Bjørn Solli Quartet

Bjørn Solli was born in 1979.
One of Norway’s foremost jazz guitarist for the last 20 years – 5 of those years he spent in New York working with some of the world’s best musicians.
He has received numerous awards (Switzerland, France, Monaco, Spain, Belgium, Norway) and has toured around the world in places such as China, Australia, India, Canada, Nepal, Vietnam, South-Africa, USA, Korea, Russia and most of Europe.
Solli has released 6 albums with his organ trio SOLID!, the most recent ones feature Seamus Blake and John Ellis, and has 4 albums under his own name. His most recent releases were part of a double album project called „The Lyngør Project» On volume 1 «Aglow“ Solli once again joined forces with Seamus Blake and a fantastic band with Aaron Parks, Ingrid Jensen, Matt Clohesy and Bill Stewart. Available worldwide on both CD and double LP. Volume 2 came out in 2016 and features Sollis arrangements of his favorite jazz standards, performed with Tim Collins, Phil Donkin, Adam Pache and Jon Wikan.
When in the US he has been performing in such venues as Dizzy’s Club at Lincoln Centre, Smalls, Blues Alley, The Bitter End, 55 Bar and Fat Cat with such musicians as Jon Gordon, Kevin Hays, Bill Stewart, Seamus Blake, Clarence Penn, Warren Wolf, Marcus Strickland, Aaron Parks, Will Vinson, John Ellis, Peter Bernstein, Gary Versace, Kendrick Scott, Matt Penman, Orlando Le Flemming, Matt Clohesy, Lage Lund, Rodney Green, Matt Brewer, Doug Weiss, Ben Wendel, Linda Oh, Bryn Roberts, Chris Bullock, Jonathan Blake, Obed Calvaire, Mark Ferber, Jochen Rueckert, Ferenc Nemeth, Alan Ferber, Jamire Williams, Ingrid Jensen, Adam Cruz, Jaleel Shaw etc.
In Europe he has also performed with such musicians as Kurt Elling, Bendik Hofseth, Cameron Brown, David Friedman, Linley Marthe, Emanuele Cisi, Eric Reed, Bugge Wesseltoft, Ralph Peterson, WDR Big Band etc.

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Bjørn Solli – guitar and vocals
Johan Hörlen – alto sax
Clemens Orth – hammond organ
Niklas Walter – drums

Eintritt: 20/15€