Marius Neset
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Background information | |
Birth name | Marius Søfteland Neset |
Born | (1985-01-02) 2 January 1985 (age 39) Os, Hordaland |
Origin | Norway |
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
Instrument(s) | Tenor saxophone Soprano saxophone Clarinet EWI |
Labels | ACT Music |
Website | www |
Marius Søfteland Neset (born 2 January 1985) is a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone) living in Copenhagen. He is known from collaborations within the jazz bands "People Are Machines", "Kaktusch", "JazzKamikaze" and Django Bates projects "StoRMChaser" big band and "Human Chain".[1] He is the son of music teachers guitarist Terje Neset (b. 1959) and pianist Anne Leni Søfteland Sæbø (b. 1961), and the brother of the vocalist Anna Søfteland Neset (b. 1987) flautist Ingrid Søfteland Neset (b. 1992).[2]
Career
Neset holds a master's degree at the Copenhagen Rhythmic Music Conservatory 2008, and finished Soloist studies under the guidance of Django Bates among others, at the same place in 2010. The same year he toured with the Klüvers Big Band performing their Rolling Stones project, with whom he did a gig at the Kongsberg Jazzfestival.[1]
The debut album under his own name was Suite for the Seven Mountains (2008). Neset called the band "People Are Machines", including Magnus Hjorth (piano), Petter Eldh (double bass) and Anton Eger (drums), accompanied by a string quartet. On his 2nd solo album Golden Xplosion (2011), receiving rave reviews from The Guardian,[3][4] Telegraph and Irish Times in addition to Danish Magazine, Jazz Special and Norway's Jazznytt. The critique Ian Patterson of The Guardian comments in his review of Golden Xplosion: "Marius Neset, the 25-year-old Norwegian saxophonist who surfaced in the UK last year with Django Bates (his teacher and mentor at Copenhagen's Rhythmic Music Conservatory), not only combines Brecker's power and Jan Garbarek's tonal delicacy, but has a vision that makes all 11 originals on this sensational album feel indispensable, and indispensably connected to each other. Bonuses include an inspired Bates on piano and synths, and the formidable Phronesis rhythm section of bassist Jasper Høiby and drummer Anton Eger."[3]
In 2012 Neset collaborated with the violinist Adam Bałdych on the album Imaginary Room within "The Baltic Gang", including Jacob Karlzon (piano), Lars Danielsson (double bass), Morten Lund (drums) & Verneri Pohjola (trumpet). The third solo album Birds (2013) was called "a heady concoction that surprises at every turn and enthralls in its stirring ensemble passages and epic scope", by the All About Jazz reviewer Ian Patterson. Here Neset is accompanied by Ivo Neame (piano), Jim Hart (vibraphone), Jasper Høiby (upright bass), Anton Eger (drums), Ingrid Neset (flute & piccolo flute), Daniel Herskedal (tuba), Bjarke Mogensen (accordion), Tobias Wiklund (trumpet), Ronny Farsund (trumpet), Peter Jensen (trombone) and Lasse Mauritzen (French horn).[4][5] The reviewer of NRK Jazz states: "He abolishes the border between jazz and symphonic music and elevates thus both genres to unprecedented heights.[6] He signed up for the label ACT Records in 2013.[7] His first ACT release "Lion" (2014) together with the "Trondheim Jazz Orchestra" reached international acclaim as one of the most important large ensemble albums of 2014. Marius Neset's new quintet album "Pinball" was released on January 30, 2015 on ACT.
Honors
- 2004: The Nattjazz talent award
- 2011: "Sildajazzprisen" at the Jazz festival in Haugesund
- 2012: This years "JazZtipendiat" at Moldejazz[8][9]
- 2014: "Spellemannprisen" in the category Jazz, with Trondheim Jazz Orchestra for the album Lion
- 2016: DownBeat magazine: “25 for the Future”[10]
Discography
As leader/co-leader
- 2011: Golden Xplosion (Edition)[3]
- 2013: Birds (Edition)[4][5][6]
- 2014: Lion (ACT)
- 2015: Pinball (ACT)
- 2016: Snowmelt (ACT)
- 2017: Circle of Chimes (ACT)
- 2019: Viaduct (ACT)
- 2020: Tributes with Danish Radio Big Band (ACT Music, 2020)[11]
With Daniel Herskedal
- 2012: Neck of the Woods (Edition)[1][12]
Collaborative works
Within JazzKamikaze
- 2005: Mission I (Stunt)
- 2007: Travelling at the speed of sound (Stunt)
- 2008: Emergin pilots EP (SevenSeas)
- 2009: The revolution's in your hands EP (SevenSeas)
- 2010: Supersonic revolutions (SevenSeas)
- 2012: The return of JazzKamikaze (Stunt)[1]
Within People Are Machines
- 2007: People Are Machines (Calibrated)
- 2007: Live Getxo (Errabal)
- 2008: Suite for the Seven Mountains (Calibrated)
- 2011: Fractal (Cloud)
With Django Bates
- 2008: Spring is Here (Shall We Dance?) (Lost Marble), within StoRMChaser Big Band[1]
With Ole Amund Gjersvik
- 2011: Duo Improvisations (Acoustic)
With Adam Bałdych & The Baltic Gang
- 2012: Imaginary Room (ACT)
With Dave Stapleton
- 2013: Flight (Edition)
With Esbjörn Svensson Trio e.s.t.
- 2016: E.S.T. Symphony (ACT)
References
- ^ a b c d e Patterson, Ian (17 December 2012). "Marius Neset: Norwegian Woods – Interview". All About Jazz. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ Bruarøy, Kjetil Vasby (24 December 2012). "Musikarfamilie i julestemning" (in Norwegian). midtsiden.no. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
- ^ a b c Fordham, John (21 April 2011). "Marius Neset: Golden XPlosion – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
- ^ a b c Patterson, Ian (17 December 2012). "Marius Neset: Birds – Review". All About Jazz. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ a b Marsh, Peter (2013). "Marius Neset Birds Review". BBC. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ a b Wicklund, Erling (30 April 2013). "Marius Neset – Birds Review" (in Norwegian). NRK Jazz. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ "Marius Neset signs to ACT". MusicNorway. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
- ^ "Superb, Marius Neset!". Moldejazz. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ "Trondheim jazzorkester og Marius Neset" (in Norwegian). Vossajazz. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ Woodard, Josef (July 2016). "25 for the Future / Marius Neset". DownBeat. Vol. 83, no. 7. Chicago. p. 33. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ "Marius Neset Tributes - CD". ACT Music.
- ^ "Daniel Herskedal Marius Neset Duo". EditionRecords.com. Archived from the original on 23 May 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
External links
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- Official website
- Marius Neset Quartet - Golden Xplosion (live 2013) on YouTube
- Marius Neset – Masterclass – Old Poison (XL) on YouTube
- Marius Neset at Edition Records
- JazzKamikaze
- Plateanmeldelse av Suite For The Seven Mountains (in Danish)
Awards | ||
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Preceded by | Recipient of the Sildajazzprisen 2011 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Recipient of the Jazz Spellemannprisen 2014 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Recipient of the Kongsberg Jazz Award 2017 | Succeeded by - |
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- Suite for the Seven Mountains (2008)
- Golden Xplosion (2010)
- Neck of the Woods (2011 & 2012)
- Birds (2012)
- Pinball (2015)
- Lion (2013)