Marius Søfteland Neset (born 2 January 1985) 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 o ...

(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 (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),

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(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

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(piano), Jim Hart (

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

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(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

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talent award *

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

: " Sildajazzprisen" at the Jazz festival in

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2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

: This years "JazZtipendiat" at

Moldejazz Molde International Jazz Festival (MIJF) or Moldejazz (established 1961 in Molde Municipality) 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 1 ...

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

: "

Spellemannprisen The Spellemannprisen (also referred to as the Norwegian Grammy Awards) is a Norwegian music award ceremony presented by International Federation of the Phonographic Industry#Local associations, IFPI Norge and :no:FONO, FONO. It was first awarded i ...

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

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

: ''

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'' magazine: “25 for the Future”

Discography

As leader/co-leader

: '' Golden Xplosion'' ( Edition) *

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

: ''

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'' (Edition) *

: ''

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'' ( ACT) *

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

: ''

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'' (ACT) *

: ''Snowmelt'' (ACT) *

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

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

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

: ''Viaduct'' (ACT) *

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

: ''Tributes'' with the Danish Radio Big Band (ACT) *

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

: ''A New Dawn'' (ACT) *

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

: ''Happy'' (ACT) *

: ''Manmade'' with the

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( Chandos) *

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

: ''Summer Dance'' with the

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(ACT) *

: ''Geyser - Live at Royal Albert Hall - BBC Proms'' with the

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(ACT) *

2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...

: Cabaret (ACT) With

: '' Neck of the Woods'' (Edition) With Leif Ove Andsnes *

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

: ''Who We Are'' (Simax)

Collaborative works

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 Arild Andersen Group * 2022: ''Affirmation'' (

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) With Dave Stapleton * 2013: ''Flight'' (Edition) With

* 2008: ''Spring is Here (Shall We Dance?)'' (Lost Marble), within StoRMChaser Big Band With Esbjörn Svensson Trio e.s.t. * 2016: ''E.S.T. Symphony'' (ACT) With 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) With Morten Schantz * 2017: ''Godspeed'' (Edition) With People Are Machines * 2007: ''People Are Machines'' (Calibrated) * 2007: ''Live Getxo'' (Errabal) * 2008: '' Suite for the Seven Mountains'' (Calibrated) * 2011: ''Fractal'' (Cloud) With Ole Amund Gjersvik * 2011: ''Duo Improvisations'' (Acoustic)

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 21st-century Norwegian clarinetists JazzKamikaze members Edition Records artists