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Norwegian guitarist
Musical artist
Stian Westerhus (born 2 April 1979) is a Norwegian guitarist known for his experimental style, explored with keyboardist
Øystein Moen in the bands
Jaga Jazzist and
Puma and with
Sidsel Endresen ,
Nils Petter Molvær ,
Arve Henriksen ,
Jan Bang , and
Ingar Zach .
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Career
Henriksen/Bang/Westerhus/Zach at Vossajazz April 11, 2014.
Stian Westerhus at Vossajazz 2014.
Westerhus holds a bachelor in jazz from
Middlesex University under
Stuart Hall , and a master from the Jazz program at
Trondheim Musikkonservatorium , (NTNU, 2005).
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He was first recognised by a broader audience within the experimental jazz band Puma, with whom he released four albums. The soloalbum Pitch Black Star Spangled (2010) on
Rune Grammofon got some attention in reviews.
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The album Didymoi Dreams (2012) is his debut as a duo with experimental jazz singer
Sidsel Endresen , a meeting of experience insane guitar rhythms with a gibberish vocal world.
[3] They have been of great inspiration to new experimental Norwegian musicians like
Natalie Sandtorv and
Torgeir Standal in
The Jist duo.
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Gallery
Honors
Discography
Solo albums
2009: Galore (
Rune Grammofon /The Last Record Company)
2010: Pitch Black Star Spangled (Rune Grammofon)
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2012: The Matriarch and the Wrong Kind of Flowers (Rune Grammofon)
2016: Amputation (House of Mythology)
2020: Redundance (House of Mythology)
2023: SOTT (House of Mythology)
Collaborations
With Puma
2007: Isolationism (Bolage Records)
2008: Discotheque Bitpunching (Bolage Records)
2009: Fist Full of Knuckles with
Lasse Marhaug (Knuckleman Records)
2010: Half Nelson Courtship (
Rune Grammofon )
With Fraud
2007: Fraud (The Babel Labell UK)
With
Terje Isungset
With Monolithic
2009: Black Science (RoggBif/Vendlus)
With Bladed
2009: Mangled Dreams (Crispin Glover Records)
With
Eldbjørg Raknes and
Eirik Hegdal
2009: From Frozen Feet Heat Came (MyRecordings)
With
Sidsel Endresen
With BOL
2012: Numb, Number (Gigafon)
With Pale Horses
2014: Maelstrom (Rune Grammofon), as Stian Westerhus & Pale Horses
With
Ulver
As producer
Awards and scholarships
2010 -
Sparebank 1 SNM's jazz scholarship awarded at
Moldejazz .
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2008 - BBC’s Award for Innovation in Jazz with Fraud
2007 - Sparebank 1 SNM's jazz talent scholarship awarded at
Moldejazz
2007 - Ronnie Scott's Award for Best Newcomer 2007 (UK) with Fraud
2006 - Trondheim Jazz Festival's talent prize with Bladed
2006 - Moldejazz's young jazz musician of the year with
Puma
References
External links
Studio albums Collaboration albums Live albums
International National Artists