Origin Norway Genres Jazz Name Frode Nymo | Instruments Saxophone Occupation(s) Musician, composer Albums Bigbandblast! | |
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Born 27 November 1975 (age 48)
Egersund, Rogaland ( 1975-11-27 ) Associated acts Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, Urban Connection Similar People Hakon Mjaset Johansen, Steinar Raknes, Anders Aarum, Nils‑Olav Johansen, Stian Carstensen | ||
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Frode Nymo (born 27 November 1975 in Egersund, Norway), raised in Valnesfjord near by Fauske, is a Norwegian jazz musician (alto Saxophone), and older brother of the tenorist Atle Nymo.
Contents
- Romerike storbandfestival oslo storband feat frode nymo part 1
- Romerike storbandfestival oslo storband feat frode nymo part 2
- Career
- Honors
- Within Urban Connection
- Within Atle Nymo and Frode Nymo Quartet
- Within Brre Dalhaugs Bigbandblast
- References
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Career
Nymo was early on involved in "Bodø Big Band" under the guidance of Henning Gravrok, and is a graduate of the Jazz Program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium, where he and fellow students established Urban Connection, awarded the title of "Young Jazz Musicians of the Year" in 1998, at Norway's prestigious Molde International Jazz Festival, forerunner of today's Jazz Intro Award, and Spellemannprisen 2001. The result have been three album releases, and touring under the auspices of the Moldejazz, where they visited several of the major festivals in Europe, like the Montreaux Jazz Festival, the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam, and the Istanbul Jazz Festival amongst others, as well as being Norway's contribution EBU Festival in the Czech and Norwegian jazz forums envoys to the jazz festival in the Faroe Islands. With his brother, he released the album Inner Urge (2004), and was honored "This year's attention" in Valnesfjord 1997.