Bjørnar Andresen

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Bjørnar Andresen ( April 1, 1945 - October 2, 2004 ) was a Norwegian jazz musician (bass, guitar, banjo).

Live and act

Andresen founded the free jazz formation Finnerud Trio with pianist Svein Finnerud , which existed from 1967 to 1974 and was inspired by the music of Paul Blei , Kent Carter and George Russell's jazz theories. With Terje Rypdal and Espen Rud he recorded the album Min bul in 1970 . From the 1980s he worked with Nils Økland . Shortly before Finnerud's death, the trio album Egne Hoder was created in 1999 .

This was followed by band projects with Jon Eberson and Paal Nilssen-Love ( Mind the Gap 2004), with Jon Klette's formation Jazzmob ( Pathfinder 2003). In the early 2000s he played with Thomas Strønen and Vidar Johansen in the Trio Bayashi ; with Bugge Wesseltoft and Paal Nilssen-Love in the Trio Samsa'ra ; he also worked with Jon Eberson, Terje Rypdal and Espen Rud . In memory of him, the Crimetime Orchestra recorded the album Life Is a Beautiful Monster three weeks after his death . a. Jon Klette and Ingebrigt Håker Flaten also took part.

Discographic notes

  • Svein Finnerud Trio (1968)
  • Svein Finnerud Trio: Plastic Sun ( Sonet Records , 1970)
  • Finnerud Trio: Travel Pillow (Prisma, 1994)
  • Bjørnar Andresen / Svein Finnerud / Paal Nilssen-Love: Egne Hoder (BP, 2000)
  • Jon Eberson / Bjørnar Andresen / Paal Nilssen-Love: Mind The Gap (Curling Leg, 2001)
  • Bayashi: Help Is On Its Way (Ayler, 2001)
  • Samsa'ra: Samsa'ra ( Jazzland Recordings , 2003)
  • Terje Rypdal, Bjørnar Andresen, Espen Rud: Min Bul

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary in Norsk Musikkinformasjon (Norwegian)
  2. ↑ Bjørnar har gått bort av Jan Granlie i Jazznytt at Norsk Musikkinformasjon (2004) (Norwegian)
  3. ↑ review of the album Egne H or François Couture at Allmusic (English). Retrieved November 13, 2011.
  4. ↑ Bjørnar Andresen at Discogs (English)
personal data
SURNAME Andresen, Bjørnar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian jazz musician (bass, guitar, banjo)
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1945
DATE OF DEATH October 2, 2004