Genres Jazz Role Musician | Name Baard Slagsvold Occupation(s) Musician, composer | |
Born 31 August 1963 (age 60)
Elverum, Hedmark, Norway ( 1963-08-31 ) Instruments Vocals, piano, double bass, drums Associated acts Tre Sma Kinesere, Baard Slagsvold Quartet Website Baard Slagsvold on Myspace Music groups Tre Sma Kinesere (1988 – 2004), Motorpsycho, Skrujern Albums Phanerothyme, Lobotomizer, Demon Box, The Motorpnakotic Fragments, Trust Us Similar People Ulf Risnes, Hans Magnus Ryan, Bent Saether, Hakon Gebhardt, Deathprod | ||
Birth name Baard Henrik Slagsvold | ||
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Baard Henrik Slagsvold (born 31 August 1963 in Elverum, Norway) is a Norwegian pop and jazz musician (vocals, piano, double bass and drums), and are particularly known as the bassist and singer in the pop trio Tre Små Kinesere (1989–2005).
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Career
Slagsvold had sung and played in several bands before he joined the "Tre Små Kinesere", including "Fort & Gæli" and "Appelzin Juice Studentz" from Elverum, and he also vas vocalist and played drums in the band "Skjønn Forening" from Oslo, and "Kaare og partiet". He attended the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonsevatorium, with the piano as main instrument, but started the double bass within "Tre Små Kinesere", because Øystein Hegge already was the pianist.
Slagsvold has also played with the rock band "Motorpsycho" from Trondheim, the pop trio "Skrujern", started in 1994, and within "Norsk Utflukt" where he primarily played the piano and bass, with the author Lars Saabye Christensen as vokalist. He was also co-composer together with Kåre Virud, in "Norsk Utflukt", while also playing in "Kåre Virud Band". Slagsvold has also been a studio musician and performed within his own Baard Slagsvold Quartet.