Sondre Meisfjord Explained

Sondre Meisfjord
Birth Date:18 March 1975
Birth Place:Oslo, Norway
Origin:Norway
Background:solo_singer
Instrument:Upright bass, cello, vocals
Genre:Jazz
Occupation:Musician, composer

Sondre Meisfjord (born 18 March 1975 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian folk and jazz musician (double bass and cello), and composer, raised in Frei, Nordmøre, known from bands like Come Shine, Flukt, Gjermund Larsen Trio.[1]

Career

Meisfjord 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

Notes and References

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