Sigurd Køhn
Sigurd Køhn | |
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band leader | |
Instrument(s) | Saxophone |
Labels | Real Records |
Website | www |
Sigurd Eystein Køhn (6 August 1959 – 26 December 2004) was a
Career
Køhn was born in Kristiansand, Norway, and started playing the violin and the clarinet at the age of 9, and begun playing the alto saxophone when he was 14.[2][3]
He moved to
He performed with the band a-ha on their tours between 1991–1994, and he also recorded a jazz cover of their song "October".[2]
He had just finished his last album, This Place, before the tsunami disaster, which was due to be released in January 2005 along with a release concert planned for January 17. Because of the tragic events, the release of his record was delayed, but the concert became a tribute concert to Køhn's music, where many of his friends participated. The record was released by his widow Heidi Køhn on 26 October 2005.[2][3]
Death
Sigurd Køhn and his 16-year-old son Simen drowned after being struck by the tsunami during their vacation in Khao Lak, Thailand, on 26 December 2004.[5]
Discography (in selection)
Solo albums
- 1996: More Pepper, Please (Real Records)
- 2005: This Place (Real Records), as S.K. Quartet
Collaborative works
- Within The Real Thing
- 1992: The Real Thing (Real Records)
- 1992: In New York (Real Records)
- 1994: A Perfect Match (Real Records), with Bohuslän Big Band
- 1995: Live (Real Records)
- 1995: Pleasure Is An Attitude (Real Records)
- 2000: Deluxe (Real Records)
- 2003: New Wrapping (Real Records)
- Within "Køhn/Johansen Sextet"
- 1999: Woman's Got To Have It (Real Records)
- 2003: Angels (Real Records)
References
- ^ "Sigurd Køhn - Biography, Store Norske Leksikon". (in Norwegian)
- ^ a b c d "Biography" (in Norwegian). MIC.no.
- ^ a b "Køhn, Sigurd Biography" (in Norwegian). Norsk Jazzarkiv MIC.no.
- ^ "Køhn/Johansen Sextet - Review" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 9 March 1999.
- ^ "Heidi Køhn: - Vi mistet alt det ugjorte". Ballade.no. Retrieved 13 December 2017.