Sondre Meisfjord

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Sondre Meisfjord
Sondre Meisfjord and Live Maria Roggen in Bergen, Norway, with Come Shine and TJO at Nattjazz 2016.jpg
Meisfjord with Live Maria Roggen, Come Shine and TJO in Bergen, Norway at Nattjazz 2016.
Background information
Born (1975-03-18) 18 March 1975 (age 49)
Oslo, Norway
OriginNorway
Genres Jazz
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
Instrument(s) Upright bass, cello, vocals
Website home.online.no/~livero/meisfjord.html

Sondre Meisfjord (born 18 March 1975) is a Norwegian folk and jazz musician (double bass and cello), and composer, known for his association with bands like Come Shine, Flukt, Gjermund Larsen Trio. [1]

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Career

Meisfjord was born in Oslo, and raised in Frei Municipality, Nordmøre. He attended the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (1998–2001).

He won Spellemannprisen (2002) with the jazz band Come Shine (1998–2003), played Norwegian folk music with the trio 'Flukt', Irish folk music in 'Musharings', cool jazz in John Pål Inderberg's The Zetting, pop in Siri Gjære's band, and was in the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra with Pat Metheny. Other musicians he has worked with include Odd Nordstoga, Dadafon, Kringkastingsorkesteret, Trondheim Soloists, Kari Bremnes, Dipsomaniacs, Gjermund Larsen, Tord Gustavsen, and Stig Rennestraum.

Recently he has played with the 'Urban Tunélls Klezmerband'. [2]

Honors

Discography

Within Come Shine
Within Flukt
With Sissel Kyrkjebø
With Roger Johansen
With Kari Bremnes
With Odd Nordstoga
Within Gjermund Larsen Trio
With Gabriel Fliflet

References

  1. "Mellomuke-blues & The Sound of Money". Dagbladet. 2013-07-10. Retrieved 2013-09-26.
  2. Sabbatini, Marc (2008-03-19). "The World's Northernmost Jazz Festival: Polarjazz 2008 in Longyearbyen, Norway". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
  3. "Sondre Meisfjord Discography". Discogs.com. Retrieved 26 September 2013.