Jo Berger Myhre (born 29 May 1984 in

Sandefjord Sandefjord () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Vestfold. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Sandefjord ...

, Norway) is a Norwegian musician who plays

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and

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s, known from performing with the likes of Splashgirl, Blokk 5,

Ingrid Olava Ingrid Olava Brænd Eriksen (known as Ingrid Olava, born 18 March 1981) is a Norwegian singer, musician and actress, best known for her debut single "Only Just Begun" from 2007 and as a backup singer for Madrugada. After hearing her live perfor ...

, Solveig Slettahjell Slow Motion Quintet and Finland: Grydeland/ Qvenild/ Hausken/Myhre. As a member of the

Nils Petter Molvær Nils Petter Molvær (), also known as NPM (born 18 September 1960), is a Norwegian jazz trumpeter, composer, and record producer. He is considered a pioneer of future jazz, a genre that fuses jazz and electronic music, best showcased on his most ...

Quartet (since 2013) he has contributed to two albums, ''Switch'' (2014) and ''Buoyancy'' (2016), to the last even as a co-producer.

Career

Living in

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, Myhre holds a

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in performing improvisational music from the

Norwegian Academy of Music The Norwegian Academy of Music (Norwegian: ''Norges musikkhøgskole'', NMH) is a university-level music conservatory located in Oslo, Norway, in the neighbourhood of Majorstuen, Frogner. It is the largest music academy in Norway and offers the ...

. In addition he attended one year studies under

Anders Jormin Anders Bertil Michael Jormin (born 7 September 1957) is a Swedish bassist and composer. Jormin established a musical partnership with Bobo Stenson in the mid-1980s which led to international recognition playing with Charles Lloyd, in the early ...

at the Music Academy in

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, Sweden. He has a series of his own ongoing projects, but most active is with Splashgirl, a trio including with Andreas Stensland Løwe (piano and keyboards) and Andreas Lønso Knudsrød (drums and percussion) Their latest albums ''Huntsville'' (2011) and ''Field Day Rituals'' (2013).

Discography

;Blokk 5 *2005: ''Casio Killed the Cornette'' (Blokk 5) ; Splashgirl *2007: ''Doors. Keys'' (AIM Records) *2009: ''Arbor'' ( Hubro Music) *2011: ''Pressure'' (Hubro Music) *2013: ''

Field Day Rituals ''Field Day Rituals'' (released February 1, 2011 in Norway by the label Hubro Music – HUBRO CD 2520) is the fourth album of the Norwegian jazz band Splashgirl. Reception The All About Jazz reviewer John Eyles awarded the album 4.5 stars, t ...

'' (Hubro Music) ;

Solveig Slettahjell Solveig Slettahjell (born 2 April 1971) is a Norwegian jazz singer, known for her soulful, seductive voice. Career Slettahjell was born in Bærum, Norway, and made her recording debut with the album ''Slow Motion Orchestra'' (2003), which co ...

*2011: ''Domestic Songs'' (

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) ;

*2008: ''Only Just Begun'' (

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) *2008: ''Juliet's Wishes'' (

Virgin Records Virgin Records is a British record label owned by Universal Music Group. They were originally founded as a British independent record label in 1972 by entrepreneurs Richard Branson, Simon Draper, Nik Powell, and musician Tom Newman (musician), ...

) *2009: ''Tarpan Seasons'' (

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, Norway), with

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*2010: ''The Guest'' (Universal Music, Norway) ;

Torgeir Vassvik Torgeir Vassvik (born 3 October 1962 in Gamvik Municipality, Sápmi) is a Norwegian Sami musician and composer. Vassvik combines Joik with drum and traditional instruments,.

*2008: ''Sápmi'' ( Idut) ; Lasse Passage *2009: ''If You Don't Have Time To Cook, You Don't Have Time To Live'' (LP Records) ; Jessica Sligter / Jæ *2010: ''Balls And Kittens, Draught And Strangling Rain'' ( Hubro Music) *2012: ''Fear and the Framing'' (Hubro Music) ;

Susanna Wallumrød Susanna Karolina Wallumrød (born 23 June 1979) is a Norwegian vocalist, known for her low key original songs. She was born in Kongsberg, and is the sister of the drummer Fredrik Wallumrød and the pianist Christian Wallumrød; she is the cous ...

*2011: ''Jeg Vil Hjem Til Menneskene'' (

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) *2012: ''Wild Dog'' (

Rune Grammofon Rune Grammofon is a Norwegian record label founded in 1998 by Rune Kristoffersen. Rune Grammofon's reputation for lovingly issued experimental electronic music, jazz, and improvised music by Norwegian artists has grown over the years with its a ...

) ;

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*2013: ''Grounding'' (Ozella) ;Finland including with

Morten Qvenild Morten Qvenild (born 31 August 1978) is a Norwegian jazz pianist, band leader, and producer. Career Qvenild started his jazz career in the big band Ung Musikk in 1995, followed by studies on the Jazz program at the Norges Musikkhøgskole. He u ...

Ivar Grydeland Ivar Grydeland (born 1 October 1976) is a Norwegian jazz musician (guitar) and composer raised in Kongsberg. Career Grydeland was born in Trondheim, Norway, and studied jazz guitar at the Norwegian Academy of Music (1996–2000, and 2001–2 ...

Pål Hausken Pål Hausken (born 25 August 1980 in Rennesøy, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (drums and percussion), most known from bands like the jazz trio In The Country where he plays together with Morten Qvenild and Roger Arntzen, but also for hi ...

*2015: ''Rainy Omen'' ( Hubro Music) ;With

Erland Dahlen Erland Dahlen (born 15 May 1971 in Ulefoss, Norway) is a Norwegian drummer and percussionist. He is a member of several bands in the elektronika/jazz/experimental music genre, like "HET", "Boschamaz", "Kiruna", "Morris" and "Piston Ltd." Care ...

, Geir Sundstøl *2014: ''Switch'' (

OKeh Records OKeh Records () is an American record label founded by the Otto Heinemann Phonograph Corporation, a phonograph supplier established in 1916, which branched out into phonograph records in 1918. The name originally was spelled "OkeH" from the init ...

) *2016: ''Buoyancy'' (OKeh Records)

References

External links

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