Stian Westerhus
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Background information | |
Born | (1979-04-02) 2 April 1979 (age 45) Steinkjer, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway |
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument | Guitar |
Website | stianwesterhus |
Stian Westerhus (born 2 April 1979) is a Norwegian guitarist known for his experimental style, explored with keyboardist Øystein Moen in the bands Jaga Jazzist and Puma and with Sidsel Endresen, Nils Petter Molvær, Arve Henriksen, Jan Bang, and Ingar Zach.[1]
Career
at Vossajazz April 11, 2014.
Westerhus holds a bachelor in jazz from Middlesex University under Stuart Hall, and a master from the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium, (NTNU, 2005).[2]
He was first recognised by a broader audience within the experimental jazz band Puma, with whom he released four albums. The soloalbum Pitch Black Star Spangled (2010) on Rune Grammofon got some attention in reviews.[1]
The album Didymoi Dreams (2012) is his debut as a duo with experimental jazz singer Sidsel Endresen, a meeting of experience insane guitar rhythms with a gibberish vocal world.[3] They have been of great inspiration to new experimental Norwegian musicians like Natalie Sandtorv and Torgeir Standal in The Jist duo.[4]
Gallery
Honors
- Spellemannprisen 2012, in the class Jazz together with Sidsel Endresen, for the album Didymoi Dreams
Discography
Solo albums
- 2009: Galore (Rune Grammofon/The Last Record Company)
- 2010: Pitch Black Star Spangled (Rune Grammofon)[1]
- 2012: The Matriarch and the Wrong Kind of Flowers (Rune Grammofon)
- 2016: Amputation (House of Mythology)
- 2020: Redundance (House of Mythology)
- 2023: SOTT (House of Mythology)
Collaborations
- With Puma
- 2007: Isolationism (Bolage Records)
- 2008: Discotheque Bitpunching (Bolage Records)
- 2009: Fist Full of Knuckles with Lasse Marhaug (Knuckleman Records)
- 2010: Half Nelson Courtship (Rune Grammofon)
- With Fraud
- 2007: Fraud (The Babel Labell UK)
- With Terje Isungset
- 2008: Laden With Rain (FMR Records)
- 2015: Terje Isungset & Stian Westerhus (All Ice Records)
- With Monolithic
- 2009: Black Science (RoggBif/Vendlus)
- With Bladed
- 2009: Mangled Dreams (Crispin Glover Records)
- With Eldbjørg Raknes and Eirik Hegdal
- 2009: From Frozen Feet Heat Came (MyRecordings)
- With Sidsel Endresen
- 2012: Didymoi Dreams (Rune Grammofon)
- With BOL
- 2012: Numb, Number (Gigafon)
- With Pale Horses
- 2014: Maelstrom (Rune Grammofon), as Stian Westerhus & Pale Horses
- With Ulver
- 2017: The Assassination of Julius Caesar (House of Mythology)
As producer
- 2010: Eldbjørg Raknes - Sense (MyRecordings)
- 2011: PELbO - Days of Transcendence (Riot Factory)
- 2012: Nils Petter Molvær - Baboon Moon (Sula Records)
Awards and scholarships
- 2010 - Sparebank 1 SNM's jazz scholarship awarded at Moldejazz.[5]
- 2008 - BBC’s Award for Innovation in Jazz with Fraud
- 2007 - Sparebank 1 SNM's jazz talent scholarship awarded at Moldejazz
- 2007 - Ronnie Scott's Award for Best Newcomer 2007 (UK) with Fraud
- 2006 - Trondheim Jazz Festival's talent prize with Bladed
- 2006 - Moldejazz's young jazz musician of the year with Puma
References
- ^ a b c Kelman, John (2012-06-27). "Stian Westerhus: Pitch Black Star Spangled (2010)". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2014-11-05.
- ^ "Jazzlinja". Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-17.
- ^ Furu, Svein Magnus (2012-06-28). "Vennlig holmgang". Music Reviews (in Norwegian). Morgenbladet. Retrieved 2013-11-17.
- ^ Hareuveni, Eyal (2014-05-02). "The Jist: The Jist (2014)". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2015-11-07.
- ^ "Jazznytt". Jazznytt.no. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
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External links
- Official website
- Live session for BBC at YouTube
- Album review from Allaboutjazz
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Preceded by | Recipient of the Jazz Spellemannprisen 2012 | Succeeded by |
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- Lars Horntveth
- Line Horntveth
- Martin Horntveth
- Andreas Mjøs
- Even Ormestad
- Erik Johannessen
- Øystein Moen
- Marcus Forsgren
- Harald Frøland
- Ivar Christian Johansen
- Jonas Bendiksen
- Lars Wabø
- Mads Jansen
- Marius Hesby
- Tomas Viken
- Lars Erik Myran
- Jørgen Munkeby
- Håvard Myklebust
- Torgeir Audunson
- Bjørn Strand
- Sjur Miljeteig
- Mathias Eick
- Morten Qvenild
- Ketil Einarsen
- Andreas Hessen Schei
- Anders Hana
- Stian Westerhus
- Jævla Jazzist Grete Stitz (1996)
- A Livingroom Hush (2002)
- The Stix (2003)
- What We Must (2005)
- One-Armed Bandit (2010)
- Starfire (2015)
- Pyramid (2020)
- In the Fishtank 10 (2003)
- Live with Britten Sinfonia (2013)