Øyvind Brække

Øyvind Brække
Øyvind Brække performing in 2020
Background information
Born (1969-08-25) 25 August 1969 (age 55)
Bærum, Akershus
OriginNorway
GenresJazz
OccupationMusic arranger & musician
InstrumentTrombone

Øyvind Brække (born 25 August 1969) is a Norwegian jazz musician (trombone), composer, music arranger and band leader, best known for Bodega Band and S. Møller Storband. He was the initiator of the popular and still active band The Source, who released several albums, and made contributions to dozens of recordings with musicians like Chick Corea, Eirik Hegdal, Per Zanussi, Erlend Skomsvoll, Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, Knut Kristiansen, Jacob Young, Trygve Seim, Per Oddvar Johansen, Mathilde Grooss Viddal, Dingobats, Sverre Gjørvad, Motorpsycho, FriEnsemblet and Come Shine.[1]

Career

Brække was born in Bærum, where his jazz career started in Sandvika Storband. He played on the SS recordings Come Rain or Come Shine (1989) and Contemporary Music For Big Band (1991) with them, and joined the band "Why Not" in 1990. He studied on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonsevatorium (1991–93),[2] and was a member of several bands on the Trondheim jazz scene, including Bodega Band from 1992 (recording. 1992) and S. Møller big band, which he led. Great luck did student band "The Source" which he co-founded in 1992. The quartet has so far made seven CDs, "Olemann cornet" 1994, "Of Christmas" 1995, "The MotorSourceMassacre" 2000, "The Source and different cikada" 2002, "Of Christmas Live at Blue", 2002, "The Source" 2005 and "The Source of Christmas Live" (released 2007). It has completed a number of tours and festival gigs, including along with the rock band Motorpsycho and string quartet Cicada.[1]

In 1998 Brække moved permanently back to Oslo where he established himself in various bands. Beside The Source, he has had a long engagements with Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, evidenced by the albums Live in Molde (2000), We are? (2004), What if? (2009), Morning songs (TJO & Per Zanussi, 2009) and not least his own significant project with ), Migrations TJO & Øyvind Brække, performed in trondheim 2009 and released on album in 2011.[1][3]

Discography

Within "Sandvika Storband»
  • 1989: Come Rain or Come Shine (SS Records)
  • 1991: Contemporary Music For Big Band (SS Records)
  • 2011: A Novel Approach (SS Records), as guest soloist[4]
Within The Source (Trygve Seim & Per Oddvar Johansen)
  • 1994: Olemanns Kornett (Curling Legs)
  • 2000: Roadwork Vol. 2: The MotorSourceMassacre (Stickman Records, Germany), with Motorpsycho & Deathprod
  • 2002: The Source And Different Cikadas (ECM Records), with[5]
  • 2005: The Source: Of Christmas (Curling Legs)
  • 2006: The Source (ECM Records)
  • 2007: Live (Grappa Music)
Within Trondheim Jazz Orchestra
Within Trygve Seim
Within Crimetime Orchestra
Within Mathilde Grooss Viddal, FriEnsemblet
With other projects

References

  1. ^ a b c "Brække, Øyvind Biography" (in Norwegian). Norsk Musikkinformasjon MIC.no. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Jazzlinja". NTNU.no. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Migrations – Øyvind Brække Review". TrondheimJazzOrchestra.no. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  4. ^ Mosnes, Terje. "Briljant ny Burton-kvartett, supert Sandvika Storband" (in Norwegian). Norsk Musikkinformasjon. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  5. ^ "The Source And Different Cikadas (ECM) Review". ECMrecords.com. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  6. ^ Kelman, John (22 February 2010). "Froy Aagre: Cycle of Silence (2010) Track Review". All About Jazz. Retrieved 26 November 2012.