Christian Jaksjø

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Origin Norway Occupation(s) Musician, composer Genre Jazz		Genres Jazz Instruments Trombone, euphonium
Born 18 December 1973 (age 43)Oslo ( 1973-12-18 ) Website www.grappa.no/en/artister/christian-jaksjo Music groups Oslo Groove Company, Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, Søyr Similar Geir Lysne, Eirik Hegdal, Atle Nymo, Hayden Powell, Erik Johannessen

Christian Jaksjø (born 18 December 1973 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (trombone and euphonium) and composer, mostly jazz where he since 1999 has been part of Bob Brookmeyer «New Art Orchestra» releasing the album New Works (1999, this years jazz album in England).

Biography

Jaksjø was recipient of the soloist award at the big band festival in Imatra, Finland 1992. He studied music on the jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (1992-96) where was the leader of Kjellerbandet for a period. He later studied composition at the Norwegian Academy of Music (1996–99) and composed music for the Danmarks Radio Storband.

Jaksjø has also appeared nationally, as in Magni Wentzel Sextet, Søyr, Geir Lysne Listening ensemble, Oslo Groove Company. He is a teacher of trombone at the Norwegian Academy of Music, as well as a composer in the 'Ny Musikk' group (2006).