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Jørgen Munkeby |
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Munkeby in Aarhus, Denmark (2018) |
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Born | (1980-09-03) 3 September 1980 (age 43)
Oslo, Norway |
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Genres |
Jazz, rock,
electronica,
progressive metal |
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Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, producer |
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Instrument(s) |
Tenor saxophone, flute,
alto flute, guitar,
bass clarinet, keyboards, vocals |
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Labels |
Jazzland,
Rune Grammofon,
Indie Recordings |
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Musical artist
Jørgen Munkeby (born 3 September 1980 in
Oslo, Norway)
[1] is a
Norwegian
jazz and
heavy metal musician, singer, songwriter, and
record producer, known as the frontman in the band
Shining and former member of
Jaga Jazzist.
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[3]
Career
Munkeby formed
Shining as a jazz quartet in 1999, together with fellow students from the
Norwegian Academy of Music,
Morten Qvenild,
Torstein Lofthus and
Aslak Hartberg. He played flute,
alto flute,
tenor saxophone,
bass clarinet and keyboards in jazz band
Jaga Jazzist (1994–2002), where he was one of the main composers on the album
A Livingroom Hush, which was named the best jazz album of 2002 by the
BBC. He also plays in the bands Damp and Chrome Hill, and worked with
Motorpsycho,
Enslaved,
Ihsahn,
In Lingua Mortua,
Bertine Zetlitz,
Big Bang,
Superfamily,
Grand Island,
Jim Stärk,
Casualties of Cool, and
Emperor among others.
[2]
[4]
Discography (in selection)
- Within
Jaga Jazzist
- Within
Shining
- With other projects
- 2002:
In The Fishtank (Konkurrent), with
Motorpsycho & "Jaga Jazzist Horns»
- 2004: Little Things (Propeller Recordings), with
Hanne Hukkelberg
- 2010:
After, with
Ihsahn
- 2012:
Eremita, with
Ihsahn
- 2014: Inferno (
Prosthetic Records), with
Marty Friedman
- 2015: "Viscera", with Haunted Shores
[5]
- 2016:
Arktis (
Candlelight Records), with
Ihsahn
- 2016: Melancholy, with Poetry in Telegrams
[6]
- 2017:
Wall of Sound (Prosthetic Records), with
Marty Friedman
- 2017:
In Contact (
Inside Out Music), with
Caligula's Horse
- 2017: Of Inner Sight , with
Between The Planets
- 2018:
Queen of Time (
Nuclear Blast), with
Amorphis
- 2018: Become (
eOne), with
Zardonic
- 2021: Trivial Optical Tricks, with
Poetry In Telegrams
- 2021: Where Shadows Fade ([Blackstargazer Records]), with
Herr Nox
- 2022: Magnum Opus (Black Lion Records), with IATT
- 2022: The Final Lullaby, with
Epica
- 2022: Praise Armageddonism (
Loyal Blood Records), with
Blood Command
- 2023: "Wildfire", with
Periphery
- 2023: "The Great Escape", with
Nerve End
- 2023: Hypnagogia (
Apollon Records: PROG), with
Pixie Ninja
References
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Jørgen Munkeby
- Håkon Sagen
- Eirik Tovsrud Knutsen
- Tobias Ørnes Andersen
- Ole Vistnes
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