Øystein B. Blix

Øystein B. Blix
Background information
Birth name Øystein Bjørn Blix
Born 5 November 1966
Tromsø, Troms
Origin Norway
Genres Jazz
Occupation(s) Musician, composer
Instruments Trombone
Website www.oysteinblix.com

Øystein Bjørn Blix (born 5 November 1966 in Tromsø, Norway) is a Norwegian Jazz musician (trombone) and sound designer, central to the Tromsø Jazz scene and Head of Tromsø Jazzklubb from 2001.[1][2]

Career

Blix is a graduate of the Jazz Program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (1988).[3] He was first recognized as trombonist in the band "Jazz i Nord" together with Jørn Øien (piano), Konrad Kaspersen (double bass) and Trond Sverre Hansen (drums) releasing the album Song, Fall Soft featuring Marit Sandvik (vocals) in 1997. He has led the trio "Pentateuch" expanding to the quartet "Blix Band" in 1990. De ga utThey released the album På en lyserød sky (1997), including Niels Præstholm (double bass), Nils-Olav Johansen (guitar) and Tor Haugerud (drums). It was followed up with the album Texas (1998), where Didrik Ingvaldsen contributed on trumpet. He toured in the period 1999–2003 together with the trupeter Gustavo Bergalli, within the band "Blix/Bergalli Group" comprising additional Jan Gunnar Hoff (piano), Sigurd Ulveseth (bass) and Magnus Gran (drums).[4]

In 2002 we find Blix in a duo "Tromsø Kunstforsyning" performing contemporary music together with the celloist Bernt Simen Lund documented on the album Tur (2009). Otherwise, he has participated on the Tromsø elektronika-miljø scene, with such as Gaute Barlindhaug (alias "Kolar Goi") (Kolar Goi, 2003).

Blix works as Assistant Professor at the University of Tromsø, department of fine arts, wherer he lectures in acoustics. He is also director of the record company Reflect.

Honors

Discography

Solo projects

Collaborative works

Theatre and film

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Øystein B. Blix.
  1. 1.0 1.1 "Øystein Blix Biography". Retrieved 2013-06-16.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Øystein Blix Biography". Retrieved 2013-06-16.
  3. "Jazzlinja". NTNU.no. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
  4. "Blix/Bergalli Group – Julejazzen 2012". Horten Jazzklubb. Retrieved 2013-06-16.
  5. "Stubøprisen til Øystein B. Blix". NRK Kultur og Underholdning. 27 June 2003. Retrieved 2013-06-16.

Eksternal links

Awards
Preceded by
Konrad Kaspersen
Recipient of the Stubøprisen
2003
Succeeded by
Tore Johansen