Dag Arnesen

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Dag Arnesen
Birth name	Dag Syver Arnesen
Born	(1950-05-03) 3 May 1950 Bergen, Hordaland
Origin	Norway
Genres	Jazz
Occupations	Musician and composer
Instruments	Piano

Dag Syver Arnesen (born 3 May 1950 in Bergen, Norway) is an award-winning Norwegian Jazz musician (piano) with a dozen releases.^[1]^[2]

Career

Arnesen studied classical piano under Jiri Hlinka at the Bergen Music Conservatory and got a commitment by Den Nationale Scene. Eventually he went to the jazz and played in the 1970s wit the Arvid Genius' orchesta, and led his own Trios, Quartets and Septetter og 13'tets. There were several records under his own name and he is still in the Bergen Big Band. Arnesen has also lived in Oslo and played in the Jazz bands Søyr, Orleysa, various groups led by the late international Norwegian guitarist Thorgeir Stubø, vokalist Susanne Fuhr, saxophonists Knut Riisnæs and Odd Riisnæs and orchestra leader Kjell Karlsen. In the Bergen based Sigurd Ulveseth Quartet he has participated on three releases, and Arnesen also led the local Evans Jazzclub.

His melodic style has been compared to Jan Johansson.^[3]

Honors

2009: Buddyprisen, awarded at Dokkhuset in Trondheim.
2003: Sildajazz Prize
1993: NOPA work of the Year Prize for Rusler rundt 152
1992: Vossajazzprisen

Discography

1982: Ny Bris (Odin Records), his own music, performed with Frank Jakobsen, Kåre Garnes, Olav Dale, Ole Thomsen & Per Jørgensen
1989: Renascent (Odin Records), with Svein Christiansen & Bjørn Kjellemyr
1990: The day after (Taurus Records) with Bjørn Kjellemyr, Wenche Gausdal, Odd Riisnæs & Svein Christiansen
1992: Photographs (Taurus Records) with Svein Christiansen, Terje Gewelt & Wenche Gausdal
1994: Movin' (Taurus Records), instrumental album Terje Gewelt & Svein Christiansen
1996: Rusler rundt Grieg (NOPA NN), with a 13-man orchestra
1998: Inner lines (Resonant Music), with Terje Gewelt & Svein Christiansen
2005: Time enough (Resonant Music) with Terje Gewelt & Pål Thowsen
2007: Norwegian Song (Resonant Music) with Terje Gewelt & Pål Thowsen
2009: Norwegian Songs 2 (Resonant Music) with Terje Gewelt & Pål Thowsen
2010: Norwegian Songs 3 (Losen Records) with Ellen Andrea Wang & Pål Thowsen^[4]

References

↑ mulemusic.no "Mulemusic.no".
↑ mic.no "Biografi". Norsk Musikkinformasjon, MIC.no.
↑ Ann Kristin Ødegård, Jazzer med Grieg in Jazznytt
↑ Mosnes, Terje (2010-10-28). "«Norwegian Song 3» i fin, ny stil - Riview" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. Retrieved 2012-12-12.

Awards
Preceded by Per Jørgensen	Recipient of the Vossajazzprisen 1992	Succeeded by Ole Hamre
Preceded by Svein Olav Herstad	Recipient of the Sildajazzprisen 2003	Succeeded by Alf Wilhelm Lundberg
Preceded by Frode Gjerstad	Recipient of the Buddyprisen 2009	Succeeded by Karl Seglem

Persondata
Name	Arnesen, Dag
Alternative names
Short description	Jazz musician
Date of birth	3 May 1950
Place of birth	Bergen, Norway
Date of death
Place of death

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