Tor Haugerud
Tor Haugerud | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Tor Andreas Haugerud |
Born | Brattvåg, Norway | 7 January 1962
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician and composer |
Instruments | Percussion |
Associated acts | Transjoik, BOL |
Website | torhaugerud |
Tor Andreas Haugerud (born 7 January 1962 in Brattvåg) is a Norwegian jazz musician (drums and percussion) known from Transjoik, , BOL, Möster Trio, and has created his own avant-garde band "MisterYtor" ("Nordland Musikkfestuke", 2006).[1][2]
Career[]
Haugerud is an experienced drummer and percussionist, living in Trondheim, Norway. As a musician, he has developed his own unconventional style based on improvised music influenced by the European contemporary music scene. He was involved in a production under "Trondheim Jazzfestival" (2005), and has contributed for "Cirka Teater", showing his background as a physical actor and performance artist in projects of surrealistic art, in groups like "Cirka Teater", "MisterYtor" and "Teater Fot", in which he also is a composer. At "SoddJazz" 2006 he performed with , and is now a member of which has released the records Tapet Tapet and Elevator with music composed by Eirik Hegdal.[1]
Haugerud is playing in the Jazz trio with Eirik Hegdal and , and in the bands "Gibrish" and "Bengalo". In 2008 he joined the free improvisation group "Murmur"/ comprising Kim Myhr, Martin Taxt, in addition to Haugerud. He also plays the improvisation duo with Petter Vågan. They released the album Shapes & Phases (2010) at the label Sofa, followed by extensive touring in among other places Germany and the United States.[1][3]
Haugerud is also a guest lecturer at the Music Performance Studies at the Trondheim Musikkonservatorium.[1]
Discography[]
- With [2]
- Bol – (2001, Via Music)
- Silver Sun – (2005, Curling Legs)
- Skylab – (2007, NorCD)
- Numb, Number – (2012, Gigafon)
- With Transjoik[2]
- Uja Nami – (2004, Vuelie), nominated for the Spellemannprisen
- Bewafá – (2005, Vuelie), with Sher Miandad Khan from Pakistan on vocals
- We Are – (2005, Jazzaway Records), with Eirik Hegdal
- Live in Oslo – (2007, MNJ Records), with Maria Kannegaard Trio
- Wood And Water – (2008, MNJ Records), with Eirik Hegdal
- Stems And Cages – (2010, MNJ Records), with Kim Myhr
- Morning Songs – (2011, MNJ Records), with Per Zanussi
- with Eirik Hegdal's Alpaca Ensemble[2]
- Tapet Tapet – (2007, Jazzaway Records)
- Elevator
- with Vertex Duo Petter Vågan[2]
- Shapes & Phases – (2010, Sofa)
- with ÉnÉnÉn[2]
- Rød & Blå – (2010, Øra Fonogram)
- with Muringa[2]
- The Unknown Knowns – (2011, Sofa)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Tor Haugerud Biography – SofaMusic.no". Archived from the original on 22 August 2012.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h "Tor Haugerud Discography - Discogs.com".
- ^ "Tor Haugerud Biography – Groove.no".
External links[]
- 20th-century Norwegian drummers
- 21st-century Norwegian drummers
- Norwegian jazz drummers
- Male drummers
- Norwegian jazz composers
- Male jazz composers
- 1962 births
- Living people
- 20th-century drummers
- 20th-century Norwegian male musicians
- 21st-century Norwegian male musicians
- Trondheim Jazz Orchestra members
- BOL (band) members