Svein Magnus Furu

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Svein Magnus Furu
Born (1983-11-10) 10 November 1983
Asker, Akershus
Origin Norway
Genres Jazz
Occupations Musician, composer & music journalist
Years active Saxophone
Labels AIM Sound City
Park Grammofon
Associated acts Aphrodisiac
Andrea Kvartett
Website Official website

Svein Magnus Furu (born 10 November 1983 Asker, Norway) is a Norwegian Jazz musician (saxophone) composer and music journalist, known from several bands and album releases.[1]

Career

Furu is a graduate of the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo under the guidance of musicians like Fredrik Ljungkvist, Morten Halle and Ivar Grydeland. He has collaborated on venues all over Europe and USA, within a series of bands like Aphrodisiac, Speakeasy, Stian Around a Hill Quartet, Andrea Kvartett, Trabant and Diplodokus. He has also played on the biggest Norwegian jazz festivals, such as Oslo Jazzfestival, Kongsberg Jazzfestival, Nattjazz and MaiJazz, in addition to the 'Turku Jazz Festival' in Finland. He was nominated for Spellemannprisen 2009 in the class Jazz, together with Kim Johannesen and Tore Sandbakken for the album Kayak. He has participated in JazzIntro competition 'Young jazz musicians of the year', with three bands, and the 'Young Nordic Jazz Comets' within the band Speakeasy in 2010.[2]

Furu is also a music journalist and critique for the renown Norwegian newspaper Morgenbladet.

Discography

Solo albums

  • 2009: The Eco Logic (Creative Sources Recordings), duo with guitarist Kim Johannesen
  • 2009: Kayak (AIM Sound City), trio including Kim Johannesen & Tore Sandbakken[3]

Collaborations

With Stian Around a Hill Quartet
  • 2009: Lille Stille (AIM Sound City)
  • 2011: Alle Skal Få (Atterklang)
With Aphrodisiac
  • 2010: Yearning (Park Grammofon)
With Andrea Kvartett
With Schow Trio including John Vegard Schow (piano), Sebastian Haugen-Markussen (bass) & Ole-Andreas Olafsrud (drums)
  • 2013: Blått Hjerte (Pilar Records)[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Svein Magnus Furu - Musician". Directory MIC.no. Retrieved 2013-11-23. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Releasekonsert: Schow Trio sitt nye album "Blått hjerte"". NordicBlackTheatre.no. 2013-10-31. Retrieved 2013-11-16. 
  3. ↑ "Svein Magnus Furu". Discography. Discogs.com. Retrieved 2013-11-16. 
  4. ↑ "Andrea Kvintett". NorCD. 2012-04-27. Retrieved 2013-11-16. 
  5. ↑ "Andrea Kvintett". NorCD. Retrieved 2013-12-02. 

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