Origin Norway Genres Jazz Name Trond Hansen | Instruments Drums Occupation(s) Musician, composer | |
Born 27 January 1964 (age 60)
Narvik, Nordland ( 1964-01-27 ) Similar People Oystein Norvoll, Jorn Oien, Hallgeir Pedersen, Thorgeir Stubo, Marit Sandvik | ||
Record labels Hot Club Records, NorCD | ||
Alf Kjellman - Central European Time
Trond Sverre Hansen (born 27 January 1964 in Narvik, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (drums). He is the son of jazz trombonist, Viggo Hansen and is considered one of the most prominent Norwegian drummers in the bebop genre.
Contents
Career
Hansen debuted at the age of 14 with the legendary north-Norwegian guitarist Thorgeir Stubø, and partisipated in his quartet (1981–82). In the early 80's he also played within "Samasjyen" in Harstad, and was, in other words a very young contributor to Narviks vital jazz scene at this time. He appeared in Erling Wicklund's show Ung norsk jazz at NRK in the early 90's, and played with regional musician group "Jazz i Nord" together with the pianist Jørn Øien, bassist Konrad Kaspersen and trombonist Øystein B. Blix. This ensemble is documented on the album Song, Fall Soft (1995) with vocalist Marit Sandvik.
Hansen joined the Kjell Bartholdsen Quintet at "Festspillene i Harstad" 1984, collaborated within Øystein Norvoll Quintet at Kongsberg Jazzfestival in 1988, and was part of the Ernst-Wiggo Sandbakk Group in 1989–90. The combination Kaspersen/Hansen is a strong jazz accompaniment, and has laid the foundation for many constellations, among them Hallgeir Pedersen Trio (from 1999) which he is a permanent member of. His contribution here can be heard on the plates West Coast Blues (2002) Wistful (2004) and Bluero (2006). Another release Hansen contributes in is the album Monk Moods (1994) with the pianist Knut Kristiansen.