Andreas Amundsen
{{short description|Norwegian jazz bassist (born 1980)}}
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Andreas Amundsen (born 28 December 1980) is a Norwegian jazz bassist.{{cite web |url=http://www.jazzorakel.no/o/Person:Andreas_Amundsen |title=Andreas Amundsen Biography |publisher=JazzOrakel.no |accessdate=2013-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412091347/http://www.jazzorakel.no/o/Person:Andreas_Amundsen |archive-date=12 April 2016 |url-status=dead }}
Career
Amundsen was born on the island of Senja, Norway. He attended the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (2004–06), but did not graduate.{{cite web|url=http://www.ntnu.no/jazzlinja25/studentene.htm |title=Jazzlinja |publisher=NTNU.no |accessdate=2013-08-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053706/http://www.ntnu.no/jazzlinja25/studentene.htm |archivedate=21 September 2013 |df=dmy }} He is distinguished for a European style in his musical expression.
He has performed with "North" the quartet of Håvard Stubø, with Tore Johansen Quartet, in a quartet with Ed Thigpen, Espen Reinertsen's "Platoon", and at the Trondheim Jazz Festival, 2005, with John Pål Inderberg and Erling Aksdal.
In the summer of 2013, he played at the club "Herr Nilsen" together with Einar "Pastor'n" Iversen (piano), Staffan William-Olsson (guitar) and Andreas Bye (drums).{{cite web |url=http://www.herrnilsen.no/H111210e.html |title=Einar Iversen/Staffan William-Olsson kvartett (OJ) |publisher=HerrNilsen.no |accessdate=2013-08-08}}
Discography
- 2006: Slant of Light (Jazzaway Records), within "Eyewaterlillies»
- 2012: Det E'kke Bra Før Det Er Dårlig (Me Records), within "Meg og Kammeraten Min»
References
{{Portal|Norway|Jazz}}
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160412091347/http://www.jazzorakel.no/o/Person:Andreas_Amundsen Andreas Amundsen Biography] at JazzOrakel.no
- [http://www.groove.no/artist/72247822/andreas-amundsen Andreas Amundsen Biography] at Groove.no
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Category:Norwegian jazz upright-bassists
Category:Norwegian male double-bassists
Category:Norwegian University of Science and Technology alumni
Category:21st-century Norwegian upright-bassists