Morten Gunnar Larsen

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Morten Gunnar Larsen at the New Orleans Traditional Jazz Camp , June 2013

Morten Gunnar Larsen (born October 1, 1955 ) is a Norwegian pianist who is very well known for various recordings of the stride piano , ragtime and for musical collaboration in film and other projects.

Live and act

Larsen studied classical piano at Norges Musikkhøgskole (1978). In 1975 he had his debut recordings, Classic Rags and Stomps , for which he was awarded the Spellemann Prize in 1976. He founded the Ophelia Ragtime Orchestra in 1977 and performed with the ragtime pianist Eubie Blake , for whom Larsen composed Memories of Eubie .

Larsen worked in New Orleans for a long time . This stay culminated in a tour entitled One mo 'time (1979-81), written by Vernel Bagneris . Larsen's collaboration with Bagneris continued in the performance of Jelly Roll !! - the music and the man fort, which was dedicated to the pianist and band leader Jelly Roll Morton .

Larsen played at the Oslo Jazz Festival in 1990. He also played on the off-Broadway show Jelly Roll for eleven months ! The Music and the Man (1994–95), for which he also arranged and directed, and published this work on CD (GHB, 1996). This work earned Larsen the OBIE Award in 1995 . He had previously won the Buddyprisen and the Foreningen norske jazzmusikeres «Årets jazzmusiker» (1992) in his native Norway.

He took part in various recordings with the Magnolia Jazz Band from 1974 to 1993 and in the Ytre Suløens Jassensemble until 1992. He performed as a duo New Orleans Joys with trumpeter Herbert Christ .

Solo recordings

  • Don't You Leave me Here (1978),
  • Plays Robert Clemente (1981),
  • Echo of Spring ( Hot Club Records , 1983),
  • Maple Leaf Rag ( Herman Records , 1989),
  • Charleston Rag collection (Herman Records, 1995)
  • Ragtime and Rhapsody live at a concert in 1997 in Levanger (Herman Records, 2005),
  • Fingerbreaker ( Decca , 1999),
  • Rhapsody (2000) with GM Reiss

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Music from Jelly Roll Morton . npr.org. January 17, 2005. Retrieved November 6, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Larsen, Morten Gunnar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian pianist
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1955