians, Austrian novelist, playwright, translator, poet, film director, and screenwriter. He was awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature "for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has ...
, which featured Live Maria Roggen (vocals), Ståle Storløkken (keyboards), Nils-Olav Johansen (guitar), Mats Eilertsen (bass), and Øyvind Brekke (trombone).
* 2011: ''Patience For The Little Things'' (Reflect Records), with Siri Gjære, Ståle Storløkken, Mark Fransman, Brydon Bolton, Gorm Helfjord, and Melanie Scholtz.
* 2019: ''Voi River'' (Losen Records), with Herborg Rundberg, Kristian Olstad and Dag Okstad.
* 2020: ''Elegy of Skies'' (Losen Records), with Herborg Rundberg, Kristian Olstad, Dag Okstad and Joakim Milder.
* 2021: ''Time To Illuminate Earth'' (Losen Records), with Herborg Rundberg, Kristian Olstad, Dag Okstad and Embrik Snerte.
* 2022: ''Here Comes The Sun'' (Losen Records), with Herborg Rundberg, Kristian Olstad, Dag Okstad and Eirik Hegdal.
* 2024: ''six pieces for cinema'' (Tyven Records), with Dag Okstad, Herborg Rundberg, Kristian Olstad.