Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen

Hedvig Mollestad
Background information
Birth name Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen
Born 1982 (age 32–33)
Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal
Origin Norway
Genres Jazz
Occupation(s) Musician and composer
Instruments Guitar
Labels Rune Grammofon
Associated acts "El Doom & The Born Electric"
Hedvig Mollestad Trio
Website Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen on Myspace

Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen (born 1982 in Ålesund, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (guitar), known for a series of album releases and collaborations with musicians like Jon Eberson, Jarle Bernhoft and Hilde Marie Kjersem.[1]

Career

Thomassen is a graduate of at the Norwegian Academy of Music, and collaborates in a variety of rock and jazz bands, including her own Hedvig Mollestad Trio (including several album releases on Rune Grammofon), Thomassen Trio, Bronco Busters, Songs and Sweet Potatoes, and Vom (as "Mester Pøggs"). She also has a central role in the bands of Jarle Bernhoft and Hilde Marie Kjersem, and has performed within Trondheim Jazz Orchestra. Thomassen was awarded "The young jazz talent of the year" at Moldejazz in 2009, and showed up on a gig within Jarle Bernhoft Band at the 2011 Kongsberg Jazzfestival. When she released her debut solo album Shoot! (2011) leading her own trio, the music bears little resemblance to what she plays within Jon Eberson Group and the bands of Hilde Marie Kjersem and Jarle Bernhoft.[1][2][3]

The All About Jazz critique John Kelman, in his review of Thomassen's album All of Them Witches states:

... With its diversity of feel and breadth of aural landscapes, it's a record that may well engender some internal fist-pumping, but Hedvig Mollestad Trio's compelling writing and take-no-prisoners approach to playing show it clearly has plenty more to offer than much of the musical space it occupies...[2]

Honors

Discography

Solo albums

Within Hedvig Mollestad Trio including Ellen Brekken & Ivar Loe Bjørnstad

Collaborations

Within The Cumshots
Within Jarle Bernhoft
Within Jon Eberson Group
Within Trondheim Jazz Orchestra
With Hilde Marie Kjersem
Within "El Doom & The Born Electric»

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Mosnes, Terje (15 September 2011). "Skuddklar med debutplate: Hedvig Mollestad Thomassens powertrioalbum «Shoot!» vil overraske mange". Music Reviews (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. Retrieved 2013-10-09.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kelman, John (18 May 2013). "Hedvig Mollestad Trio: All of Them Witches (2013) Review". Music Reviews. All About Jazz. Retrieved 2013-10-09.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Furu, Svein Magnus (14 March 2013). "Enveisbillett til Bloksberg". Music Reviews (in Norwegian). Morgenbladet. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
  4. ↑ "Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen Discography". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2013-10-09.
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