Christian Jaksjø


Christian Jaksjø is a Norwegian jazz musician and composer, mostly jazz where he since 1999 has been part of Bob Brookmeyer «New Art Orchestra» releasing the album New Works.

Biography

Jaksjø was recipient of the soloist award at the big band festival in Imatra, Finland 1992. He studied music on the jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium
where was the leader of Kjellerbandet for a period. He later studied composition at the Norwegian Academy of Music and composed music for the Danmarks Radio Storband.
Jaksjø has also appeared nationally, as in Magni Wentzel Sextet, Søyr,
Geir Lysne Listening ensemble, Oslo Groove Company. He is a teacher of trombone at the Norwegian Academy of Music, as well as a composer in the 'Ny Musikk' group.

Discography

;With Oslo Groove Company
;With Jens Wendelboe
;Ansgar Striepens/Ed Partyka
;With La Descarga
;With Bob Brookmeyer New Art Orchestra
;With Geir Lysne Listening Ensemble
;With The Magni Wentzel Sextet
;With Søyr
;With Solveig Slettahjell Slow Motion Orchestra
;With Lackner Jazz Orchestra