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Vidar Sæther. (saxophone) - is educated from the Norwegian Academy of Music, where he now has a small post as a teahcer in composing and arranging. He is well experienced in both big bands and small combos, and has appeard in most of the Norwegian jazz festivals togehter with a great number of jazz-clubs. He is also a part of the trio "Moments Notice" and sits in a lot with "Ytre Suløens Jazz Ensemble". He also works as a composer and arranger and writes music to the ensembles in wich he participate.
Kåre Nymark jr.: (trumpet) - is educated from the Norwegian Academy of music. Has played with the legendary Ytre Suløens Jassensemble since 1992, performing at numerous festivals, world-wide tours, and on several CDs with this band. With Suløen he also works with guest stars like Tricia Boutte, Aline White, Earle Hyman, Silje Nergaard, Dr. Michael White, Arne Domnerius, Morten Gunnar Larsen, and others. Kåre also plays in the quartet Nymark Collective. He is a distinguished jazz composer; he wrote a commissioned work for the Oslo Jazz Festival 2001. Kåre is also a jazz educator, teaching ear-training and improvisation at workshops throughout Norway. He also tours for Rikskonsertene, playing children´s concerts at schools around the country with the project "Gumbo".
Visit Kåres homepage: www.nymark-jr.no
Even Kruse Skatrud: (trombone) - studies at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo. His experience as a musician comes from everything from jazz-quartets, solo-playing to bigband and rockconcerts. He has played with many bands in Norway:Store Norske, Sandvika Storband, Oslo Groove Company, Dollie Deluxe, Vidar Busk & His True Believers, Christiania Jazzband, Christiania 12, Geir Lysne´s Listening Ensemble, Penthouse Playboys, Marinemusikken, Motorpshycho, The Real Thing and Fabel. When Even is not playing, he is usually writing. Arranging and composing has during the last year grown to be a great deal of Even´s daily work. He has written music for big bands, wind ensemble, jazz-quartet, choirs and more.
Even´s homepage: eveneven.no
Anders Aarum (piano) - - is educated from Conervatory of Music in Agder, Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, The Academy of music in Gothenburg and the Norwegian Academy of music in Oslo. Have worked with The Sinatra Songbook, Majken, Marie Bergmann, Kevin Dean, Arne Domnerus, John Engels, Knut Riisnæs among others. Anders can also be heard in several recordings, including some with his own trio.
David Gald: (tuba) - is educated from the jazz department at the Conservatory of Music in Trondheim, Norway. He is a part of "Ytre Suløens Jassensemble" and has done a lot of records with that band. He also works as a music teacher and as a freelance tubaist. He has appeard at most of the jazz festivals in Norway, in addition to a lot of jazz-clubs and churches all over the country, and has also toured Europe and USA. Has participated on cd´s with Bjørn Alterhaug, Bodega Band, Oslo Groove Company, 1300 Oslo and Aggrivating Papa.
Knut Lothe: (drums) - is a freelance musician, and a part of the bands Fabel, Guuf and Tijuana Duo. For the present he is touring all around Norway with the Rubbel&Beat show - a "Rikskonsert" production. He is also teaching at the Norwegian State Academy of Music. Dr. Lothe swims a lot, and he is probably the most amusing drummer in Nothern Europe. Knutīs homepage: http://home.online.no/~konggud/.
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