Audun Skorgen Explained

Audun Skorgen
Birth Date:1967 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal
Origin:Norway
Instrument:Upright bass, bass guitar, guitar
Genre:Jazz
Occupation:Musician, composer
Label:Magica Records

Audun Skorgen (born 26 February 1967) is a Norwegian jazz musician (upright bass and bass guitar).

Career

Skorgen is a graduate of the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonsevatorium (2000).[1] He specialized in improvisation, and has a distinctive bottling bass technique. In addition to being an active freelance musician, he has also been a county musician, first in Finnmark and later in Sunndal, Møre og Romsdal, from 2008 as part of "Møremusikarane".[2] [3]

Skorgen has also collaborated within the bands like 'Velvet Lounge Orchestra', including Marita Røstad (vocals and rhodes), Stian Omenås (trumpet), Håvard Stubø (guitar) and Erik Nylander (drums),[4] and 'Frode Grønmyr Quintet' including Grønmyr (gitar), Peter Wergeni (saxophones), Norvall Dahl (piano) and Simon Kongshaug (drums).

Discography

With Marita Røstad

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jazzlinja . NTNU.no . 2013-09-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053706/http://www.ntnu.no/jazzlinja25/studentene.htm . 21 September 2013 .
  2. Web site: Audun Skorgen, kontra- og elbass . Moremusikarane.no . 2013-09-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029203558/http://www.moremusikarane.no/Moeremusikarane/Moeremusikarane/A.-Skorgen . 29 October 2013 . dead .
  3. Web site: Audun Skorgen Bassist . Mediabasen.no . 2013-09-29.
  4. Web site: Velvet Lounge Orchestra . Groove.no . 2013-09-29.
  5. Web site: Audun Skorgen Discography . Discogs.com . 2013-09-29.