Gunhild Seim
{{short description|Norwegian jazz musician and composer (born 1973)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}}
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| birth_place = Gjøvik, Oppland
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|06|04|df=y}}
| origin = Norway
| instrument = Trumpet, percussion, vocals
| genre = Jazz
| occupation = Musician
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| label = Drollehala Records
Mudi Records
Master Records
| associated_acts = Kitchen Orchestra
Time Jungle
| website = {{URL|gunhildseim.com}}
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Gunhild Seim (born 4 June 1973 in Gjøvik, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (trumpet) and composer.{{cite web |url=http://www.mic.no/symfoni/kontakt.nsf/pub/per2007011713243774946669 |title=Gunhild Seim – Trompetist, Komponist – Bransjeregister |language=Norwegian |publisher=MIC.no |accessdate=2013-10-09}}
Career
Involved in bands like the jazz quartet Gunhild Seim & Time Jungle and the contemporary ensemble Kitchen Orchestra. Having released several critically acclaimed albums and written commissioned works including Story Water for the Vossajazz 2012. As part of the Stavanger jazz and contemporary music scene including the bands "Kitchen Orchestra" and "Time Jungle", and with the latter she has been touring Norway, Sweden, the U.K. and Germany. Seim is in constant search for the unheard and untried. Thus her music also are inspired by everything from electronic and psychedelic rock to folk and country.{{cite web |url=http://www.nrk.no/kanal/nrk_jazz/1.8067542 |title=Gunhild Seim om drøm og død |language=Norwegian |first=Erling |last=Wicklund |publisher=NRK Jazz |date=10 April 2012 |accessdate=2013-10-09}}
Seim has composed music for the likes of 'The Norwegian Wind Ensemble', Marilyn Crispell, Katya Sourikova, 'Banff Jazz Orchestra' and Trym Bjønnes. Her has been performing under the leadership of musicians and composers like Alex Von Schlippenbach, Evan Parker, Keith Tippett, Nils Henrik Asheim and many others. In May 2012 she was invited to collaborate with the 'Kitchen Orchestra', doing a residency lasting for five days, at the Superdeluxe, a center for experimental music, performance and art in Tokyo.{{cite web |url=http://www.jazzfritz.com/de/musiker/gunhildseim/termine |title=Gunhild Seim & Kitchen Orchestra – Live in Tokyo |publisher=NRK Jazz |accessdate=2013-10-09}}
Discography
= Solo albums =
;Within "Time Jungle»
- 2007: Time Jungle (Master Records)
- 2009: Morpho (Mudi Records)
- 2012: Elephant Wings (Drollehala Records), feat Marilyn Crispell
= Singles =
;With "Kitchen Orchestra»
- 2010: Jul (I Sin Helhet) På Jæren (Checkpoint Charlie Audio Productions), with Pål Jackman
- 2011: Pumper Julen Rett Inn (Checkpoint Charlie Audio Productions)
References
{{Portal|Norway|Jazz}}
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External links
- {{Official website}}
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZNKLUHeJtg Renaud Garcia-Fons: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert] on YouTube
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Category:Musicians from Gjøvik
Category:Norwegian women jazz singers
Category:Norwegian jazz singers
Category:Norwegian jazz trumpeters
Category:Norwegian jazz composers
Category:Norwegian women jazz composers
Category:20th-century Norwegian trumpeters
Category:21st-century Norwegian trumpeters
Category:20th-century Norwegian women singers
Category:20th-century Norwegian singers
Category:21st-century Norwegian women singers