Torbjørn Sunde (born 16 February 1954) is a Norwegian jazz trombonist who has worked with
Terje Rypdal
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Career
Rypdal ...
,
Edward Vesala
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Born in Mäntyharju, he began playing jazz and rock in the 1960s, in such bands as Blues Section and Apollo. In the 1970 ...
,
Jon Balke
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Career
Balke started playing classical piano but switched to blues at 12, though he ...
,
Knut Værnes,
Rickie Lee Jones
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Randy Crawford
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,
Dr. John
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Active as a session musician from ...
,
Jan Eggum
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,
Jan Garbarek
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Garbarek was born in Mysen, Østfold, southeastern Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war, Czesła ...
, and
Mezzoforte.
Musical career
After growing up at
Gjøvik
is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Toten. The administrative centre of the municipality is town of Gjøvik. Some of the villages in Gjøvik include Biri, Bybrua, and Hunndalen.
The ...
he got a bachler in football from
Norges Idrettshøgskole
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, and a master in musicology at
University of Oslo
The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top univers ...
. He participated on a number of recordings with Terje Rypdal (''Odyssey'', 1975), Edward Vesala (1977), Oslo 13 (awarded
Spellemannprisen
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in 1988, for the album ''Off Balance''),
Oslo Rhythm & Blues Ensemble,
Four Roosters,
Etno Funk,
Chipahua,
Horns for Hire,
Jazzpunkensemblet
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, and
Mezzoforte.
He has participated on releases by
Jon Eberson
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(''Stash'', 1988), Jon Balke (''Nonsentration'', 1990) and Knut Værnes (1993). He worked with Rickie Lee Jones, Randy Crawford, Dr. John, Jan Eggum (''Deilig'', 1999) and Jan Garbarek.
He led his own orchestra "Meridians of Music" (with such musical profiles as Terje Rypdal,
Bugge Wesseltoft
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Career
In 1989, Wesseltoft collaborated with the Knut Riisnæs Quartet and was soon after ...
,
Eivind Aarset
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and Jon Balke), and the "Torbjørn Sunde Octet" (with Jon Eberson,
Rob Waring
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Waring studied with R ...
,
Morten Halle,
Håvard Lund,
Trude Eick,
Aslak Hartberg
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Education
Hartbe ...
and
Jens Petter Antonsen) with album releases. He also had his own Quartet with
Tom Olstad,
Roy Powell and
Per Mathisen (''The Blue Note sessions'').
Speedskater
In his youth, Sunde was a very promising
speedskater
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representing "Gjøvik Skøiteklub". In 1971, at the age of 17, he skated 500 meters in 41.5 seconds. Sunde participated in three sprint NM (Norgesmesterskap) in 1971, 1972 and 1973, with a 9th place as the best in 1973.
He is the younger brother of speedskater
Arnulf Sunde (
1976 Winter Olympics
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participant).
Awards and honors
*Spellemannprisen 1988 in the class Jazz, with Oslo 13 for the album ''Off Balance''
Discography
* ''Meridians'' (ACT, 1998)
* ''Where Is the Chet'' (K&K, 2001)
References
External links
Torbjorn Sunde Confronting Hemispheresfrom the album ''Meridians'' on YouTube
*
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1954 births
Living people
Musicians from Gjøvik
1300 Oslo members
20th-century Norwegian male musicians
20th-century Norwegian trombonists
21st-century Norwegian male musicians
21st-century Norwegian trombonists
21st-century trombonists
Jazzpunkensemblet members
Male jazz composers
Male trombonists
Norwegian jazz composers
Norwegian jazz trombonists
ACT Music artists