Freddy Wike | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Freddy Augdal Wike |
Born | Lillehammer, Oppland | 10 January 1976
Origin | Norway |
Occupation(s) | Jazz musician |
Instrument(s) | Drums |
Labels | Aim Records |
Freddy Augdal Wike (born 10 January 1976) is a Norwegian Jazz musician (drums).
Wike played with Frøy Aagre on her three albums Katalyze (2004), Countryside (2006) and Cycle Of Silence (2010). His first recording Paralooped; Jennie Jones Part III (2001), was within D:Koder. He has also collaborated with Torbjørn Sletta Jacobsen Quintet at Oslo Jazzfestival in 2013. [1]
Wike was born in Lillehammer but now lives in Oslo, and has been married since 14 May 2005 to Thea Wike (b. 1979).
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