Hayden James Richard Powell (born 25 September 1983 in England) is a

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trumpeter and composer based in Oslo, Norway. Powell is English, but moved to Norway as a child and grew up in

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. He has collaborated with numerous musicians including

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, and

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, and released his debut solo album ''The Attic'' in 2011.

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Career

Powell holds a bachelor in Performing jazz from the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (2006), and completed the masters at

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in 2011. He started his career at 13 in the jazz band Dixi in

, they released four albums.

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.no (by Erling Wicklund, in Norwegian) Early in his career, Powell played with groups such as Magic Pocket,

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and Jens Carelius in addition to his own trio. Powell received jazz scholarship from "Sparebank 1" at

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(2006), "Trondheim jazzfestivals" talent award (2009), and was with the band Magic Pocket ''JazZtipendiat'' in 2009/2010. The scholarship was accompanied by a commissioned work which was documented on the album ''Kinetic Music'' with

& Magic Pocket. More recently, Powell has played and recorded with musicians and small groups such as Eyolf Dale, Espen Berg, Natacha Atlas, Solfrid Molland, Iro Haarla, og Bridges with Seamus Blake. He has also appeared with larger ensembles such as Trondheim Jazzorkester, Scheen Jazzorkester og Oslo Jazzensemble & Maria Schneider. Hayden Powell has released four albums under his own name. His first, The Attic, was released on the Inner Ear label in 2011, and was recorded by his trio with pianist Eyolf Dale and bassist Jo Skaansar, as well as guest musicians Jasper Van Hulten (drums), Tore Brunborg (saxophone) and Erik Johannessen (trombone). The trio with Dale/Skaansar became Powell's regular band in the period that followed, and together they recorded the albums, Roots and Stems (2013), Circadian Rhythm and Blues (2015) and Six Commissions (2018). The latter album consists of six tracks specially written for the trio by various composers (including Erlend Skomsvoll, Espen Reinertsen and Per "Texas" Johansson). The album "Circadian Rhythm and Blues" consists of two parts, one with the trio, and the other where Powell plays completely solo, recorded in Tøyen Church in collaboration with producer Øyvind Røsrud Gundersen. In addition to his performance activities, Powell has been involved in teaching, and since 2015 has been a university lecturer at the Norwegian Academy of Music, where he has taught subjects including trumpet, arranging, ear training and ensemble playing. As composer Powell, in addition to the aforementioned, has written commission works for big band (e.g. "Midtnorsk Ungdomsstorband", "Big Boss Band", "Ett Fett Storband"), wind bands (" Luftforsvarets Musikkorps", "Bispehaugen Ungdomskorps") and a number of smaller ensembles. He has also written a mini-opera based on the novel about «Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde» (2006), and made musical arrangements to Jens Carelius' album ''The Architect'' (2011).

Discography (in selection)

Solo albums

*2011: ''The Attic'' (Inner Ear), as Hayden Powell Trio including

& Jo Skaansar *2013: ''Roots and Stems'' (Periskop) *2015: ''Circadian Rhythm & Blues'' (Periskop) *2018: ''Six Commissions'' (Periskop), with Hayden Powell *2024: ''Undergrowth'' (Periskop), with Hayden Powell

Collaborations

;With Dixi *1998: ''Just Over in the Dixi-Land'' *1999: ''Some of Those Days'' *2002: ''Going to the Mardi Gras'' (Herman Records) *2005: ''The New Orleans Sessions'' ;With

*2006: ''Tribute'' (MNJ Records), with

*2007: ''Live in Oslo'' (MNJ Records), with Maria Kannegaard Trio *2009: ''Live at Moldejazz'' (MNJ Records), with Kobert *2009: ''What if: A Counterfactual Fairytale'' (MNJ records), with

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*2011: ''Kinetic Music'' (MNJ Records), with Magic Pocket *2011: ''Migrations'' (MNJ Records), with Øyvind Brække *2014: ''Tree House'' (MNJ Records), with Trondheim Jazzorkester & Albatrosh *2024: ''Maetrix'' (ODIN), with Espen Berg ;With others *2009: ''Vi som ser i mørket'' (

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), with

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*2009: ''Live at Dokkhuset'' (Komponist og dirigent, MNJ Records), with "Midtnorsk Ungdomsstorband" *2010: ''Den Blåaste Natt'' (Talik Records), with Jo Skaansar *2011: ''The Katabatic Wind'' (Bolage Records), with Magic Pocket &

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*2011: ''The Architect'' (Jansen Plateproduksjon), with Jens Carelius *2011: ''Katedral For Tapte Drømmer'' (

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), with Solfrid Molland *2016: ''BRIDGES with Seamus Blake'' (AMP), with Bridges *2016: ''Cornua Copiae'' (Clean Feed), with DaMaNa *2016: ''Ante Lucem'' (ECM), with Iro Haarla *2016: ''Forvandling'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted), with Solfrid Molland *2016: ''Wolf Valley'' (Edition Records), with Eyolf Dale *2016: ''Regnbueponniens Significante Påskesang'' (Periskop), with Significant Time *2018: ''Return to Mind'' (Edition), with

Wolf Valley *2018: ''Multiverse'' (Pling Music), with Anders Lønne Grønseth *2019: ''Continuum'' (AMP), with Bridges *2019: ''Owerset'' (Dell Daisy Records), with Sarah-Jane Summers *2019: ''Theory of Anything'' (Pling Music), with Anders Lønne Grønseth Multiverse *2019: ''Fange av min tid'' (Grappa), with Jo Skaansar *2019: ''Strange Days'' (Whirlwind), with

Natacha Atlas Natacha Atlas (, , ; born 20 March 1964) is an Egyptian-Belgian singer known for her fusion of Arabic and Western music, particularly hip-hop. She once termed her music "'' cha'abi moderne''" (modern folk music). Her music has been influenced by ...

*2020: ''Håpets kappe'' (KKV), with Solfrid Molland *2020: ''Outer View'' (NXN), with Anders Lønne Grønseth Multiverse *2020: ''Inner View'' (NXN), with Anders Lønne Grønseth Multiverse *2023: ''Water Fabric'' (ODIN), with

Espen Berg Espen Berg (born 6 July 1981) is a Norwegian people, Norwegian humanitarian. Espen is the Entrepreneur, founder and CEO of the United Youth Development Organization. Espen completed a BA (Hons) in International Business at Bournemouth University ...

References

External links

*Review of ''Hayden Powell - Roots and Stems'' by John Kelman at Allaboutjazz.com
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