Kristoffer Eikrem Explained

Kristoffer Eikrem
Birth Date:	6 June 1989
Birth Place:	Molde, Norway
Origin:	Norway
Instrument:	Trumpet
Genre:	Jazz
Occupation:	Musician, composer, music producer
Label:	NorCD
Associated Acts:	Mopti

Kristoffer Eikrem (born 6 June 1989 in Molde, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (trumpet), composer and photographer, based in Oslo, Norway.^[1]

Career

Eikrem holds a bachelor's degree in jazz performance from the Norwegian Academy of Music (2010). He has been recognized as trumpeter with Pixel, and won the 2016 Jazzstipendiat at Moldejazz. During the 2016 festival in Molde he got on stage with his own quartet and featured the American cool jazz saxophonist Jimmy Halperin.^{[1] [2]}

Honors

• 2015: Recipient of the Jazz stipend awarded by Shell at Moldejazz^[1]

Discography

With Kjetil Jerve

• 2014

Feeling // Emotion (NorCD)

With Fredfades

• 2015

Jazz Cats (KingUnderground Records)^[3]

With Mopti

• 2013

Logic (Ocean Sound Recordings)

• 2015 in music|2015: Bits & Pieces (Jazzland Recordings)^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Shells Jazzstipend 2015 til Kristoffer Eikrem . Norwegian . . 2015-07-13 . 2016-10-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161030203747/http://www.moldejazz.no/2015/forside/nyheter/shells-jazzstipend-2015 . 2016-10-30 . dead .
2. Web site: Kristoffer Eikrem Quintet feat. Jimmy Halperin . Norwegian . Moldejazz . 2016-10-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161030202604/http://www.moldejazz.no/2016/forside/artister/kristoffer-eikrem-quinte . 2016-10-30 . dead .
3. Web site: Kristoffer Eikrem . Discography . . 2016-10-29.
4. Web site: MOPTI & Bendik Baksaas - Bits & Pieces . Musical reviews . Norwegian . JazzINorge.no . 2016-10-29.