Svein Magnus Furu (born 10 November 1983) is a Norwegian Jazz musician (saxophone) composer and music journalist, known from several bands and album releases.

Career

Furu was born in

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and is a graduate of the

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in Oslo, where he studied under musicians like Fredrik Ljungkvist,

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and Ivar Grydeland. He has collaborated on venues all over Europe and USA, within a series of bands like

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, Speakeasy, Stian Around a Hill Quartet, Andrea Kvartett, Trabant and Diplodokus. He has also played on the biggest Norwegian jazz festivals, such as

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and

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, in addition to the 'Turku Jazz Festival' in Finland. He was nominated for

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2009 in the class Jazz, together with Kim Johannesen and Tore Sandbakken for the album ''Kayak''. He has participated in JazzIntro competition 'Young jazz musicians of the year', with three bands, and the 'Young Nordic Jazz Comets' within the band Speakeasy in 2010. Furu is also a music journalist and critique for the renowned Norwegian newspaper

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and Norwegian Broadcasting

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Discography

Solo albums

*2009: ''The Eco Logic'' (Creative Sources Recordings), duo with guitarist Kim Johannesen *2009: ''Kayak'' (AIM Sound City), trio including Kim Johannesen and Tore Sandbakken

Collaborations

;With Stian Around a Hill Quartet *2009: ''Lille Stille'' (AIM Sound City) *2011: ''Alle Skal Få'' (Atterklang) ;With

*2010: ''Yearning'' (Park Grammofon) ;With Andrea Kvartett *2012: ''Andrea Kvintett'' (

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) *2013: ''Russian Dream'' (EP) (

) ;With Schow Trio including John Vegard Schow (piano), Sebastian Haugen-Markussen (bass) and Ole-Andreas Olafsrud (drums) *2013: ''Blått Hjerte'' (Pilar Records)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Furu, Svein Magnus Norwegian journalists Norwegian jazz saxophonists Avant-garde jazz musicians Norwegian jazz composers Norwegian Academy of Music alumni Musicians from Asker Norwegian music journalists 1983 births Living people 21st-century Norwegian saxophonists