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Ole Morten Vågan (born 8 May 1979, Brønnøysund) is a Norwegian jazz musician (upright bass), and the older brother of guitarist Petter Vågan. He is known from several recordings and as orchestra leader, and from cooperating with some of the most influential musicians and composers internationally. He is a central member of the band ''Motif''.〔 (in Norwegian); accessed 7 August 2015.〕 ==Career== Vågan debuted as jazz musician in the ''Nord-Norsk Ungdomstorband'' at the end of the 1990es and had his own project ''Ole Morten Vågan Projekt'' on tour for ''Nordnorsk Jazzforum'' in 1999. This was also documented with a concert for radio on NRK P2, ''Jazzklubben'', hosted by Erling Wicklund recorded at ''Nordland Musikkfestuke''. He was a graduate of the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (1998–2002).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jazzlinja )〕 In 1999 he formed the quintet ''Motif'', together with Atle Nymo (tenor saxophone), Mathias Eick (trumpet), David Thor Jonsson (piano) and Håkon Mjåset Johansen (drums), where he composes the main part of the repertoire himself. In 2000 Vågan lead the band ''Motif'' at Moldejazz and was awarded «NOPA's Composer Prize» the same year, as well as «Young Nordic Jazzcomets» the year after, at ''Copenhagen Jazz Festival''.〔 As both a bassist and composer, he has worked at the intersection of improvised and notated music, and in 2011 published his seventh disc with the aforementioned MOTIF, to critical acclaim. In 2009 he wrote an hour's music to a tentett, which besides ''Motifs permanent members, included Mathias Eick, Mattias Ståhl, Ola Kvernberg, Håkon Kornstad, and Petter Vågan. Vågan mottok DnB NOR prisen på Kongsberg Jazzfestival i 2009, and came back the following year with new music, this time for a band consisting of influential musicians from the European improvisational scenes: Axel Dörner and Rudi Mahall (DE), as well as Fredrik Ljungkvist and Jon Fält (SE).〔 He composed for ''Trondheim Jazz Orchestra'' (in cooperation with the Eirik Hegdal), and wrote 25 minutes of music for the Trondheim Soloists and bassist Knut Erik Sundquist, which was performed to great reviews at the ''Music Festival in Bodø''. He has recorded a forty albums with various orchestras and participated in a number of pop-productions. Vågan's latest projects include the band ''Juxtaposed'', which was formed in 2007 and consists of Atle Nymo (saxophone), Peter Vågan (guitar), and Erik Nylander (drums), documented on the album ''Tsar Bomba'' (2010). He is a member of keyboardist Bugge Wesseltoft project ''New Conceptions of Jazz''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ole Morten Vågan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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