Kim-Erik Pedersen
{{Short description|Norwegian artist and jazz saxophonist}}
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Kim-Erik Pedersen (born 26 April 1987 in Hamar, Norway) is a Norwegian artist and jazz musician (saxophone), known from bands like Jon Eberson / Kim-Erik Pedersen Quartet, Eberson Funk Ensemble, Andrea Rydin Berge Quintet and Anja Eline Skybakmoen.{{cite web|url=http://fireflate.no/2013/07/18/anja-eline-skybakmoen |title=Anja Eline Skybakmoen |work=Musical review |language=Norwegian |first=Jan Inge |last=Tangen |publisher=FireFlate.no |date=18 July 2013 |accessdate=21 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023215649/http://fireflate.no/2013/07/18/anja-eline-skybakmoen/ |archivedate=23 October 2013 }}
Career
The versatility of Pedersen has given him many opportunities collaborating within various jazz bands, at clubs and as a soloist with the Symphony Orchestra of Music at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo where he studied music. His talent has also given him the opportunity to perform within several Norwegian bands around on European jazz scenes.
Kim-Erik Pedersen Quartet with Lars Andreas Aspesæter (piano), Lars Egil Reine Hammersbøen (upright bass) and Tore Sandbakken (drums). Off Topic from 2007, a trio with Sebastian Haugen (bass) and Tore Sandbakken. The trio Pedersen/Myhr/Baar including Adrian Myhr (upright bass) and Jon Audun Baar (drums).{{cite web |url=http://www.anjazz.no/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=223&Itemid=175 |title=Kim-Erik Pedersen står for årets Nattjazz sammen med Off Topic Trio |work=Biography |language=Norwegian |publisher=AnJazz.no |accessdate=21 April 2014}}
Discography
;Trio including Kim Johannesen and Chris Corsano
- 2011: Door To Door (FMR Records)
;Machina trio including with Kristoffer Lo and Trond Bersu
- 2011: So Much For Dancing (Øra Fonogram)
;Bleak House trio including with Dag-Filip Roaldsnes and Tore T. Sandbakken
- 2012: Dark Poetry (Creative Sources)
References
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External links
- [http://www.groove.no/artist/28463938/kim-erik-pedersen Kim-Erik Pedersen at Groove.no] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302024956/http://www.groove.no/artist/28463938/kim-erik-pedersen |date=2 March 2019 }}
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Category:Norwegian jazz saxophonists
Category:Norwegian jazz composers