Jon Audun Baar
| Jon Audun Baar | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1986 (age 29–30) Tomter, Østfold |
| Origin | Norway |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instruments | Drums |
| Labels | Cuneiform Records |
| Associated acts | Pixel |
| Website |
pixelband |
Jon Audun Baar (1986 in Tomter, Hobøl, Norway) is a Norwegian Jazz drummer.
Career
Baar studied jazz drumming at the Norwegian Academy of Music with teachers like Jon Christensen and Rune Martinsen.[1] He has played on several jazzfestivals in Norway such as Moldejazz, Oslo Jazzfestival and Dølajazz with many different bands and artist. He plays within the critically acclaimed trio Eberson/Baar/Eberson with the international jazz guitar legend Jon Eberson and his daughter the keyboardist Marte Maaland Eberson.[2]
Baar is the drummer of the bands Axel Jensen Lucky Three, Ambush, Malmfrid Hallum Band, Pedersen/Myhr/Baar Trio and Pixel including the front figure double bassist and vocalist Ellen Andrea Wang, trumpeter Jonas Kilmork Vemøy and saxophonist Harald Lassen, noted as "one of the most memorable moments" of the Match and Fuse Festival, by the Jazz magazine Down Beat.[3]
Honors
- 2013: Featured at Young Nordic Jazz Comets within Pixel[4]
Discography
- Within Pixel
- 2012: Reminder (Cuneiform Records)
- 2013: We Are All Small Pixels (Cuneiform Records)
- 2015: Golden Years (Cuneiform Records)
References
- ↑ "Musikkhøgskolen med 24 jazzkonserter på en uke". Ballade.no. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
- ↑ Mosnes, Terje (1 October 2011). "Ungjazz uten aldersgrense". Dagbladet. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
- ↑ Graham, Stephen (26 June 2012). "Match & Fuse Artists Light Up London". Down Beat. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
- ↑ "Young Nordic Jazz Comets". Young Nordic Jazz Comets. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
External links
- Pixel website
- Pixel, Oslo, Norway Biography at Match and Fuse Festival in London