Geir Rognø

Geir Rognø

Background information
Birth name	Geir Aimar Rognø
Born	(1963-03-31) 31 March 1963 (age 61) Bergen, Norway
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, bassist
Instrument	Bass

Musical artist

Geir Aimar Rognø (born 31 March 1963 in Bergen, Norway) is a Norwegian musician (bass), known from the band "Hot Cargo" with the Bergen Guitarist Ole Thomsen.^[1]

Career

Roognø has played with musicians such as Jan Eggum, Dag Arnesen, Ole Thomsen, Mads Eriksen, Jan Teigen, Thor Endresen, Egil Eldøen, Rune Hauge and Kim Fairchild, and bands like Pål Thowsen Band, "Hot Cargo", "Gruv", "Funkaholics", "Little Big Band" and "Kjersti Misje Band" plus a number of international artists. He is known from numerous TV projects.^[2] Rognø started with Jazz fusion in the 1980s in the band Little Big Band. Inspired from The Crusaders and "Spyro Gyro", Dave Grusin and Herbie Hancock, this was a band in the forefront of Norwegian fusion music. He evolved a slap hand technique with inspirations from Stanley Clarke and Larry Graham. In the 80s, he worked as a freelance musician, with many jobs for theater.^[1]

Honors

Håndverkeren which is awarded annually to a musician who performs "music craft" in an exemplary manner, by Scandinavian Entertainment Service^[3]

Discography

With T.T. Jug, including with Tormod Kayser, Tord Søfteland and Jon Søfteland Sæbø

1982: Ungdommens Radioavis Rockemønstring (Philips), with various artists, "Dusty Freak"

with Ole Thomsen

1992: Hot Cargo (NorCD)

with Jan Eggum

2001: Ekte Eggum (Grappa)
2005: 30/30 (Grappa)

References

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^ ^a ^b "Vi improviserer" (PDF) (in Norwegian). DKS-Hordaland.no.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Papa Slide Blues Band" (in Norwegian). Skaanevik-blues.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2010.
^ "Storkonsertenes forbannelse" (in Norwegian). Ballade.no. Archived from the original on 11 June 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.