Steinar Raknes (born 22 March 1975) is a Norwegian jazz bassist, composer, and the younger brother of Jazz singer and pianist Eldbjørg Raknes. He is considered to be one of the most talented double bass players of his generation in Norway, and is known from collaborations with the like of

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Ola Kvernberg Ola Kvernberg (born 16 June 1981) is a Norwegian jazz musician known for his virtuosic string swing violin playing and his international performances. He is the son of traditional musicians Liv Rypdal Kvernberg and Torbjørn Kvernberg, and the br ...

and Hallgeir Pedersen. Norway (in Norwegian)

Career

Raknes was born in

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. He started to play bass at the age fifteen, graduated from the Music school in

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in 1994, and from the "Sund Folkehøgskole" 1995. As a student on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (1995–98) he established the bands

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and Urban Connection (bouth in 1996). He played with the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra featuring Chick Corea as soloist, and the quartet "BounceTones". He contributed to the cooperated broadcast

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"Jazz jorda rundt" as the bassist within the Hallgeir Pedersen Trio 2003. Raknes has played on releases by Jens Arne Molvær (1998) and Ole Reinlund (2003), and is also steady in the band line up with Ola Kvernberg, played in the Kirsti Huke Trio and initiated Shagma in 2004. In 2008 he debuted as solo artist with the album ''Tangos, Ballads & More'', followed up in 2012 by the album ''Stillhouse''. He has also worked as instrumental double bass teacher on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium.

Discography

Solo albums

*2008: ''Tangos, Ballads & More'' (Park Grammofon), with

, John Pål Inderberg &

Håkon Mjåset Johansen Håkon Mjåset Johansen (born 1 August 1975 in Trondheim, Norway) is a Norwegians, Norwegian jazz musician, jazz drummer and composer, known from playing with the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra featuring Chick Corea at Moldejazz 2000, cooperations wit ...

*2012: ''Stillhouse'' (Reckless Records), with Mickey Raphael, Solveig Slettahjell, Unni Wilhelmsen, Kaja Bremnes,

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& Andrew Utnem

Collaborative works

;Within Urban Connection *2001: '' Urban Connection'' (Bergland Productions) *2002: '' French Only'' (Bergland Productions) *2004: '' UC 3'' (Bergland Productions) ;With Siri Gjære *''Love Seriously Damages Health'' (2001, Bergland Prod.) ;Within

*2004: ''Vision'' – ( Jazzaway Records) *2006: ''Blue Sky'' – (Jazzaway Records) *2007: ''Office Essentials'' – ( Jazzland Recordings) *2010: ''Party'' – (Moserobie Music) ;Within "Shagma" *2005:''Music'' – (Jazzaway Records) ;Within Trondheim Jazz Orchestra *2005: ''Live in Molde'' – (MNJ Records), feat. Chick Corea ;Within Ola Kvernberg Trio *2006: ''Night//Driver'' – (Jazzland Recordings) *2009: ''Folk'' – (Jazzland Recordings) ;Within The Indian Core *2007: ''The Indian Core'' – ( Grappa Music) ;With Kirsti Huke *2007: ''Deloo'' – (Grappa Music) *2009: ''Kirsti Huke'' – (Fairplay) ;With The Bergen Big Band *2007: ''Meditations on Coltrane'' – (Grappa Music), feat. The Core ;With Håvard Lund *2010: ''My Sister Said'' – (Turn Left Prod.)

References

External links

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Ola Kvernberg Trio – Sardinen USF November 16, 2012, Bergen Jazzforum
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