Ståle Storløkken

Ståle Storløkken, moers festival 2009

Ståle Storløkken (born February 19, 1969 in Lillehammer ) is a Norwegian jazz keyboarder.

Career

Storløkken studied jazz at the Trøndelag Conservatory of Music from 1988 to 1990. At that time he played in a band called Dr. Schjabert Fjarck & De Frustrerte . In 1989 he founded the Trio Veslefrekk with Jarle Vespestad and Arve Henriksen , whose debut album of the same name was recorded in 1993 and released in 1994. He also worked with other bands such as Piggy Bop (1991), Gunnar Andreas Bergs Supernatural , the Bodega Band (1992), and the group M'boko .

With Christian Wallumrød he wrote the commission Eight Thirty for the Kongsberg Jazzfestival in 1994 ; In 1996 he performed at the Molde Jazz Festival with his own band The Stoken Experience . He recorded albums with Håvard Lund , Anders Kjellberg and Didrik Ingvaldsen and worked with Terje Rypdal , Terje Isungset , Eldbjørg Raknes and the group of Knut Værnes and Lars Danielsson .

Since 1997 Storløkken has been a member of the band Supersilent , which consists of the members of Veslefrekk and Helge Sten and has so far recorded 14 albums ( Supersilent 1-14 ). With the old line-up of Veslefrekk, the album Valse Mysterioso was created in 2004 .

In 2000 Storløkken played on Audun Kleive's album Generator X , the following year on Sverre Gjørvads Denne lille pytten he et hav . In 2004 he released a duo album with Thomas Strønen ( Humcrush on Rune Grammofon ), in 2005 an album with Lisbeth Diers , and the following year he played on Terje Rypdal's album Vossabrygg .

Storløkken can be heard on the 2012 concept album The Death Defying Unicorn by the Norwegian rock band Motorpsycho .

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		NO
2012	The Death Defying Unicorn	NO7 (8 weeks) NO	with motor psycho
2015	En konsert for folk flest	NO24 (1 week) NO	with motor psycho

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1. ↑ Chart sources: NO