Frøy Aagre

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Frøy aagre (* 8. June 1977 in Tønsberg ) is a Norwegian jazz - saxophonist ( soprano and tenor saxophone ), bandleader and composer .

Live and act

Aagre began playing the saxophone at the age of twelve; she came to jazz through the music of Dave Holland and Wayne Shorter . She studied saxophone and composition in Birmingham, where she earned her bachelor's degree and also dealt with Far Eastern gamelan music. She then completed her Masters at Middlesex University in London; then she continued her studies in Oslo and New York with Dave Liebman and in Buenos Aires at the Conservatoiro Nacional Lopez Bouchardo . In the early 2000s she founded the formation Offbeat ; In 2004 the Norwegian label AIM released their first solo album with their own compositions. In mid-2008 she went on a US tour with an American band made up of pianist Kris Davis , bassist Michael Bates and drummer Jeff Davis and performed with Kenny Wheeler at the London Jazz Festival. Jazzthetik magazine described their 2010 ACT quartet album Cycle of Silence as their “international breakthrough” . with Andreas Ulvo (piano), Audun Ellingsen (bass) and Freddy Wike (drums).

In the course of her career so far, Aagre has played with musicians such as Pee Wee Ellis , Mike and Mark Mondesir , Annette Aguilar , Eivind Opsvik , Thomas Strønen , Mathias Eick and Bjørn Kjellemyr . Frøy Aagre, who lives near Oslo, names John Coltrane , Jan Garbarek , Dexter Gordon and Steve Lacy as influences.

Prizes and awards

Aagre has received numerous awards in her home country; In 1999 she received the annual jazz prize of the Norwegian Jazz Association and in 2005 a one-year scholarship from the Norwegian state. Her album Countryside was voted one of the ten best records of the year in 2007 by the Norwegian daily Dagsavisen .

Discographic notes

  • Catalyzes (AIM, 2004)
  • Countryside (AIM, 2007),
  • Offbeat (AIM, 2007)
  • Cycle of Silence (ACT, 2010)
  • Frøy Aagre Electric (Momentum Records, 2013)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Biographical portrait at All About Jazz , accessed on July 8, 2010
  2. ↑ Information on the album Cycle of Silence in Jazzthetik (2010)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 9, 2010@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.jazzthetik.de  
  3. ↑ Feature in kulturzeitschrift.at , accessed on July 9, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Aagre, Frøy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian jazz saxophonist (soprano and tenor saxophone), band leader and composer
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Tonsberg