Jon Larsen
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Background information | |
Born | Bærum, Norway | 7 January 1959
Genres | Jazz, gypsy jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, painter, scientific researcher |
Instrument(s) | Guitar |
Years active | 1976–present |
Labels | Hot Club |
Website | www |
Jon Larsen (born 7 January 1959) is a gypsy jazz guitarist, record producer, painter, and amateur scientific researcher. He is the founder of the group Hot Club de Norvège.[1] In 2007 he received the Buddy Award for his lifelong contribution to jazz.[2]
Career
When he was in his early teens, he learned rock and soul songs on an acoustic steel-string guitar. Through friends, he learned about blues, jazz, flamenco, and classical guitar. After he heard "
In the 1970s, Larsen worked mainly as a painter.
He has led a group of musicians who played with Zappa, including Arthur Barrow, Jimmy Carl Black, Bruce Fowler, Bunk Gardner, Tommy Mars, and Don Preston.[5] They recorded the album Strange News from Mars.[4]
Symphonic Django was released in 2008 by Storm Films, which also produced a documentary about Larsen and guitar virtuoso Jimmy Rosenberg titled Jon & Jimmy. In 2012, the documentary won the Dutch Edison Award.[2]
After eight years of research, his book on cosmic dust in urban environments – In Search of Stardust: Amazing Micro-Meteorites and Their Terrestrial Imposters – was published in 2017.[1]
In 2020, he appeared in
Discography
As leader
- Guitar Sax Guitar & Bass (Hot Club, 1985)
- Superstrings (Hot Club, 1992)
- Jon Larsen & Pascal De Loutchek (Hot Club, 1994)
- Guitaresque with Pascal De Loutchek, Stian Mevik (Hot Club, 1994)
- The Swinging Guitar of Jon Larsen (Hot Club, 1995)
- The Next Step (Hot Club, 2003)
- Vertavo Live in Concert (Hot Club, 2006)
- Short Stories from Catalonia (Hot Club, 2006)
- Strange News from Mars (Zonic, 2007)
- The Jimmy Carl Black Story (Zonic, 2008)[6]
- Willie Nickersons Egg (Hot Club, 2009)
With
- String Swing (Herman, 1981)
- Old, New, Borrowed & Blue (Hot Club, 1982)
- Gloomy (Hot Club, 1984)
- Swing de Paris (Hot Club, 1986)
- La Roue Fleurie (Hot Club, 1992)
- Vertavo (Hot Club, 1995)
- Moreno (Hot Club, 1999)
- Swinging with Vertavo, Angelo & Jimmy (Hot Club, 2001)
- White Night Stories (Hot Club, 2002)
- A Stranger in Town (Hot Club, 2003)
- Django Music (Hot Club, 2008)
- A Portrait of Jon Larsen (2009)[7]
As sideman
- Lillebjorn Nilsen, Original Nilsen (Studio B, 1982)
- Lillebjorn Nilsen, Hilsen Nilsen (Grappa, 1985)
- Ole Paus, Pausposten Extra! (Norsk 1996)
- Jimmy Rosenberg, Django's Tiger (Hot Club, 2003)
- Volbeat, 8 PM Tonight Live 2007 SOLD OUT (Mascot, 2008)
- Volbeat, Heaven Nor Hell (Vertigo, 2010)
Books
- Maler I Solnedgang (Painter in the Sunset) – 2009
- Norske Meteoritter – 2014
- Zappa I Norge – 2015
- In Search of Stardust – 2016
- Robert Normann - Tusenkunstneren fra Sundløkka – 2016
- Hot Club de Norvège 1979-2019 – 2019
- On the Trail of Stardust – 2019
- Atlas of Micrometeorites – 2020
Film
- Symphonic Django – Storm Studio – 2007
- Jon & Jimmy – Storm Studio – 2010, Winner of the Dutch Edison Award 2010
References
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ Norsk Biografisk Leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-61713-023-6.
- ^ a b Meredith, Bill (1 April 2008). "Jon Larsen: Strange News from Mars". JazzTimes.
- ^ "Jon Larsen on 28-October-2007 recalls working with Jimmy Carl Black just before his death". Archive.org. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
- ^ "Jon Larsen Review". GandsMusic.com. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- ^ Westengen, Rune (25 January 2010). "Jon Larsen: A Portrait of Jon Larsen (Hot Club Records) Review" (in Norwegian). Romerikes Blad. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
External links
- "Larsen, Jon". Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007.
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