Andreas Ulvo (born 22 July 1983 in

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, Norway) is a Norwegian

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pianist, organist, keyboardist and composer, known from cooperations with Shining,

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, Mathias Eick Quartet, Solveig Slettahjell & Slow Motion Orchestra,

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and

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Career

Ulvo holds a master's degree in Jazz and Improvisation from

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in Oslo. He has with his own projects Eple Trio, a Norwegian contemporary jazz trio playing their own original music, been on tour in Japan 2010, playing gigs in Tokyo, Chiba,

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and Saitama. In addition he has "Ulvo Ensemble", and have worked with bands and artists like Shining,

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Quartet, Solveig Slettahjell & Slow Motion Orchestra, "Frøy Aagre Offbeat",

and

to mention some. At

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2014, he joined Gisle Torvik presenting his "fjord-jazz" together with Karl Seglem and Epletrio, including

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and Jonas Howden Sjøvaag.

Photography

Ulvo is also a self-taught photographer, specializing in band and artist photography. He works with different types of photographic media, such as digital, polaroid, toy cameras, medium format and large format cameras.

Discography

Solo albums

*2011: ''Light & loneliness'' (AIM SoundCity) *2016: ''Unchangeable Seasons'' (Soundcanbeseen)

As leader

;With Eple Trio *2007: ''Made This'' ( NorCD) *2008: ''The widening sphere of influence'' (NorCD) *2009: ''Norsk jazz no'' (NorCD), with

*2010: ''In the clearing/In the cavern'' (NorCD) *2014: ''Universal Cycle'' (Shipwreckords) ;With "Ulvo Ensemble" *2008: ''The Sound of rain needs no translation'' (AIM Records) ;With "Andreas Ulvo + Slagr" *2012: ''Softspeaker'' (Atterklang) ;With Ulvo /

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/ Haltli *2016: ''StaiStua'' (NorCD)

As sideman

;With Frøy Aagre *2004: ''Katalyze'' (AIM Records), with "Frøy Aagre Offbeat" *2007: ''Countryside'' (AIM Records), with "Frøy Aagre Offbeat" *2010: ''Cycle of silence'' (ACT Music), with "Frøy Aagre Offbeat" *2013: ''Frøy Aagre Electric'' (Momentum Records), with "Frøy Aagre Electric" including Jonas Barsten ;With Solveig Slettahjell & Slow Motion Orchestra *2009: ''Tarpan Seasons'' (

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) ;With Seglem/Kallerdahl/Ulvo/Hole/Sjøvaag *2009: ''Skoddeheimen'' ( NorCD) *2015: ''Live In Germany'' (NorCD) ;With "T8" *2010: ''Big shit'' (Schmell Records) ;With

*2011: ''

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'' (

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) *2013: ''I Concentrate on You'' (

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), feat.

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*2018: ''

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'' (

) ;With

Ellen Andrea Wang Ellen Andrea Wang (born 10 October 1986 in Gjøvik, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (double bass and singer) and composer. She is the cousin of singer-songwriter Marthe Wang. Raised in Søndre Land, Oppland, she released her debut album, ...

*2014: ''Diving'' (Propeller) ;With Lena Nymark *2014: ''Beautiful Silence'' (

)

References

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