Tellef Øgrim Explained

Tellef Øgrim
Birth Date:27 January 1958
Birth Place:Oslo, Norway
Origin:Ullern, Norway
Years Active:1981–present

Tellef Øgrim (born 27 January 1958) is a Norwegian fretless guitarist, composer and journalist.

He played in oboist Jan Wiese's band Bitihorn from 1976[1] and joined Ole Hedemann's Ung Pike Forsunnet (UPF) in 1981.[2] UPF released two albums. In 1985 Øgrim and vocalist Anne Danielsen (later his wife) formed the soul-rock band Duck Spin,[3] releasing the group's only album Wake me when the Moon gets up the year after.[4] In 1987 Øgrim released the jazz-rock album Libido (Hot Club Records) with Henrik Hellstenius (keyb), Tore Eide (bs/cl) and Inge Norum (dr/prc).[5]

During the same period of time he wrote music for two theater plays staged by Piotr Cholodzinski.[6]

In 2004 Øgrim released a CD containing improvisations for fretless electric guitar under the title Some Dodos Never Die and in 2007 the CD Wagon 8[7] |[8] was released on Curling Legs Records[9] with Polish drummer Jacek Kochan, trombonist Dag Einar Eilertsen, Henrik Hellstenius (laptop) (one track) and singer Anne Danielsen (one track).

In 2008 Øgrim played on the free jazz CD Do I the In? (Not Two Records)[10] where he played with Joe Fonda (bs), Jacek Kochan (dr) and Franz Hautzinger (trp). In 2010 he formed the music-live-video project Mugetuft[11] with Peter Knudsen and Henrik Hellstenius and an improvisational trio with cello player Clementine Gasser and Jacek Kochan. This trio's first album was released by Not Two Records.[12]

Since 2014 Øgrim has cooperated with Swedish bassist Anders Berg on several duo albums.[13] [14] Berg and Øgrim have gone on to create the record label Simlas[15] that also has released Øgrim's latest solo album called Fat Fit - Solos for Guitars.[16] In January 2017 Øgrim went on to form a free jazz trio with Peeter Uuskyla and Anders Berg by releasing the album Ullr.[17]

Øgrim has been a journalist since the late 1980s writing for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), Dagens Naeringsliv,[18] Ballade[19] and Oslo Business Memo,[20] and Oslo Innovation Magazine[21] [22] and Blue Frontier Magazine. He also is a speaker on topics relating to art and technology.[23]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jan Wiese's band: Bitihorn. urijazz.no. 5 February 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170104162747/http://www.urijazz.no/p/historikk.html. 4 January 2017.
  2. Web site: Ung Pike Forsvunnet « Norsk pop- og rockleksikon (2013) « Rockipedia. rockheim.no. 21 July 2016.
  3. Web site: Duck Spin. groove.no. 21 July 2016.
  4. Web site: Rockipedia. rockipedia.no. 21 July 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120315092721/http://www.rockipedia.no/Vault.aspx?entity=1165644. 15 March 2012.
  5. [:no:Hot Club Records]
  6. Web site: Tindberg i polsk Beckett. Aftenposten 29. mars 1990 . 7 February 2016.
  7. Web site: Some dodos never die - Tellef Øgrim- Spotify. Spotify.
  8. Web site: John Kelman. Review from AllAboutJazz. 6 May 2007 . All About Jazz.
  9. Web site: Curling Legs Records. curlinglegs.no. 5 February 2017.
  10. Web site: Trumpet tripleplay: Symphony for Old and New Dimensions; Live aux Instants Chavires, 2009; and Do I The In?. All About Jazz. 16 January 2010 . allaboutjazz.com. 21 July 2016.
  11. Web site: Youtube. Video from Mugetuft duo installation. . 9 January 2011.
  12. Web site: What's Wrong With Now?. Tellef Øgrim.
  13. Web site: Tellef Øgrim & Anders Berg – November (Simlas, 2014) **** / December (Simlas, 2014) ***½. 16 February 2015. 5 February 2017.
  14. Web site: AMN Reviews: Anders Berg & Tellef Øgrim – Kölen [Simlas]
    Circadia – Advances and Delays [SOFA 551]]
    . 9 August 2016. 5 February 2016.
  15. Web site: Simla Bandcamp site.
  16. Web site: AMN Reviews: Tellef Øgrim – Solos for Guitars [Simlas]
    Ernesto Diaz-Infante – My Benign Swords [Eh?92]]
    . 31 October 2016. 5 February 2017.
  17. Web site: Ullr album on Simlas.
  18. Web site: Dumpet DN - valgte WAP - Digi.no. 7 March 2000. digi.no. 21 July 2016.
  19. Web site: Øgrim ny redaktør i Ballade - Farojournalen. https://web.archive.org/web/20090129112355/http://faro.0102.no/pages/nor/2472-oegrim_ny_redaktoer_i_ballade. 29 January 2009. dead. 21 July 2016.
  20. Web site: Oslo business memo nr 3 juni årg 4 2013 by Oslo Business Memo AS - issuu. issuu.com. 21 July 2016.
  21. Web site: Oslo Innovation Magazine: Issue 2013.
  22. Web site: Oslo Innovation Magazine 2013 by Oslo Business Memo AS - issuu. issuu.com. 21 July 2016.
  23. Web site: Archived copy . 20 March 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110811065332/http://akershus.fylkesbibliotek.no/Kurs%20og%20moeter/Kursprogram_2011/Musikkgilde%202011.pdf . 11 August 2011 .

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