Vigleik Storaas Explained

Vigleik Storaas
Birth Date:1963 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Bergen, Norway
Origin:Norwegian
Instrument:Piano
Genre:Jazz
Occupation:Musician, composer
Label:Curling Legs
Inner Ear
ECM Records
Associated Acts:Vigleik Storaas Trio

Vigleik Storaas (born 2 February 1963) is a Norwegian jazz pianist and composer,[1] and the younger brother of composer and bassist Gaute Storaas. He is known from a series of album releases and collaborations with jazz musicians such as Norma Winstone, Karin Krog, Terje Rypdal, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Chet Baker, Jack DeJohnette and Warne Marsh.[2] [3] [4]

Career

Storås was born in Bergen, and studied music at the U-Phils High School in Bergen before attending the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (1982–84),[5] what today is the Department of Music Technology (NTNU), where he was the leader of the Bodega Band (1990–1996),[1] [6] and is now Assistant Professor.[2] [7]

During the 1980s, Storaas played with the bands Kråbøl, Søyr, Bjørn Alterhaug Band and Fair Play, and was the bandleader of the group Lines (1987–92). With the Bjørn Alterhaug Quintet he played at the Molde International Jazz Festival 2012.[8] During 1992 to 1995 Storaas joined the international jazz profiles Karin Krog and John Surman, and he participated on the record Nordic Quartet from 1994. Here he was recognised as composer both in Norway and internationally. Storaas created his own trio in 1992 with fellow students Johannes Eick and Per Oddvar Johansen; this trio has made several recordings. More recently he has performed in a quartet with students (at NTNU) Tore Johansen (trumpet), Rune Nergaard (bass) and Gard Nilssen (drums).[1] [4]

Storaas has toured for the Rikskonsertene with the "Musikk for fred" (1984–86), "So Ro Godt Barn" (1987–90), "Mennesket i Mengden" (1989–90), "Fair Play" (1989), "All That Jazz" (1993), "Kombinasjoner" (1995) and "Meeting Point" (1997 and 2000), and was named Jazz Musician of the Year by the Association of Norwegian Jazz Musicians in 1996.[4] In 1999 he performed commissioned work Mosaic at Vossajazz, The International Jazz Festival at Voss, Norway. Albums under his own name are Bilder (1995), Andre Bilder (1997), both received Spellemannprisen (The Norwegian Grammy Award), Open Excursions (1999) and Subsonic (2002).[2]

Honors

Discography

Solo projects

Solo Piano
As band leader with Lines (Quartet with Tore Brunborg, Olaf Kamfjord and Trond Kopperud)
As band leader with Vigleik Storaas Trio
As band leader with Vigleik Storaas Septet

Collaborative works

As band leader with Trondheim Jazz Orchestra
Piano duets with Ivar Antonsen
Within Excess Luggage (Trio with Steinar Nickelsen and Håkon Mjåset Johansen)
With Tore Johansen, Jo Skaansar, and Jon Christensen
With Tor Yttredal

Chamber (Inner Ear)

Space In Between (Inner Ear)

With Hegge

Vi är ledsna men du får inte längre vara barn (Particular Recordings Collective)

As sideman

Tours with Rikskonsertene

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vigleik Storaas . no . 2012-12-12 . Dokkhuset.no.
  2. Encyclopedia: Vigleik Storaas Biography . no . . 2012-12-12 . Kunnskapsforlaget.
  3. Web site: About Vigleik Storaas . https://web.archive.org/web/20150409125426/http://www.mtv.com/artists/vigleik-storaas-00/biography/ . dead . 9 April 2015 . 2012-12-12 . MTV.com.
  4. Web site: Storaas, Vigleik – Biography . no . 2012-12-12 . Norsk Musikkinformasjon MIC.no.
  5. Web site: Jazzlinja NRNU.no . NTNU.no . 2012-12-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053706/http://www.ntnu.no/jazzlinja25/studentene.htm . 21 September 2013 .
  6. Web site: Jubilant nede for telling? . no . 2012-12-12 . Universitetsavisa UA16.
  7. Web site: Vigleik Storaas . 2012-12-12 . NTNU.edu.
  8. Web site: Bjørn Alterhaug Quintet . no . 2012-12-12 . MoldeJazz.no.
  9. Web site: Rørende dyktig trio . Artur Kay . Piene . no . 1 November 2012 . 2012-12-12 . JazzINorge.no.
  10. News: Kjetil Kopren . Ullebø . Kan ta rockeprisen – Jazz . no . 17 January 2011 . 2012-12-12 . Bergens Tidende.
  11. Web site: Antonsen og Storaas – Dialogues Review . Erling . Wicklund . no . 26 January 2011 . 2012-12-12 . NRK Jazz.
  12. Web site: Excess Luggage: Hand Luggage Only (2011) – Track Review . Dave . Wayne . 12 December 2011 . 2012-12-12 . All About Jazz.
  13. Web site: Bjørn Alterhaugs "Songlines" Review . Erling . Wicklund . 6 November 2009 . 2012-12-12 . NRK Jazz.

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