Origin Norway Died December 6, 2009 Occupation(s) Musician, composer Genres Jazz | Name Kjell Bartholdsen Albums Arctic Bird Role Musician | |
Born 2 October 1938
Hammerfest, Finnmark ( 1938-10-02 ) Instruments Tenor saxophone, clarinet Similar People Thorgeir Stubo, Henning Gravrok, Jan Gunnar Hoff, Tore Johansen | ||
Kjell Bartholdsen (2 October 1938 in Hammerfest – 6 November 2009) was a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone), that lived in Bodø from 1968.
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Career
Bartholdsen was a piano tuner by profession, and he was also a central person on the northern Norwegian jazz scene. His instruments were tenor saxophone, and clarinet (in his early career). He played at Moldejazz in 1974, Nattjazz in 1975, Kongsberg Jazzfestival in 1976, Vossajazz in 1978 as well as several times in the Festival of North Norway and with Concerts Norway. He had to retire in 1988 after a stroke, and had also suffered from bad eyesight during his career. He died in November 2009.
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