Thomas Strønen
Thomas Strønen (* 7. December 1972 in Oslo ) is a Norwegian jazz - drummer .
Live and act
Thomas Strønen became known in the late 1990s in the formation Food of saxophonist Iain Ballamy . In the early 2000s he was also a member of the Bayashi trio with Vidar Johansson and bassist Bjørnar Andresen , which existed until Andresen's death in 2004. In 2001 he worked on Mattias Ståhl's album Ståhls Blå . In 2003 Strønen recorded the duo album Humcrush with keyboardist Ståle Storløkken , which was released on Rune Grammofon . In 2004 he had the opportunity to record an album in a quartet for ECM Records , on which Fredrik Ljungkvist , Bobo Stenson and Mats Eilertsen played ( Parish ). In 2005 the solo album Politz followed (on Rune gramophone ), in which Strønen also used electronic effects.
Strønen also worked with Phil Bancroft , Sidsel Endresen , Maria Kannegaard , Silje Nergaard / Georg Wadenius and Makigami Koichi .
In the food duo with saxophonist Iain Ballamy , expanded to a quartet by Nils Petter Molvær and Christian Fennesz , he performed a. a. at the Molde Festival. In 2010 they released the ECM album Quiet Inlet . In 2017 he released the album Time Is a Blind Guide on ECM under his own name , followed by Lucus (ECM, 2018, with Ayumi Tanaka , Håkon Aase, Lucy Railton and Ole Morten Vågan ); on the same label appeared in 2019 with Harmen Fraanje and Mats Eilertsen And Then Comes the Night .
literature
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 8th edition. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-102327-9 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Thomas Strønen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Strønen's website
- Portrait (DLF)
- Thomas Strønen at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Strønen, Thomas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stronen, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian jazz drummer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7th December 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oslo |