Frode Alnæs

Frode Alnæs
Frode Alnæs during a concert with Dance with a Stranger (Photo: Bjarte Hetland)
Background information
Born	(1959-03-03) 3 March 1959 (age 58) Kristiansund, Norway
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer
Instruments	Guitar
Website	frodealnaes.no

Frode Alnæs (born 3 March 1959 in Kristiansund, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz guitarist and composer, known from cooperation with international artists like Morten Harket, Magne Furuholmen, Arild Andersen, Jon Balke, Ole Edvard Antonsen, Ketil Bjørnstad, Henning Sommerro, Ray Charles, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ian Hunter, Bjørn Alterhaug, Sissel Kyrkjebø, Gustav Lorentzen, and Jan Erik Vold, and appearances in bands like Dance with a Stranger, Masqualero, Jazzpønkensemblet, and Sidsel Endresen Quartet.

After completing high school in Kristiansund, Alnæs attended the Nordmøre Music Folk High School in Surnadal 1978–79, followed by studies in Trondheim (1979–82), together with Tore Brunborg and Nils Petter Molvær. He was among the first to graduated from the Jazz program at the Trondheim Musikkonservatorium in 1982, where he received top marks in guitar playing. In 1987 Alnæs composed the music to rock opera Klæppfesk.