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Audun Skorgen | |
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 Audun Skorgen at Moldejazz 2019 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 26 February 1967 |
| Origin | Norway |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupations | Musician, composer |
| Instruments | Upright bass, bass guitar, guitar |
| Label | Magica Records |
| Website | www |
Audun Skorgen (born 25 February 1967) is a Norwegian jazz musician (upright bass and bass guitar).
Career
[edit]Skorgen is a graduate of the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonsevatorium (2000).[1] He specialized in improvisation, and has a distinctive bottling bass technique. In addition to being an active freelance musician, he has also been a county musician, first in Finnmark and later in Sunndal, Møre og Romsdal, from 2008 as part of "Møremusikarane".[2][3]
Skorgen has also collaborated within the bands like 'Velvet Lounge Orchestra', including Marita Røstad (vocals and rhodes), Stian Omenås (trumpet), Håvard Stubø (guitar) and Erik Nylander (drums),[4] and 'Frode Grønmyr Quintet' including Grønmyr (gitar), Peter Wergeni (saxophones), Norvall Dahl (piano) and Simon Kongshaug (drums).
Discography
[edit]- With Marita Røstad
- 2007: Silent Sunday (Magica Records)[5]
References
[edit]
- ↑ "Jazzlinja". NTNU.no. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- ↑ "Audun Skorgen, kontra- og elbass". Moremusikarane.no. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- ↑ "Audun Skorgen Bassist". Mediabasen.no. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- ↑ "Velvet Lounge Orchestra". Groove.no. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- ↑ "Audun Skorgen Discography". Discogs.com. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Audun Skorgen på kontrabass picture on Mediabasen.no
| International | |
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| Artists | |
- 1967 births
- Living people
- Musicians from Ålesund Municipality
- 20th-century Norwegian male musicians
- 21st-century Norwegian male musicians
- 20th-century Norwegian bass guitarists
- 21st-century Norwegian bass guitarists
- 20th-century Norwegian double-bassists
- 21st-century Norwegian double-bassists
- Avant-garde jazz double-bassists
- Avant-garde jazz composers
- Avant-garde jazz guitarists
- Norwegian avant-garde musicians
- Norwegian male double-bassists
- Norwegian male jazz composers
- Norwegian jazz upright-bassists
- Norwegian male bass guitarists
- Norwegian jazz bass guitarists
- Norwegian jazz composers
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology alumni