Pål Hausken

Pål Hausken
Pål Hausken, 2018
Pål Hausken, 2018
Background information
Born (1980-08-25) 25 August 1980 (age 44)
Rennesøy, Rogaland
OriginNorway
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
Instrument(s)Drums, percussion
Websitewww.groove.no/artist/74567871

Pål Hausken (born 25 August 1980 in Rennesøy, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (drums and percussion),[1] most known from bands like the jazz trio In The Country where he plays together with Morten Qvenild and Roger Arntzen, but also for his collaboration with artists like Susanna Wallumrød, Bull of the Year, Zahl and Music for a While together with Tora Augestad.[2]

Career

Pål Hausken and In The Country
(Photo by Thomas Bjørndahl)

Hausken was a music student at the Norwegian Academy of Music when he together with fellow students Morten Qvenild and Roger Arntzen initiated the band In The Country. Here he play a central role as drummer and with five releases this is the most productive of his projects. At the Umea Jazz Festival 2012 they received brilliant critiques and followed up with the fifth album Sunset Sunrise in 2013.[3]

Honors

  • 2004: Jazzintro Newcomer Award at Moldejazz, with in the Country
  • 2012: "Independent Music Awards" with in the Country, for their latest full length art concert film

Discography

Central projects

In The Country
  • 2005: This Was The Pace of My Heartbeat (Rune Grammofon)
  • 2006: Losing Stones, Collecting Bones (Rune Grammofon)
  • 2009: Whiteout (Rune Grammofon)
  • 2011: Sounds And Sights (Rune Grammofon)
  • 2013: Sunset Sunrise (ATC)
Susanna Wallumrød
Zahl
Music for a While
  • 2007: Weill Variations (Grappa)
  • 2012: Graces That Refrain (Grappa)
Bull of the year
  • 2009: Four Horns (AIM Sound City)

Other projects

Hilde Marie Kjersem TUB Quartet
Kaada
Gebhardt & Mjøs
  • 2005: Alt For Norge (Apache Records)
Christer Knutsen
  • 2005: Would You Please Welcome (Frode Records)
  • 2006: Grand Hotel (Frode Records)[1]
With Tora Augestad's Music for a While including Mathias Eick, Stian Carstensen and Martin Taxt
  • 2007: Weill Variations (Grappa Music)
  • 2012: Graces That Refrain (Grappa Music)[4]
  • 2014: Canticles of Winter (Grappa Music)
Randi Tytingvåg
  • 2012: Grounding (Ozella Records)
Finland including with Morten Qvenild, Jo Berger Myhre, Ivar Grydeland

References

  1. ^ a b "Pål Hausken". Discography. Discogs.com. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Pål Hausken". Biography. Bjørnsonfestivalen. 29 August 2012. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  3. ^ Kelman, John (7 November 2012). "Umea Jazz Festival: Umea, Sweden, October 27: In the Country". Concert review. All About Jazz. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  4. ^ Hareuveni, Eyal (30 November 2012). "Music for a While: Graces That Refrain (2012)". Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  5. ^ "Finland: Rainy Omen". Grappa Music. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
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