Monkey Plot
{{Short description|Norwegian jazz band}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Monkey Plot
| image = Monkey Plot 2014.jpg
| caption = Monkey Plot 2014 at Vossajazz 2014.
| image_size = 260px
| alias =
| origin = Norway
| genre = Jazz
| years_active = 2011–present
| label = Hubro, Gigafon
| website = {{URL|www.monkeyplot.com}}
| current_members = Christian Skår Winther
Magnus Skavhaug Nergaard
Jan Martin Gismervik
| past_members =
}}
Monkey Plot (initiated in 2011) is a Norwegian jazz trio playing acoustic improvised music with their own touch.{{cite web |url=http://www.moldejazz.no/2014/index.php?page_id=20180 |title=Fornøyd trio videre til finalen |language=Norwegian |publisher=Moldejazz |accessdate=2014-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211051407/http://www.moldejazz.no/2014/index.php?page_id=20180 |archive-date=2014-12-11 |url-status=dead }}
Biography
File:Monkey Plot at Vossajazz 2014.jpg
After four years of study at the Norwegian Academy of Music, the trio released their debut album Løv Og Lette Vimpler in 2013. The album was recorded in Stavanger, in the studio of Norwegian free jazz pioneer Frode Gjerstad.{{cite web |url=http://jazzforum.jazzinorge.no/2014/07/15/monkey-plot-vant-jazzintro-2014 |title=Monkey Plot vant Jazzintro 2014 |language=Norwegian |first=Camilla Slaattun |last=Brauer |publisher=JazzINorge.no |date=2014-07-14 |accessdate=2014-12-08}}
Band members
- Christian Skår Winther – acoustic guitar
- Magnus Skavhaug Nergaard – upright bass
- Jan Martin Gismervik – drums and percussion
Honors
- 2014: Jazzintro award at Moldejazz
Discography
- 2013: Løv Og Lette Vimpler (Gigafon Records){{cite web |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/lov-og-lette-vimpler-monkey-plot-gigafon-review-by-eyal-hareuveni.php |title=Monkey Plot: Lov Og Lette Vimpler (2013) |first=Eyal |last=Hareuveni |publisher=All About Jazz |date=2013-08-29 |accessdate=2014-12-08}}
- 2015: Angående Omstendigheter Som Ikke Lar Seg Nedtegne (Hubro){{cite web |url=http://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/anmeldelser/Norske-lekkerbiskener-7966523.html |title=Norske lekkerbiskener |first=Arild R. |last=Andersen |language=Norwegian |publisher=Aftenposten |date=2015-03-31 |accessdate=2015-11-21}}
- 2016: Here I Sit, Knowing All Of This (Hubro)
References
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