Ole Amund Gjersvik

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About Ole Amund Gjersvik

Ole Amund Gjersvik Ole Amund Gjersvik (born 10 December 1963 in Bergen, Norway) is a Norwegian Jazz musician (upright bass) and composer, central on the Bergen jazz scene and known from a number of record releases. Career Gjersvik studied at the Grieg Academy in Bergen, Bergen Conservatory of Music, where he has also taught. As a performing musician, he has led his own trios, quartets and quintets as well as tango orchestra Combo Tango. Gjersvik is very versatile and has played with musicians like Kaizers Orchestra, Ketil Bjørnstad, Ole Thomsen, Kåre Thomsen, Ole Paus, Jan Eggum, Herborg Kråkevik and Sissel Kyrkjebø. He has also been widely used in theater and television connection, and has participated on many albums. Under his own name, he has published A Voice from the Past (1990) and Milonga Triste (1998) among others, and Combo Tango Plays Music by Ole Amund Gjersvik (2002). He has received numerous awards and honors, including Rolf Gammleng Award in 2000. Gjersvik is also a dancer and instructor in the Argentine tango. In 1990 he founded his own label, Acoustic Records. Honors 2000: Gammleng Award Discography Soloalbums Poems for Trio (1988), with Kåre Thomsen & Karl Seglem A Voice from the Past (1990) Appasionata Criminelle (1992) Alone in the Crowd (1993) Around the Fountain (1994) Milonga Triste (1999) Circus (2006), within Ole Amund Gjersvik Quintet Live In Bergen (2011) Dialoger (2011), with Tore Thorsen Bass Improvisations (2011) Free Approach (2011), with Nils Are Drønen & Stein Urheim Tranquility (2011), with Tore Thorsen Duo Improvisations (2011), with Marius Neset Bergen (2013), with Tore Thorsen Bass Improvistaions Vol. 2 (2013) Latin Collection (2013) Bass Improvistaions Vol. 3 (2013) Conversations With Myself (2013) With Trang Fødsel Bare barnet (1995) Hybel (1997) Feber (1998) Damp (1999) De aller beste (2005) Hammock (2007) With Combo Tango Combo Tango plays music By Ole Amund Gjersvik (2002) Milonga del Angel (2007) Other releases Bymann Og Stril (1984), with Ivar Medaas & Ove Thue Knut Gribb Tar Bergenstoget (1986), Den Nationale Scene Ansikt Til Ansikt (1987), with Ivar Medaas & Ove Thue Sjeldne Typar (1989), with Ivar Medaas Stjerner i rennesteinen (1989), with Ole Paus Soria Moria (1989), with Sissel Kyrkjebø Lollipop (1989), with Tor Endresen & Rune Larsen Lollipop 2 (1990), with Tor Endresen & Rune Larsen Lollipop Jukebox (1991), with Tor Endresen & Rune Larsen Strange Afternoon (1991), with Secret Mission Sogn-A-Song (1991), with Karl Seglem Medaas Gull (1992), with Ivar Medaas Jeg kaller det vakker musikk: Hjemmevant utenfor - Ca. 40 Beste (1994), with Ole Paus Langs Fjorden (1994), with Ivar Medaas Rit (1994), with Karl Seglem Jeg-En Beach Boy (1994), with Trygve Thue In A Jazzy Mood (1994), with Clive Scott Mi Haugtussa (1995), with Herborg Kråkevik Rusler Rundt Grieg (1996), with Dag Arnesen Draumespor (1996), with Kenneth Sivertsen Lykkens narr (1997), with Anne Lorentzen One Day in October (1999), with Kenneth Sivertsen Design by Sound (1999), with Jan Kåre Hystad 50 Beste (2001), with Ivar Medaas Nature Of Two (2001), with Millpond Moon All of Me - Selected Songs by Billie Holiday (2003), with Kim Fairchild Till Lands (2003), with Robert Vennström Someone Cares (2003), with Rannva & Siggi Berøringer (2004), with Andreas Friis Jørgensen Cooly Horn (2004), with Cooly Horn New North (2004), with Karl Seglem It Was Near I Died (2005), with The Owens Ocean (2005), with Tron Dans Til Musikken (2006), tribute to Lasse Myrvold Barna synger Pophits (2006) Heaven Help Me (2006), with Steve Morgan I Grevens Tid (2007) Shadow Dancing (2008), with Steve Morgan Røtter (2009), with Rune Larsen Østenfor Sol" (2010), with Vindrosa The Ride Back Home" (2010), with Helge Nyheim Skyt meg med tre roser (2010), with Britt Synnøve Johansen Chin Of Gold (2011), with Barbro Husdal Quartet Trio Music (2011), with Carsten Dyngeland Trio Biter Av Tid (2012) with Kåre Kalvenes 2012 (2012) with Nøkken) Bakom Fjellet Det Blå (2013) with Vindrosa Emraceable You (2013) with Hans Marius Andersen Quartet

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