David Aleksander Sjølie

David Aleksander Sjølie
Born (1988-05-07) 7 May 1988 (age 36)
Kongsberg, Buskerud
OriginNorway
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
InstrumentGuitar
LabelsNorCD
Jazzland Recordings
Websitewww.aleksandersjolie.com

David Aleksander Sjølie (born 7 May 1988) is a Norwegian jazz guitarist, known from bands like Mopti, married 31 July 2014, to the jazz singer Anja Eline Skybakmoen.

Career

Sjølie was born in Oslo, where he lives and works as a musician, producer and studio engineer. He studied jazz and improvisation at the Norwegian Academy of Music (2013). As a performing musician, he is grounded in different musical traditions such as jazz, pop, country and rock, and is collaborating in bands like Mopti,[1] Angus and Grandmas Grand. He is teaching guitar in Oslo.

Discography

With Bendik Baksaas Band
  • 2012: The Shape of Beats To Come (Dayladore Collective)[2]
  • 2013: 1991 (Aspén)
With Ine Hoem
  • 2013: The Island (Impeller Recordings)
With Mopti
With Lise Hvoslef
  • 2014: Mapping the coincidence (Lise Hvoslef Records)
With Anja
  • 2014: We're The Houses (Øra Fonogram)
  • 2015: Echo (Triogram)

References

  1. ^ "Mopti Biography" (PDF) (in Norwegian). JazzINorge.no. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  2. ^ Le, Quinn (19 November 2013). "Bendik Baksaas Band: En vennskapelig affære" (in Norwegian). Hissig.no. Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  3. ^ Wicklund, Erling (17 September 2013). "MOPTI utfordrer – Logic Review" (in Norwegian). NRK Jazz. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  4. ^ "MOPTI & Bendik Baksaas - Bits & Pieces". Musical reviews (in Norwegian). JazzINorge.no. Retrieved 2 May 2015.