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).
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).