Bjørn Alterhaug
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Bjørn Alterhaug Quintet at Vossajazz 2016.
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| Background information | |
| Born |
3 June 1945 Mo i Rana, Nordland, Norway |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instruments | Upright bass |
| Website | www |
Bjørn Alterhaug (born 3 June 1945) is a Norwegian jazz bassist, arranger, composer and professor of music.
Alterhaug was born in Mo i Rana, Norway. He is one of the grand masters among European bassplayers and has been leading an international career in jazz since the late 1960s. He has played and worked with a great number of international greats such as Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh, Chet Baker, Thorgeir Stubø, Joe Henderson, Lucky Thompson, Sheila Jordan, Vigleik Storaas, Karin Krog, John Surman, Ben Webster and Clark Terry. He continues to lead his post as a professor at the Institute of Music at Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet in Trondheim, Norway and has taught on the Jazz programme there since the start in 1979.
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