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kompen

www.kristofferkompen.com - www.myspace.com/kompen

About Me


Hi, my name is Kristoffer Kompen;
Im a young jazz-trombonist (composer and teacher) from Oslo, Norway.
The bands I play in and/or with :
-NORSK KURVEUNION:
--JAZZIN BABIES:
---KOMPEN QUARTET:
----HOO RAY:
-----UNION RHYTHM KINGS:
------BRILLIANT CORNER
Education:
-THE NORWEGIAN ACADEMY OF MUSIC (05- current )
--THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC IN SWEEDEN (07-08)
---AGDER UNIVERSITY: THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT (04-05)
Working as a teacher:
-The Department of Musicology (Musikkvitenskap) at Agder University (04-05)
--Different school brassbands and "korps" (do not correct this to corps) 05-08
---NMF-summer camp, Ostfold (08).
----Private jazz-students (06 and 08).
I played at jazz festivals like
MoldeJazz, CanalStreetJazz, SildaJazz, BudeJazz (GB), EisenhauzenJazz (NL), OsloJazz, GoteborgJazz (S), AskersundJazz (S), KeswickJazz (GB), SilkeborgJazz (DK), IsleOfButeJazz (GB) with my bands- or with musicans like
Totti Bergh (N), Klas Lindqvist (S), T.C. Hawkins (USA), Morten Gunnar Larsen (N), Duke Heitger (USA), KÃ¥re Nymark (N), Even Christopher (USA), Tricia Boutte (USA) Ulf Johansson Werre (S), HÃ¥kon Storm Matthisen (N), Lillan Boutte (USA) and many more.
go to www.kristofferkompen.com for more info or booking.
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/8/2006
Band Website: kristofferkompen.com
Band Members:

......DISCOGRAPHY :
"FOREVER CANDID" by Marthe Valle
(Alfred Records / Bonnier Amigo Music 2008)
"THE LESSON" by Norsk Kurveunion (Schmell! records 2007)
"RAG AND ROLL!" by Jazzin Babies (herman records 2006)
"MATSUKAZE" by HÃ¥kon Storm Matthisen (AIM records 2006)
"UP AND GO!" by Jazzin Babies (herman records 2004).

Influences: trombonists like j. teagarden, f. rosolino, j. bishop, j.c. higginbotham,
r. williams, m.nightingale, b.strandberg, r.rudd, r.eubanks and many more
Sounds Like:
Record Label: Herman Records and AIM Records.
Type of Label: Indie