Marius Søfteland Neset (born 2 January 1985 in Os,

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) is a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone) living in

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. He is known from collaborations within the jazz bands "People Are Machines", "Kaktusch", " JazzKamikaze" and

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projects "StoRMChaser" big band and " Human Chain". He is the son of music teachers guitarist Terje Neset (b. 1959) and pianist Anne Leni Søfteland Sæbø (b. 1961), and the brother of the vocalist Anna Søfteland Neset (b. 1987) flautist

Ingrid Søfteland Neset Ingrid Søfteland Neset (born 9 May 1992) is a Norwegian Classical flautist living in Stavanger (2017). She is the daughter of music teachers guitarist Terje Neset (born 1959) and pianist Anne Leni Søfteland Sæbø (born 1961), and the sister of ...

(b. 1992).

Career

Neset holds a Master's degree at the Copenhagen Rhythmic Music Conservatory 2008, and finished Soloist studies under the guidance of

among others, at the same place in 2010. The same year he toured with the Klüvers Big Band performing their

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project, with whom he did a gig at the

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. The debut album under his own name was ''Suite for the Seven Mountains'' (2008). Neset called the band "People Are Machines", including Magnus Hjorth (piano),

Petter Eldh Frans Petter Eldh (born 19 September 1983 in Gothenburg) is a Swedish jazz bass player and composer, who predominantly has worked first in Denmark, and since 2009 he has lived in Berlin. Biography Eldh was raised in a family of artists. At th ...

(double bass) and Anton Eger (drums), accompanied by a string quartet. On his 2nd solo album ''Golden Xplosion'' (2011), receiving rave reviews from

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, Telegraph and Irish Times in addition to Danish Magazine, Jazz Special and Norway's Jazznytt. The critique Ian Patterson of

comments in his review of ''Golden Xplosion'': "Marius Neset, the 25-year-old Norwegian saxophonist who surfaced in the UK last year with

(his teacher and mentor at Copenhagen's Rhythmic Music Conservatory), not only combines Brecker's power and Jan Garbarek's tonal delicacy, but has a vision that makes all 11 originals on this sensational album feel indispensable, and indispensably connected to each other. Bonuses include an inspired Bates on piano and synths, and the formidable Phronesis rhythm section of bassist Jasper Høiby and drummer Anton Eger." In 2012 Neset collaborated with the violinist Adam Bałdych on the album ''Imaginary Room'' within "The Baltic Gang", including Jacob Karlzon (piano), Lars Danielsson (double bass), Morten Lund (drums) & Verneri Pohjola (trumpet). The third solo album ''Birds'' (2013) was called "a heady concoction that surprises at every turn and enthralls in its stirring ensemble passages and epic scope", by the

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reviewer Ian Patterson. Here Neset is accompanied by Ivo Neame (piano), Jim Hart (

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), Jasper Høiby (upright bass), Anton Eger (drums), Ingrid Neset (flute & piccolo flute),

Daniel Herskedal Daniel Herskedal (born 2 April 1982) is a Norwegian jazz tubist. He is regarded as one of the most talented jazz tubists in Norway. Career Herskedal started playing the French horn as a boy, then later took up the tuba. He started formal studi ...

(tuba), Bjarke Mogensen (accordion), Tobias Wiklund (trumpet), Ronny Farsund (trumpet), Peter Jensen (trombone) and Lasse Mauritzen (French horn). The reviewer of NRK Jazz states: "He abolishes the border between jazz and symphonic music and elevates thus both genres to unprecedented heights. He signed up for the label ACT Records in 2013. His first ACT release "Lion" (2014) together with the "Trondheim Jazz Orchestra" reached international acclaim as one of the most important large ensemble albums of 2014. Marius Neset's new quintet album "Pinball" was released on January 30, 2015 on ACT.

Honors

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

: The

Nattjazz Bergen International Jazz Festival or Nattjazz, is one of the largest jazz festivals of Norway. The festival has a musical profile with an emphasis on ethnic and contemporary jazz. It is held annually in late May, coinciding with Festspillen ...

talent award * 2011: " Sildajazzprisen" at the Jazz festival in

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: This years "JazZtipendiat" at

Moldejazz Molde International Jazz Festival (MIJF) or Moldejazz (established 1961 in Molde) takes place annually in July, and is known as one of the oldest jazz festivals in Europe. It was initiated by the local Storyville Jazz Club. Since 1964 it has r ...

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: "

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" in the category Jazz, with Trondheim Jazz Orchestra for the album ''Lion'' * 2016: ''

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'' magazine: “25 for the Future”

Discography

As leader/co-leader

* 2011: '' Golden Xplosion'' ( Edition) *

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: ''

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'' (Edition) *

: ''

Lion The lion (''Panthera leo'') is a large Felidae, cat of the genus ''Panthera'' native to Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body; short, rounded head; round ears; and a hairy tuft at the end of its tail. It is sexually dimorphi ...

'' ( ACT) *

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: ''

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'' (ACT) * 2016: ''Snowmelt'' (ACT) *

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: ''Circle of Chimes'' (ACT) *

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: ''Viaduct'' (ACT) *

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: ''Tributes'' with

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(

ACT Music ACT is a German record label founded in 1992 by Siegfried Loch. It is a division of ACT + Music Video founded by Loch and Annette Humpe in 1988. ACT started as a pop music label but folded soon after it started. Loch turned it into a jazz label, ...

, 2020) With

: '' Neck of the Woods'' (Edition)

Collaborative works

Within JazzKamikaze * 2005: ''Mission I'' (

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) * 2007: ''Travelling at the speed of sound'' (Stunt) * 2008: ''Emergin pilots'' EP (SevenSeas) * 2009: ''The revolution's in your hands'' EP (SevenSeas) * 2010: ''Supersonic revolutions'' (SevenSeas) * 2012: ''The return of JazzKamikaze'' (Stunt) Within People Are Machines * 2007: ''People Are Machines'' (Calibrated) * 2007: ''Live Getxo'' (Errabal) * 2008: '' Suite for the Seven Mountains'' (Calibrated) * 2011: ''Fractal'' (Cloud) With

* 2008: ''Spring is Here (Shall We Dance?)'' (Lost Marble), within StoRMChaser Big Band With Ole Amund Gjersvik * 2011: ''Duo Improvisations'' (Acoustic) With

Adam Bałdych Adam Bałdych (born 18 May 1986 in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland) is a Polish violinist, composer, and music producer. Baldych is an ACT MUSIC (Germany) recording artist. He is known from a series of record releases and collaborations with music ...

& The Baltic Gang * 2012: ''Imaginary Room'' (ACT) With Dave Stapleton * 2013: ''Flight'' (Edition) With

Esbjörn Svensson Trio Esbjörn Svensson Trio (or e.s.t.) was a Swedish jazz piano trio formed in 1993 consisting of Esbjörn Svensson (piano), Dan Berglund (double bass), and Magnus Öström (drums). Its music had classical, rock, pop, and techno elements. It list ...

e.s.t. * 2016: ''E.S.T. Symphony'' (ACT)

References

External links

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Marius Neset Quartet - Golden Xplosion (live 2013)
on YouTube
Marius Neset – Masterclass – Old Poison (XL)
on YouTube
Marius Neset at Edition RecordsJazzKamikazePlateanmeldelse av ''Suite For The Seven Mountains''
(in Danish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Neset, Marius 20th-century Norwegian saxophonists 21st-century Norwegian saxophonists Norwegian jazz saxophonists Norwegian jazz clarinetists Norwegian jazz composers Avant-garde jazz musicians Edition artists ACT Music artists Musicians from Os, Hordaland 1985 births Living people 20th-century saxophonists 21st-century clarinetists JazzKamikaze members Edition Records artists