Nils Einar Vinjor
{{short description|Norwegian guitarist (born 1962)}}
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| instrument = Guitar
| genre = Jazz
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Nils Einar Vinjor (born 15 December 1962 in Øvre Årdal, Norway) is a Norwegian guitarist known for his solo albums and the collaboration with musicians like Silje Nergaard, Iver Kleive and Knut Reiersrud.{{cite web | url=http://www.nordlys.no/musikk/silje-og-gitarene/r/1-79-5980548 | title=Silje og gitarene | language=Norwegian | first=Kjell | last=Moe | publisher=Nordlys | date=2012-03-21 | accessdate=2015-12-15}}
Career
Vinjor, residing in Oslo, is known in Norway as a central guitarist and composer on the Norwegian musical scene. As a freelance musician Vinjor played together with a number of famous Norwegian performers, and also toured in several European countries and East-Asia. In 1997 he released the solo album Sjonglør with music in the generes jazz, rock and blues, and later the album Silent Traveler (2004).{{cite web | url=http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_sogn_og_fjordane/fylkesleksikon/1518366.html | title=Nils Einar Vinjor | work=Biography | language=Norwegian | publisher=NRK Sogn og Fjordane | accessdate=2015-12-15}}
Discography
= Solo albums =
- 1997: Sjonglør (Skald AS)
- 2004: Silent Traveler (Virgin Records)
= Collaborations =
;With Silje Nergaard
- 1990: Tell me Where You're Going (Sonet Music)
- 1996: Hjemmefra (Kirkelig Kulturverksted)
- 2003: Nightwatch (EmArcy)
- 2005: Be Still my Heart - the Essential (EmArcy)
- 2007: Darkness Out Of Blue (EmArcy)
- 2012: Unclouded (Sony Music)
;With Iver Kleive and Knut Reiersrud
- 1991: Blå Koral (Kirkelig Kulturverksted)
;With Jonas Fjeld
- 1993: Texas Jensen (Stageway Records)
;With Tove Nilsen
- 1995: Fly - Over (Self Releace)
;With Havrøy & Johnsen
- 2004: Den Lange Taushet (Park Grammofon)
;With Tirill_Mohn
- 2003: A Dance with the Shadows (The Wild Places)
- 2011: Tales from Tranquil August Gardens (FairyMusic)
- 2011: Nine And Fifty Swans (FairyMusic){{cite web | url=https://www.rockipedia.no/artister/nils_einar_vinjor-10465 | title=Nils Einar Vinjor | language=Norwegian | publisher=Rockipedia.no | accessdate=2015-12-15}}
- 2013: Um Himinjǫður (FairyMusic)
References
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External links
- {{Official website|myspace.com/nilseinarvinjor}}
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Category:Norwegian jazz guitarists
Category:Norwegian jazz composers
Category:20th-century Norwegian guitarists