Frode Alnæs

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Frode Alnæs (Stavanger 2008)

Frode Alnæs (born March 3, 1959 in Kristiansund ) is a Norwegian fusion and jazz guitarist , who is also known for his work in the pop-rock band Dance with a Stranger .

Live and act

Alnæs graduated from high school in Kristiansund , and then from 1978 to 1979 he went to Nordmøre Music Folk High School in Nachbaradal . From 1979 to 1982 he studied in Trondheim (1979–82), where he met Tore Brunborg and Nils Petter Molvær . There he was one of the first to graduate from the jazz course at the Trondheim Conservatory of Music . Since 1984 he has been a member of the rock group Dance with a Stranger , with whom he repeatedly toured and made numerous records. In 1987 Alnæs composed the music for the rock opera Klæppfesk .

In 1988 Arild Andersen brought him into his band project Masqualero , in order to work with him again and again afterwards. Alnæs also organized his own projects with which he introduced himself to Moldejazz (1992 & 1994). With Arild Andersen and Rune Arnesen he appeared in a trio at the Kongsberg Jazz Festival 1995, before releasing his first album under his own name the following year.

He also recorded with Dee Dee Bridgewater ( Heartache Caravan ), Ketil Bjørnstad ( Odyssey , The Shadow ), Morten Harket , Ray Charles ( Strong Love Affair ), The Brazz Brothers and the Jon Eberson jazz punk ensemble . He also worked as a studio musician.

Prizes and awards

In 1988 and 1989 he was awarded a Spellemannprisen in the pop area for his participation in the albums Dance with a Stranger and To ; with this band he received the main prize in 1994, the Spellemann. He also received the COOP Norges Musikkpris 2001 and the Orkidéprisen 2002.

Discographic notes

  • Frode ( Universal Music , 1996)
  • Envy the Man (Big Box Music, 2013)
  • Kanestrøm (Big Box Music, 2016)
Albums as a sideman
  • Masqualero Aero ( ECM Records 1988)
  • Arild Andersen Sagn (ECM Records, 1990)
  • Alnæs / Andersen / Carstensen Høstsløv (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 2006)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Alnæs, Frode Biography ( Norwegian ) Norsk Musikkinformasjon MIC.no. Retrieved August 8, 2014.
  2. ↑ a b Jon Vidar Bergan: Frode Alnæs - Biography ( Norwegian ) In: SNL.no . Store Norske Leksikon . Retrieved August 8, 2014.
  3. ↑ Jazzlinja NRNU.no (archived) . NTNU.no. Archived from the original on October 20, 2013. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
  4. ↑ Brief portrait of Masqualero (Nordic Music)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / nordische-musik.de  
  5. ↑ Spellemannprisvinnere fra Nordland
  6. ↑ Frode Alnæs - mannen som er en gitar ( Norwegian ) SchibstedForlag.no. Retrieved August 8, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Alnæs, Frode
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian fusion and jazz guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Kristiansund