Geir Rognø Explained

Geir Rognø
Birth Name:Geir Aimar Rognø
Birth Date:1963 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Bergen, Norway
Instrument:Bass
Genre:Jazz
Occupation:Musician, bassist

Geir Aimar Rognø (born 31 March 1963 in Bergen, Norway) is a Norwegian musician (bass), known from the band "Hot Cargo" with the Bergen Guitarist Ole Thomsen.[1]

Career

Roognø has played with musicians such as Jan Eggum, Dag Arnesen, Ole Thomsen, Mads Eriksen, Jan Teigen, Thor Endresen, Egil Eldøen, Rune Hauge and Kim Fairchild, and bands like Pål Thowsen Band, "Hot Cargo", "Gruv", "Funkaholics", "Little Big Band" and "Kjersti Misje Band" plus a number of international artists. He is known from numerous TV projects.[2] Rognø started with Jazz fusion in the 1980s in the band Little Big Band. Inspired from The Crusaders and "Spyro Gyro", Dave Grusin and Herbie Hancock, this was a band in the forefront of Norwegian fusion music. He evolved a slap hand technique with inspirations from Stanley Clarke and Larry Graham. In the 80s, he worked as a freelance musician, with many jobs for theater.[1]

Honors

Discography

With T.T. Jug, including with Tormod Kayser, Tord Søfteland and Jon Søfteland Sæbø
with Ole Thomsen
with Jan Eggum

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vi improviserer . Norwegian . DKS-Hordaland.no .
  2. Web site: Papa Slide Blues Band . Norwegian . Skaanevik-blues.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100315042142/http://www.skaanevik-blues.com/2005/artistar_ny05/artistar_papa_slide05.htm . 15 March 2010 . dmy .
  3. Web site: Storkonsertenes forbannelse . Norwegian . Ballade.no . 6 August 2012 . 11 June 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120611024300/http://www.ballade.no/nmi.nsf/doc/art2011062412584814957656 . dead .