Tellef Øgrim

Tellef Øgrim (born January 27. 1958 in Oslo) is a Norwegian fretless guitarist, composer and journalist.

He played in oboist Jan Wiese's band Bitihorn from 1976[1] and joined Ole Hedemann's Ung Pike Forsunnet (UPF) in 1981.[2] UPF released two albums. In 1985 Øgrim and vocalist (later his wife) formed the soul-rock band Duck Spin,[3] releasing the group's only album Wake me when the Moon gets up the year after.[4] In 1987 Øgrim released the jazz-rock album Libido (Hot Club Records) with Henrik Hellstenius (keyb), Tore Eide (bs/cl) and Inge Norum (dr/prc).[5]

During the same period of time he wrote music for two theater plays staged by Piotr Cholodzinski.

In 2004 Øgrim released a CD containing improvisations for fretless electric guitar under the title Some Dodos Never Die and in 2007 the CD Wagon 8[6][7] was released on Curling Legs Records with Polish drummer Jacek Kochan, trombonist Dag Einar Eilertsen, Henrik Hellstenius (laptop) (one track) and singer Anne Danielsen (one track).

In 2008 Øgrim played on the free jazz CD Do I the In? (Not Two Records)[8] where he played with Joe Fonda (bs), Jacek Kochan (dr) and Franz Hautzinger (trp). In 2010 he formed the music-live-video project Mugetuft[9] with Peter Knudsen and Henrik Hellstenius and an improvisational trio with cello player Clementine Gasser and Jacek Kochan. This trio's first album is accepted for release at Not Two Records.

Øgrim has been a journalist since the late 1980s writing for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), Dagens Naeringsliv,[10] Ballade[11] and Oslo Business Memo,[12] and Oslo Innovation Magazine, .[13] He also is a speaker on topics relating to art and technology.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Bitihorn". groove.no. Retrieved Jul 21, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Ung Pike Forsvunnet « Norsk pop- og rockleksikon (2013) « Rockipedia". rockheim.no. Retrieved Jul 21, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Duck Spin". groove.no. Retrieved Jul 21, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Rockipedia". rockipedia.no. Retrieved Jul 21, 2016.
  5. ↑ no:Hot Club Records
  6. ↑ John Kelman. "Review from AllAboutJazz". All About Jazz.
  7. ↑ All About Jazz. "Tellef Ogrim: Wagon 8". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved Jul 21, 2016.
  8. ↑ All About Jazz. "Trumpet tripleplay: Symphony for Old and New Dimensions; Live aux Instants Chavires, 2009; and Do I The In?". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved Jul 21, 2016.
  9. ↑ Youtube. "Video from Mugetuft duo installation". Retrieved Jan 9, 2011.
  10. ↑ "Dumpet DN - valgte WAP - Digi.no". digi.no. Retrieved Jul 21, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Øgrim ny redaktør i Ballade - Farojournalen". web.archive.org. Retrieved Jul 21, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Oslo business memo nr 3 juni årg 4 2013 by Oslo Business Memo AS - issuu". issuu.com. Retrieved Jul 21, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Oslo Innovation Magazine 2013 by Oslo Business Memo AS - issuu". issuu.com. Retrieved Jul 21, 2016.
  14. ↑ http://akershus.fylkesbibliotek.no/Kurs%20og%20moeter/Kursprogram_2011/Musikkgilde%202011.pdf
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