Martin Taxt
Taxt with Tora Augestad and Music for a Wile 2014.
Taxt with Tora Augestad
and Music for a Wile 2014.
Background information
Born (1981-01-18) 18 January 1981
Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag
OriginNorway
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician, composer, band leader
Instrument(s)Tuba
WebsiteOfficial website

Martin Taxt (born 18 January 1981 in Trondheim, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (tuba), known from a variety of jazz bands like Koboku Senjû, Microtub, Muringa, Music for a While and Trondheim Jazz Orchestra.[1]

Career

Taxt is a graduate of the Norwegian Academy of Music (2002–2006) and the 'Conservatoire Nationale Superieur de Musique et de Danse à Paris' (2004–05). During his studies he initiated the bands 'Florebius' and 'Silucian Town' among others including the jazz singer Lena Nymark. Taxt has since 2004 been tubaist in the quintet Music for a While. As studio musician he has worked with artists like Odd Nordstoga, Hanne Hukkelberg and Maria Mena.[1]

He has collaborated with the Japanese contemporary musicians Tetuzi Akiyama and Toshimaru Nakamura in the quintet 'Koboku Senjû' since 2006. From 2006 he has drifted the festival 'Fri Resonance' (a festival for new and experimental music) in Trondheim together with Kim Myhr and Håvard Volden. Since February 2010 Taxt has managed the label Sofa together with Kim Myhr, Ivar Grydeland and Ingar Zach. He has also collaborated on stage with violinist Ola Kvernberg.[1]

Discography

With Nils Ostendorf
  • 2005: Spin Ensemble (Spin Records), including with Philippe Lauzier, Kim Myhr and Toma Gouband
With Tora Augestad's Music for a while including Mathias Eick, Stian Carstensen and Pål Hausken
With Tetuzi Akiyama
  • 2008: Varianter Av Døde Traer (Sofa Records), including with Eivind Lønning and Espen Reinertsen
With the quintet 'Koboku Senjû'
With Microtub (Robin Hayward/Peder Simonsen/Martin Taxt)
  • 2011: Microtub (Sofa Music)
  • 2014: Star System (Sofa Music)
  • 2017: Bite of the Orange (Sofa Music)
With Kurt Liedwart and Andrey Popovskiy

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Martin Taxt". Biography. Bjornson Festival. 29 August 2014. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Hareuveni, Eyal (30 November 2012). "Music for a While: Graces That Refrain (2012)". Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Martin Taxt". Discography. Discogs.com. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
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