Bjørnar Andresen

Norwegian jazz musician

Musician
composer
double bassist

Instrument(s)

Double bass
guitar
banjo

Musical artist

Bjørnar Andresen (1 April 1945 – 2 October 2004) was a Norwegian jazz musician (double bass, guitar, banjo), known for his improvisational and multicultural musical expression in a variety of publications.^[1]

Career

Andresen established the free jazz band "Finnerud Trio" with his childhood friend Svein Finnerud (1967–74), inspired by material they had experienced on concert with Paul Bley and Kent Carter in "Universitetets Aula", as well as the George Russell seminars in jazz theory.^[2] He was on the album Min bul (1970) together with Terje Rypdal and Espen Rud, while he was active in Henie-Onstad Art Centre, where several of the performances took place.

In the 1980s, he released a self-titled album with fiddle player Nils Økland (1986), contributed on albums within "The Quintet" (1998–), with Jon Eberson and Paal Nilssen-Love on Mind the Gap (2004), as well as within Jon Klette's band "Jazzmob" on the album Pathfinder (2003). His last appearance in the spring of 2004, can be heard on the album Rock (2005) within Thomas Strønen's band "Bayashi". On the occasion of his tribute concert at the jazz club "Cosmopolite" in Oslo (2001) there was established a "Crimetime Orchestra" (2001), that Andresen led to posthumous release Life is a beautiful monster (2004).^[3] Paal Nilssen-Love/Ken Vandermark's album Seven (2006) recorded 1 April 2005 at the jazz club "Blå" in Oslo, was dedicated Andresen's 60'th birthday.

Discography (in selection)

1971: Min Bul (EmArcy 2003), with Terje Rypdal & Espen Rud
1986: Nils Økland/Bjørnar Andresen (Hot Club Records)
2000: Egne Hoder (BP Records), with Svein Finnerud & Paal Nilssen-Love
2001: Egne HoderMind The Gap (Curling Legs), with Jon Eberson & Paal Nilssen-Love
2004: Life Is A Beautiful Monster (Jazzaway Records), with Crimetime Orchestra Feat. Bjørnar Andresen
2005: Rock (Jazzaway Records), with Thomas Strønen

References

^ Johansen, Ivar Chr. (6 October 2004). "Bjørnar Andresen (1945–2004): "Livet er et vakkert monster"" (in Norwegian). Norsk Musikkinformasjon Ballade.no. Archived from the original on 25 June 2006. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
^ Granlie, Jan (7 October 2004). "Bjørnar har gått bort". Jazznytt Ballade.no. Archived from the original on 25 June 2006. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
^ "Crimetime Orchestra – now you see it, now you don't!". Norsk Musikkinformasjon Ballade.no. 12 December 2006. Archived from the original on 9 March 2007. Retrieved 12 November 2012.