Occupation(s) Musician, composer Genres Jazz Name Jan Hoff | Website www.jangunnarhoff.no Instruments Piano | |
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Born 22 October 1958 (age 65)
Bodo, Nordland, Norway ( 1958-10-22 ) Role Musician · jangunnarhoff.no Albums In Town, Stille lys (Quiet Light), Barxeta, Magma, Syklus, LIVING Similar People Per Mathisen, Alex Acuna, Arild Andersen, Mathias Eick, Annbjorg Lien | ||
Jan gunnar hoff living
Jan Gunnar Hoff (born 22 October 1958 in Bodø) is a Norwegian jazz pianist, composer, arranger and professor, living in Bodø, known from cooperations with jazz musicians like Pat Metheny, Chick Corea, Lars Danielsson, John Surman, Karin Krog, Maria Joao, Marilyn Mazur, Anders Jormin, Arve Henriksen, Per Jørgensen, Alex Acuna, Mike Stern, Ernst-Wiggo Sandbakk, Per Mathisen, Arild Andersen, Nils Petter Molvær, Ståle Storløkken, Audun Kleive and Mathias Eick.
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- Jan gunnar hoff living
- Alex Acuna Jan Gunnar Hoff Per Mathisen on DC LIVE
- Career
- Honors
- Works
- Discography
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Alex Acuna, Jan Gunnar Hoff & Per Mathisen on DC LIVE!!
Career
Hoff is a graduate of the Teachers' College in Bodø and Bergen, and was further educated in the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium under Terje Bjørklund (1986–89), and in composition at Norges Musikkhøgskole (2001). He had his jazz debut with his own trio on Ad Lib Jazzklubb (1976). His background includes classical piano, progressive rock, pop and jazz. His activity includes records and tours with a.o. Norwegian popular artists Halvdan Sivertsen and Jan Eggum, in addition to numerous collaborations with Nordic and international jazz artists.
Hoff has released 13 recordings as soloartist and co-leader and he has composed 200 works for different settings. In 2005 he received the prestigious Edvard-prize (named after Edvard Grieg) for his jazz mass Meditatus and the same year he wrote the commission work for Vossajazz. Hoff's CD Magma (2008) had an international lineup with Mike Stern, Mathias Eick, Maria Joao, Eivind Aarset. Highly acclaimed are also Barxeta feat. Alex Acuña/Per Mathisen (2012) and the US Grammy-nominated Quiet winter night (2L-087). Hoff's latest releases include the solo piano album Living (2L-092) and the Spellemann-nominated Fly North (Musikklosen 2014), feat. Arve Henriksen, Marilyn Mazur and Anders Jormin. In January 2014 Hoff received the Buddy-prize, the highest distinction in Norwegian jazz. In May 2014 he was appointed an official Steinway & Sons Artist. In 2016 Hoff recorded a new solo album, Stories, for 2L and a duo album with mezzo Marianne Beate Kielland, Terra Nova. In 2014, 2015 and 2016, Hoff did solo piano tours in Japan.
Hoff is working as a professor at the University of Tromsø and the University of Agder. He co-founded The Groove Valley JazzCamp in Beiarn, and was artistic director for TGV Jazz camp from 2005 to 2009. Hoff also initiated Bodø Jazz Open which was launched in January 2011, where he is Chairman.