Sondre Meisfjord

Sondre Meisfjord (born in 18 March 1975 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian folk and jazz musician (double bass and cello), and composer, raised in Frei, Nordmøre, known from bands like Come Shine, Flukt, Gjermund Larsen Trio.^[1]

Career

Meisfjord attended the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (1998–2001).

He won Spellemannprisen (2002) with the jazz band Come Shine (1998–2003), played Norwegian folk music with the Flukt trio, Irish folk music in Musharings, cool jazz in John Pål Inderberg's The Zetting, pop in Siri Gjære's band, and was in the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra with Pat Metheny. Other musicians he has worked with include Odd Nordstoga, Dadafon, Kringkastingsorkesteret, TrondheimSolistene, Kari Bremnes, Dipsomaniacs, Gjermund Larsen, Tord Gustavsen, and Stig Rennestraum.

Recently he has played with the Urban Tunélls Klezmerband.^[2]

Honors

• 2002: Spellemannprisen in the class Jazz for the album Do Do That Voodoo, within Come Shine

Discography

Within Come Shine

• 2001: Come Shine (Curling Legs)
• 2002: Do Do That Voodoo (Curling Legs)
• 2003: Come Shine With The Norwegian Radio Orchestra In Concert (Curling Legs)
• 2002: Do Do That Voodoo (Curling Legs)

Within Flukt

• 2001: Spill (2L)

With Sissel Kjykjebø

• 2005: Nordisk Vinternatt (Mercury)

With Roger Johansen

• 2007: World Of Emily (Inner Ear)

With Kari Bremnes

• 2007: Reise (Strange Ways Records)
• 2009: Ly (Kirkelig Kulturverksted)
• 2012: Og Så Kom Resten Av Livet (Kirkelig Kulturverksted)

With Odd Nordstoga

• 2008: Pilegrim (Sonet Music)

Within Gjermund Larsen Trio

• 2008: Ankomst (Heilo)
• 2010: Aurum (Heilo)
• 2013: Reise (Heilo)

With Gabriel Fliflet

• 2008: Rio Aga (NorCD)^[3]

References

External links

• Official website