Torgeir Hovden Standal (born 23 July 1990) is a Norwegian jazz guitarist.
Career
Standall was raised in Ørsta, near
Ålesund
Ålesund () is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The town is the administrative centre of Ålesund Municipality. The centre of the town of Ålesund lies on the islands of Hessa, Aspøya, Ålesund, Asp� ...
, but moved to Oslo in 2011. He soon met with
Natalie Sandtorv and they started
The Jist, a duo projects where the guitar meets vocals. After two years of collaboration on a series of performances they released the self-titled debut album (2014). The album was recorded in
Bergen
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By May 20 ...
, and
John Hegre known from
Jazzkammer
Lasse Marhaug (born 10 September 1974) is a Norwegian musician who primarily works in the field of noise music but frequently drifts into other areas such as improvisation, jazz, rock and extreme metal. Marhaug has also been involved in creating ...
, controlled the mixing and mastering.
In 2014 he toured with The Jist and played a gig at Madame Claude, Berlin. In 2015 they was well received at the 2015 Match & Fuse Festival in Warsaw and also gave concerts in Torino. He is also active on local venues with projects like the tribute band Wild Things Run Fast, celebrating the music of
Joni Mitchell
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together with musicians like Siril Malmedal Hauge (vocals), Olav Opsvik (piano), Martin Morland (bass) and
Henrik Lødøen (drums).
Discography
*2014: ''The Jist'' (Va Fongool)
References
External links
*
The Jist @ Experimontag, Madame Claude, Berlin 27/10/14 2
on YouTube
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Norwegian jazz guitarists
Norwegian jazz composers
People from Ørsta
1990 births
Living people
Norwegian male guitarists
Norwegian male jazz composers
21st-century jazz composers
21st-century Norwegian guitarists
21st-century Norwegian male musicians