Norwegian jazz saxophonist and composer
André Roligheten
Born (1985-01-02 ) 2 January 1985 (age 39)
Skien ,
Telemark Origin
Norway Genres
Jazz Occupation(s) Musician, composer Instrument(s) Saxophones, clarinets Years active 2009–present Labels Clean Feed, ODIN, Rune Grammofon, Particular Spouse(s)
Website
roligheten .com
Musical artist
André Roligheten (born 2 January 1985) is a
Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone) and composer, known from a series of recordings and bands like
Albatrosh and
Team Hegdal . He has also played with musicians like
Andrew D'Angelo ,
Theo Bleckmann ,
Django Bates ,
John Edwards ,
Paul Lovens ,
Axel Dörner ,
Robin Hayward ,
Raymond Strid ,
Bugge Wesseltoft ,
Mathias Eick ,
Ola Kvernberg ,
Paal Nilssen-Love and
Per Zanussi .
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Career
André Roligheten in 2017
André Roligheten at Copenhagen Jazz Festival (2019)
Roligheten was born in
Skien ,
Norway , and started playing the saxophone at an early age. At only 8 years old he picked up the horn and soon figured it out. He earned a
Bachelor's degree from the Jazzprogeram at
Trondheim Musikkonsevatorium , under mentors like John Pål Inderberg and Erling Aksdal. In 2008 he finished his Master's degree in improvised music at the
Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo.
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Roligheten have played on festivals like
Moldejazz ,
Kongsberg Jazz Festival ,
Oslo Jazzfestival ,
North Sea Jazz Festival ,
Münster Jazz Festival ,
Süd Tyrol Jazz Festival ,
12 Points ,
Dølajazz ,
Nattjazz ,
Jazzfest ,
MaiJazz ,
Soddjazz ,
Vossajazz , and done several tours in
Scandinavia , Germany,
Poland ,
Czech Republic ,
Slovenia , France, Italy, China and US.
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Personal life
Roligheten married singer-songwriter
Susanne Sundfør in summer 2022.
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Gallery
Honors
2008: Young Nordic Jazz Comets, Soloist prize
2009: 1st prize – "Best Band" at the European Jazz Competition
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2012: JazZtipend, awarded by SpareBank 1, Midtnorsk Jazzsenter in Trondheim and Moldejazz
2015: Norwegian Grammy, Spellemannprisen 2015, "Jazz" Team Hegdal "Vol.3"
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Discography
Roligheten
2017: Homegrown (Clean Feed Records)
Albatrosh
2009: Seagull Island (Inner Ear)
2010: Mystery Orchestra with Grenager & Tafjord (Inner Ear)
2011: Yonkers (
Rune Grammofon )
2014: Night Owl (Rune Grammofon)
Team Hegdal
2010: Vol 1 (Øra Fonogram)
2011: Vol 2 (Øra Fonogram)
2015: Vol 3 (Particular Recordings)
2017: Vol 4 (Particular Recordings)
Gard Nilssen´s Acoustic Unity , trio including
Petter Eldh
2015: Firehouse (Clean Feed Records)
2017: Live in Europe (Clean Feed Records)
2019: To Whom Who Buys a Record (ODIN)
"Friends & Neighbors»
2011: No Beat Policy (Øra Fonogram)
2014: Hymn For A Hungry Nation (Clean Feed Records)
2016: What´s Wrong? (Clean Feed Records)
With
Trondheim Jazz Orchestra
With
Susanne Sundfør
2017: Music For People In Trouble (Sonnet Sound Ltd distributed by Warner Music Norway AS)
With
Motorpsycho &
Ståle Storløkken
Jonas Cambien Trio
2016: A Zoology of the Future (Clean Feed Records)
With
Eyolf Dale
2016: Wolf Valley (Edition Records Ltd.)
Rune Your Day
2017: Rune Your Day (Clean Feed Records)
Waldemar 4
2015: Waldemar 4 (Gigaforn)
Damana
2016: Cornua Copiae (Clean Feed Records)
With
Hanne Kolstø
2012: Flashblack (Karmakosmetix)
2015: While We Still Have Light (Jansen Plateproduksjon)
With "Machina» (including with
Kristoffer Lo )
2011: So Much For Dancing (Øra Fonogram)
With "The Great Big Taters»
2011: Fake It 'Till You Make It (Dayladore Collective)
References
External links
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