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About Me

I'm a songwriter/singer/bassplayer working out of Oslo, Norway, having just finished my first "solo"-album. I play and have played in many different styles like jazz, soul/funk, folk and pop/rock with bands like jazz quartet Quarter Past, 11-piece soul/funk band The GrooveExperience and party band Los Machos. I write music for most of the bands I'm in, and have also written songs together with soul singer Guri Stubberud for her upcoming debut album. I have worked for a long time as a bass player with folk artist Silje Hrafa, and played upright bass on her debut album "Vanilla kiss". You can also hear me on the two albums by Quarter Past: "Smash no flash" (2004) and "Boom-pah" (2006), besides Richard Nygaard's album "Book of vast ideas" and Rolf Aakerviks "Bare for deg". Through the GrooveExperience project (www.thegrooveexperience.com) I've played with artists like Omar (UK), Nate James (UK), Siji (US), Side Brok (NO), Jonas (DK), Spleen (F), Baron Faty (F), Anthony Mills (US), Jaqee (SE), Mary N'diaye (SE), Sante (UK), Noora Noor (NO), Myrna Braza (NO), Samsaya (NO), Sofian (NO), Haakon Rasmussen (NO), Wisnu (NO), Daniel Glaister (NO), AchÃ© (NO), Kristin Hild (NO), Mikkel Aakervik (NO), Queendom (NO), Petter Aagaard (NO), Son of Light (NO), Geisha (US), Lars Larssen (NO), Cesca (NO), Wenche Losnegaard (NO), Reza Aghamir (NO) og Mona Bekkelund (NO). .. ..

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Member Since: 25/09/2007
Band Website: www.myspace.com/carlferdinand
Band Members: Carl Ferdinand's solo band consists of: Terje Meisingset - keyboards, Roar Nilsen - guitar and Kristoffer Carlsen - drums.
Influences: Paul McCartney, the Beatles, Wings, Sting, the Police, Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, The Manhattan Transfer, Nancy Griffith, Suzanne Vega, Steely Dan, Joakim ThÃ¥strÃ¶m, James Taylor, Me'Shell Ndegeocello, Jaco Pastorius, Ray Brown, Milt Hinton, Arild Andersen, John Patitucci, Larry Graham, James Jamerson, Victor Wooten, Matthew Garrison, Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Sam Cooke, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, Miles Davis, Branford Marsalis, Kenny Kirkland, Jeff Watts, John Coltane, Wayne Shorter, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Ornette Coleman, Weather Report, Alison Krauss and Union Station, Anne Grete Preuss, Bruce Springsteen, Chaka Khan, Fleetwood Mac, Graham Central Station, Jan Eggum, Janet Jackson, Janis Siegel, Jimi Hendrix, John McLaughlin, Kate Bush, LillebjÃ¸rn Nilsen, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Elvis Presley, The Meters, Nik Kershaw, David Bowie, Trent Reznor, Ole Paus, Paco de Lucia, Pearl Jam, Prince, Sergei Prokofiev, Radka Toneff, Sex Pistols, Soundgarden, Stevie Wonder, Gil Evans, Igor Stravinsky, Stray Cats, Terence Trent D'Arby, Thelonius Monk, Tom Lehrer, Tom Petty, Townes van Zandt, U2, Guiseppe Verdi, Richard Wagner
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

First single out in the shops

Come 1. July the first single from my upcoming album "Morning light", entitled "Kissing our goodbyes", will be in the shops. It will only be available for downloading, but may be printed at a later da...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:15:00 GMT

Album finally done!

Just back from mastering the album at The Cutting Room in Stockholm with the magnificent Björn Engelmann. The musical portion is therefore done - now comes the layout for the albumcover. I'll up-load ...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:47:00 GMT

Preview of songs for the album

I am proud to give you the chance to hear two songs written for my up-coming solo album. Both songs have been around for a while, but have been given an "extreme" make-over for this setting. I hope yo...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:01:00 GMT

Finishing soloalbum

This week I've been spending time at Harry's Gym Recording Studio mixing the songs for my upcoming solo-album. Well, solo-album is of course a misguiding term since the album isn't done by me alone, b...
Posted by on Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:04:00 GMT