Karl Tomas Bergh Strømme (born 26 February 1976 in

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, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz trumpeter.

Biography

Strømme got his musical education at

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 Oslo and Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen. He has studied under

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Jon Eberson Jon Arild Eberson (born 6 January 1953) is a Norwegian jazz guitarist and composer, the son of jazz guitarist Leif Eberson (1925–1970), and the father of keyboardist Marte Maaland Eberson. He was a member of the bands Moose Loose (1973–77), ...

and Flemming Agerskov. He has been touring in Scandinavia and occasionally in the rest of Europe as a member of The European Youth Jazz Orchestra He has led the Telenor Storband and teaches music at the Norwegian Academy of Music. Strømme has also composed music for

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and played regular for theaters like

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, Nordic Black Theatre and

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. Strømme was raised in

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and in

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, where he also runs his own recording studio DynaLyd. In 2004 he was the recipient of a scholarships from The Léonie Sonning Music Prize. Within the band Peloton he has released two albums, ''Selected Recordings'' (2007) and ''The Early Years'' (2011). Strømme has also collaborated with Jono El Grande, Sandvika Storband, Gunnhild Nyborg, La Mascara Snake and Birgitte Damberg.

Discography

*1999: ''Instant Critique'' (Arbin Prod), with Edvard Bredok *1999: ''Lining Up!'' (Sandvika Storband), with Sandvika Storband *2003: ''.....Goes Fishing'' (Osito Records), with La Mascara Snake *2003: ''Fevergreens'' (

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), with Jono El Grande *2007: ''Selected Recordings'' ( Records), with Peloton *2008: ''Så Lenge Det Er Natt'' (Norsk Rock), single with Rex Rudi *2009: ''Corrupted Mirror'' ( Records), Nickelsen, Strømme, Nylander *2011: ''The Early Years'' ( Records), with Peloton

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stromme, Karl 20th-century Norwegian male singers 20th-century Norwegian singers 21st-century Norwegian male singers 21st-century Norwegian singers 20th-century Norwegian trumpeters 21st-century Norwegian trumpeters Norwegian jazz singers Norwegian jazz trumpeters Norwegian male trumpeters Norwegian Academy of Music alumni Academic staff of the Norwegian Academy of Music Musicians from Bergen 1976 births Living people Norwegian male jazz musicians