Frank Kvinge
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| birth_place = Sandnes, Rogaland
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| origin = Norway
| instrument = Guitar
| genre = Jazz
| occupation = Musician and composer
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Frank Kvinge (born 21 January 1968 in Sandnes, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (guitar) residing in Drøbak near Oslo, known from several album releases.{{cite web |url=http://www.drobakkunstnerforum.no/index.php?content=222&expanded=6&lvl2=47 |title=Frank Kvinge Biography |publisher=FrankKvinge.com |accessdate=2013-10-06}}
Career
After finishing high school in Sandnes he studied guitar at the Guitar Institute of Technology in Los Angeles 1987, before moving to Chicago in 1989. In the period 1989–2001 he worked there as professional guitarist on the jazz and blues scenes, sometimes with his own band. Since 2002 he has lived in Norway, working with the late Jan Erik Kongshaug from 2013 to 2019.{{cite web |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=45204&pg=6#.UlHKJNK-2m4 |title=Losen Records: New Norwegian Sounds |first=Jacob |last=Baekgaard |publisher=All About Jazz |date=3 September 2013 |accessdate=2013-10-06}}{{cite web |url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2011/02/09/kultur/musikk/musikkanmeldelser/anmeldelser/jazz/15368925 |title=Arktiske inspirasjoner: Kjølig isblått og rødglødende ekspressivitet på nye norske jazzalbum |language=Norwegian |first=Terje |last=Mosnes |publisher=Nettavisen |date=9 February 2011 |accessdate=2013-10-06}}
Discography
= Solo albums =
;Solo guitar
- 2007: Grieg, solo guitar (Ponca Jazz Records)
- 2010: Arctic skyway (Losen Records){{cite web |url=http://www.side2.no/musikk/anmeldelser/article3090853.ece |title=Gitarnatur: I løpet av to timer spilte Frank Kvinge inn 15 låter med hjelp av lydsjef Jan Erik Kongshaug |language=Norwegian |publisher=Nettavisen |date=15 February 2011 |accessdate=2013-10-06}}
;Band leader
- 2001: Brasilian style (Self Release/Losen Records)
- 2006: Small stories (Ponca Jazz Records), with Erlend Skomsvoll (piano), Kenneth Ekornes (drums), Jan Erik Kongshaug (bass) & Sven Nyhus (violin)
- 2012: Gaucho Batuta (Self Release/Losen Records)
= Collaborations =
;With Synnøve Rognlien
- 2012: Wild Birds (Losen Records)
References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
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Category:Norwegian jazz guitarists
Category:Norwegian jazz composers
Category:Norwegian male jazz composers
Category:Losen Records artists