Finn Sletten
Finn Sletten | |
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 Credit: Lasse Brown (2017) | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 11 August 1952 Bodø, Nordland |
| Origin | Norway |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instrument | Drums |
Finn Sletten (born 11 August 1952) is a Norwegian jazz musician (drums and percussions).[1][2]
Career
[edit]Sletten was born in Bodø. After a study tour to Arizona (1968–70), he played in his home town with such musicians as Paul Weeden Band at Festival of North Norway (1972) and an album (1974). In Oslo he participated in Magni Wentzel Quintet, including Jon Eberson (guitar), Tore Brunborg (saxophone) and Jon Balke (keyboards) among others. From 1988 he was involved in "Trio Nord" (1988), Ola Bremness Vær hilset! (1995), Marit Sandvik band, Nordland jazzforums Distant Reports (2001), Tore Johansen and Jan Gunnar Hoff's production Free Flows (2005).[1]
Sletten assisted the jazz poet Triztán Vindtorn with percussion on Cecilie Jordal (2001).,[3] a portion of the presentation "Philosophiske Smuler". He also contributes to the Bodø Domkor's Christmas jazz and Beiarn jazz camp, and was recently on contributor Kristin Mellem and Bjørn Andor Drage's film music to Nærkontakt med brunbjørn.[4]
Sletten was at the Festival of North Norway 2009 awarded Stubøprisen to have been "a significant pioneer and inspiration to generations of north Norwegian jazz musicians". That same year he also received the prestigious Gammleng-prisen in the class jazz by "Fond for utøvende kunstnere".[2]
Honors
[edit]- 2009: Stubøprisen
- 2009: Gammleng-prisen in the class Jazz
Discography
[edit]- With Morten Halle, Jon Eberson & Bjørn Kjellemyr
- 1990: Blow! (Odin Records)
- 1992: 2 (Curling Legs)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Berg, Johs. "Finn Sletten Biography". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
- ^ a b "Finn Sletten Biography". MIC.no. 10 December 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
- ^ Hagen, Gunnar (2 August 2001). "Spilte på g-streng". Dagbladet. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
- ^ "Crossbreeze – Experience". Raseri.nu. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
External links
[edit]
- Finn Sletten Biography at "Norsk Musikkinformasjon" MIV.no
| International | |
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| National | |
| Artists | |
- Avant-garde jazz musicians
- 20th-century Norwegian drummers
- 21st-century Norwegian drummers
- Norwegian jazz drummers
- Norwegian male drummers
- Norwegian jazz composers
- Musicians from Bodø
- 1952 births
- Living people
- Norwegian male jazz composers
- 20th-century Norwegian male musicians
- 21st-century Norwegian male musicians
- Ab und Zu members