Dag Arnesen

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Dag Syver Arnesen (born May 3, 1950 in Bergen , Norway ) is a Norwegian jazz pianist with a dozen albums under his own name.

Life

Dag Arnesen in concert with the Bergen Big Band 2014.

Arnesen studied classical piano with Jiri Hlinka at the Grieg Academy of the University of Bergen and received a scholarship contract at the Theater Den Nationale Scene . He then switched to jazz and played with the Arvid Genius Orchestra in the 1970s, leading his own 3-13-piece combos.

From the 1980s to the present day, he has released numerous albums under his own name. He is still a member of the Bergen Big Band. Arnesen lived in Oslo for ten years and played in the jazz bands Søyr, Orleysa, various combos led by the guitarist Thorgeir Stubø , singer Susanne Fuhr , the saxophonists Knut Riisnæs and Odd Riisnæs and the orchestra director Kjell Karlsen. He has worked on three albums with the Sigurd Ulveseth Quartet based in Bergen . Arnesen also ran the local Evans jazz club for a time. He lives mainly in mountains again.

Arnesen toured in half of Europe as well as in Japan, China, India, Vietnam, Argentina, USA and Canada in clubs and festivals.

His melodic style is similar to that of Jan Johansson .

Discographic Notes

  • 1982: Ny Bris ( Odin Records ), his own music, performed with Frank Jakobsen, Kåre Garnes, Olav Dale, Ole Thomsen and Per Jørgensen
  • 1989: Renascent (Odin Records), with Svein Christiansen (dr) and Bjørn Kjellemyr
  • 1990: The day after (Taurus Records) with Bjørn Kjellemyr, Wenche Gausdal , Odd Riisnæs and Svein Christiansen
  • 1992: Photographs (Taurus Records) with Svein Christiansen, Terje Gewelt and Wenche Gausdal
  • 1994: Movin ' (Taurus Records), instrumental album Terje Gewelt and Svein Christiansen
  • 1996: Rusler rounds Grieg (NOPA NN), with a 13-piece orchestra
  • 1998: Inner lines (Resonant Music), with Terje Gewelt and Svein Christiansen
  • 2005: Time enough (Resonant Music) with Terje Gewelt and Pål Thowsen
  • 2007: Norwegian Song (Resonant Music) with Terje Gewelt and Pål Thowsen
  • 2009: Norwegian Songs 2 (Resonant Music) with Terje Gewelt and Pål Thowsen
  • 2010: Norwegian Songs 3 (Losen Records) with Ellen Andrea Wang and Pål Thowsen
  • 2015: Grieg, Tveitt & I (Losen Records)
  • 2017: Pentagon Tapes (Losen Records)

Awards

Web links

Commons : Dag Arnesen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

supporting documents

  1. ↑ mulemusic.no
  2. ↑ Biographical information on Dag Arnesen in Norsk Jazzarkiv / October 2013 (Norwegian)
  3. ↑ Diskografi fra jazzbasen.no (Norwegian)
  4. ↑ a b Biographical information on Dag Arnesen , mulemusic.no
  5. ↑ Ann Kristin Ødegård, Jazzer med Grieg in Jazznytt (Norwegian)
  6. ↑ Review of Norwegian Song (2007, Resonant / Jaro RM17-2) on Nordic Music
  7. ^ "Norwegian Song 3" i fin, ny stil - review . October 28, 2010. Retrieved January 2, 2015.  (Norwegian)
personal data
SURNAME Arnesen, Dag
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Arnesen, Dag Syver
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian jazz pianist and band leader
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Mountains