Svein Magnus Furu
Born (1983-11-10) 10 November 1983
Asker, Akershus
OriginNorway
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician, composer, music journalist
Years activeSaxophone
LabelsAIM Sound City
Park Grammofon
Websitewww.sveinmagnusfuru.com

Svein Magnus Furu (born 10 November 1983) is a Norwegian Jazz musician (saxophone) composer and music journalist, known from several bands and album releases.[1]

Career

Furu was born in Asker and is a graduate of the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, where he studied under musicians like Fredrik Ljungkvist, Morten Halle and Ivar Grydeland. He has collaborated on venues all over Europe and USA, within a series of bands like Aphrodisiac, Speakeasy, Stian Around a Hill Quartet, Andrea Kvartett, Trabant and Diplodokus. He has also played on the biggest Norwegian jazz festivals, such as Oslo Jazzfestival, Kongsberg Jazzfestival, Nattjazz and MaiJazz, in addition to the 'Turku Jazz Festival' in Finland. He was nominated for Spellemannprisen 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.[2]

Furu is also a music journalist and critique for the renowned Norwegian newspaper Morgenbladet and Norwegian Broadcasting NRK.

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[3]

Collaborations

With Stian Around a Hill Quartet
  • 2009: Lille Stille (AIM Sound City)
  • 2011: Alle Skal Få (Atterklang)
With Aphrodisiac
  • 2010: Yearning (Park Grammofon)
With Andrea Kvartett
With Schow Trio including John Vegard Schow (piano), Sebastian Haugen-Markussen (bass) and Ole-Andreas Olafsrud (drums)
  • 2013: Blått Hjerte (Pilar Records)[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Svein Magnus Furu – Musician". Directory MIC.no. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Releasekonsert: Schow Trio sitt nye album "Blått hjerte"". NordicBlackTheatre.no. 31 October 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "Svein Magnus Furu". Discography. Discogs.com. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "Andrea Kvintett" (PDF). NorCD. 27 April 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  5. ↑ "Andrea Kvintett". NorCD. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
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