INSTRUMENTS: saxophones (tenor, alto, soprano, baritone)
flute, alto flute, piccolo
clarinet, bass clarinet
EDUCATION:
1976-77 Voss
Folkehøyskole
1977-78 Toneheim Folkehøyskole
MILITARY
SERVICE:
1979 Band and Drill
Platoon of His Majesty the King’s Guard
PERFORMANCES/ACTIVITIES IN
NORWAY:
1974 Debut
performance: Voss International Jazz Festival with Voss Storband (Voss Big
Band)
1975 - current date
Various engagements with Norwegian artists, incl. engagements
as group leader
1980 - current date
School concerts and jazz programs under Norwegian
National Concerts program
Engagements as
studio musician for Norwegian National Broadcasting and Norwegian TV2, with
various theater companies, and with various recording companies and in
advertising
Engagements as back-up musician for various Norwegian vocalists
Hired as soloist
and arranger for the Norwegian Military Music Department
INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCES/ACTIVITIES:
Engagements with:
The
Gambian/Norwegian Friendship Orchestra
1983-84 Tony Oxley and Ali Haurand International Quartet
1989-90 Philip Catherine
1990s- Paquito de
Rivera, Claudio Roditi, Gustavo Bergalli, Phil Woods, Andy Shepherd, Bennie
Wallace, Joe Henderson, Maria Schneider, Martial Solal, Diana Krall, Mathias
Rüegg,Gianluigi Trovesi.
Dino Saluzzi,Gustavo Bergalli,Karin Krog, John Surman,The Core,Terje Rypdal, Palle Mikkelborg, Ståle Storløkken,Paolo Vinaccia
CURRENT GROUP
ENGAGEMENTS:
Dabrhahi
Olav Dale
Quartett
Olav Dale Quintet
Grand Scale
Leader of Bergen Big Band
Son Mu
AWARDS:
TEACHING ENGAGEMENTS:
Bergen Teacher Training
School (Bergen Lærerhøyskole)
The Grieg Academy - Department of Music, University of Bergen (Griegakademiet
- Bergen)
Voss Folk High School (Voss Folkehøgskule)
Manger Folk High Scool(Manger Folkehøgskule)
Association for Norwegian Jazz Musicians’ Summer Courses
Various big band and ensemble courses, seminars, etc across Norway
CD
RELEASES:
‘ Little
Waltz’ (NOR-CD 9725) in collaboration with various artists
`Dabrhahi´ (NOR-CD 0767)
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