Guttorm Guttormsen

Guttorm Guttormsen

Guttorm Guttormsen (born June 28, 1950 in Mo i Rana ) is a Norwegian jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flutist, arranger and composer.

Live and act

Guttormsen played in a band in his hometown before moving to Oslo in 1969 to study music. There he played the flute in Ivar Antonsen's band , with whom he performed at the Harstad Music Festival in 1971.

In 1971 Guttormsen moved to Skien . There he became musical director of the Ibsen Theater. For several years he led a big band together with Per-Kristian Ekholt , and from 1972 to 1974 his own quartet, which u. a. Per Høglend and Bjørn Kjellemyr were members.

From 1974 to 1980 Guttormsen led a quartet with young jazz musicians from Oslo, with whom he performed at the 1975 and 1979 festivals in Kongsberg. With the drummer Espen Rud , the bassist Carl Morten and the pianist Brynjulf ​​Blix he recorded the LP Soturnudi in 1975 . Then the line-up of the group changed several times: Rud was replaced by Tom Olstad, then by Jørgen Næss , Blix by Jon Balke , then by Lars Jansson and Erling Aksdal , and finally by Rune Klakegg . In 1979 the second LP of the Albufeira group was created .

Guttomsen also played in Per Høglend's band (1976-77) and worked with Lars Klevstrand . In 1979 he was awarded the Buddy Prize.

In the early 1980s he became musical director of the Telemark Theater, for which he composed and arranged a number of drama music. In addition, he led the Eim group from 1980–82 , was a member of the Jon Eberson Quartet and led two of his own quintet formations.

From 1984 to 1988 he was a member of the Per Husby Dedication Orchestra , with which he recorded in 1985. In 1993 he made recordings with the Trio de Janeiro and as part of the show Norsk Utflukt at the Kongsberg Festival. As a band leader, he made recordings with the North Norwegian Quartet in 1999 , which appeared on the 2001 album Distant Reports .