(born 4th of January 1979 in Orsta, Norway.)
Jazz became his main musical interest after hearing Kind of Blue at a friend's place at age 16 and he soon realized that he had to play the double bass. This was far more fun than playing electric bass and he started practicing like a maniac.
In 1999 he enrolled at the jazz course at the Leeds College of Music (UK) where he studied with Stuart Riley and Zoltan Dekaney.
During his years in Leeds he became an active bass player, playing in various groups and in local rhythm sections, comping touring British and American soloists like Mark Nightingale, Joe Temperly, Alan Barnes and Red Holloway, to mention a few. One of his main projects, “Sphinx”, was founded in this period and they started recording CDs and touring England and Norway. He has been touring jazz clubs and festivals in Norway, Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Greece, France, UK, Belgium, Slovakia, China and Japan with great musicians and bands like Froy Aagre, Arch70, Sphinx, Kenny Wheeler, Tomasz Stanko, Bobo Stenson, Hot Club de Norvege, Petter Wettre, Staffan William-Olsson, Nils Olav Johansen, KORK (Norwegian Broadcasting Orchestra), Matt Bourne, Ognjen Popovic, Bojan Nikolic and his own band, Audun Automat, playing his own compositions. |
