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Jan Gunnar Hoff (born 22 October 1958) is a Norwegian jazz pianist, composer, arranger and professor, living in Bodø, known from cooperations with jazz musicians like Pat Metheny, Mike Stern, Alex Acuña, Audun Kleive, Mathias Eick, John Surman, Karin Krog, Maria João, Marilyn Mazur, Anders Jormin, Arve Henriksen, Per Jørgensen, Tore Brunborg, Bjørn Kjellemyr, Ernst-Wiggo Sandbakk, Per Mathisen, Gary Novak, Arild Andersen, Tore Johansen, Nils Petter Molvær, Ståle Storløkken a.o. [1][2][3]

Jan Gunnar Hoff
Hoff was awarded the Buddy-prisen by the Norwegian Jazz Federation during Bodø Jazz Open 2014.
Background information
Born (1958-10-22) 22 October 1958 (age 63)
Bodø, Nordland, Norway
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
Instrument(s)Piano
Websitewww.jangunnarhoff.no

Career


Hoff at Bodø Jazz Open 2013
Hoff at Bodø Jazz Open 2013

Hoff was born in Bodø. He is a graduate of the Teachers' College in Bodø and Bergen, and was further educated in the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium under Terje Bjørklund (1986–89), and in composition at Norges Musikkhøgskole (2001). He had his jazz debut with his own trio on Ad Lib Jazzklubb (1976). Hoff´s background includes classical piano, progressive rock, pop and jazz. Hoff has released 20 recordings as soloartist and co-leader and he has composed 250 works for different settings. In 2005 he received the prestigious Edvard-prize (named after Edvard Grieg) for his jazz mass Meditatus and the same year he wrote the commission work for Vossajazz. In 2013 Jan Gunnar Hoff and his “Hoff Ensemble” was nominated for US Grammy Awards with their album Quiet winter night. Hoff´s quartet album Fly North with Marilyn Mazur, Anders Jormin and Arve Henriksen was nominated for the Norwegian Grammy, Spellemannpris 2014. Jan Gunnar Hoff has performed in Los Angeles, New York, London, Zagreb, Milano, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Kiev, Stockholm, Istanbul, Havana, Riga and other major cities.

In January 2014 Hoff received the highest distinction in Norwegian Jazz, the Buddy-award. In May 2014 he was credited internationally as an official Steinway Artist. Hoff´s recent albums include Stories - solo piano 2L 2016, Terra Nova w/mezzo soprano Marianne Beate Kielland, Lawo classics 2017, Polarity with Audun Kleive, Anders Jormin, Morten Lindberg, 2L April 2018, Barxeta II with Per Mathisen and Horacio Hernandez, Losen Records June 2018 and Jan Gunnar Hoff Group feat. Mike Stern on Losen Records November 2018. Hoff is working as a professor at the University of Tromsø and the University of Agder. He co-founded The Groove Valley JazzCamp in Beiarn, and was artistic director for TGV Jazz camp from 2005 to 2009. Hoff also initiated Bodø Jazz Open which was launched in January 2011, where he was artistic leader and festival head until 2020.


Honors



Selected works



Discography


Year recorded Title Label Notes
1993 Syklus Odin w/Kjellemyr, Kleive, Riisnæs
1995 Moving Curling Legs w/Kjellemyr, Kleive, Riisnæs, Jørgensen
1998 Crosslands Curling Legs w/Kjellemyr, Kleive, Brunborg
2003 In Town Curling Legs w/Kjellemyr, Kleive, Brunborg
2007 Meditatus Grappa Music with Bodø Domkor and Jan Gunnar Hoff Group
2008 Magma Grappa Music feat. Mike Stern (US), Maria Joao (PT), Mathias Eick, Eivind Aarset a.o.
2009 Jungle City Alessa with (Alex) Acua/Hoff/Mathisen
2011 Equilibrium Magma with Ove Bjørken
2011 Atmospheres Magma with Ove Bjørken
2011 Acuna/Hoff/Mathisen Live in LA Drumchannel with Alex Acuna and Per Mathisen
2012 Quiet Winter Night 2L Arild Andersen, Mathias Eick a.o. Nominated for US Grammy
2012 Barxeta Losen with Acuña/Hoff/Mathisen
2013 Living 2L Solo piano
2014 Fly North Losen w/Marilyn Mazur, Arve Henriksen, Anders Jormin. Nominated for Spellemann (Norwegian Grammy)
2014 Stille Lys/Quiet Light 2L Solo piano
2016 Stories 2L Solo piano
2017 Terra Nova Lawo Classics duo with mezzo soprano Marianne Beate Kielland
2018 Polarity 2L w/Anders Jormin, Audun Kleive
2018 Barxeta II Losen w/Per Mathisen, Horacio Hernandez
2018 Jan Gunnar Hoff Group feat Mike Stern Losen w/Mike Stern, Per Mathisen, Audun Kleive
2022 Home 2L Solo piano

Discography as a side man



See also



References


  1. "Jan Gunnar Hoff - Konsert Fore Kirke Meloy.Kommune.no". Archived from the original on 2013-02-23.
  2. "Jan Gunnar Hoff Biography - SNL.no". Archived from the original on 2013-10-20. Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian)
  3. "Hoff, Jan Gunnar Biography - Norsk Jazzarkiv MIC.no". Archived from the original on 2016-01-16. (in Norwegian)


Awards
Preceded by
Øystein Norvoll
Recipient of the Stubøprisen
1997
Succeeded by
Trond Sverre Hansen
Preceded by
Susanne Lundeng
Recipient of the Nordlysprisen
2006
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Tore Brunborg
Recipient of the Buddyprisen
2013
Succeeded by
Erlend Skomsvoll

На других языках


[de] Jan Gunnar Hoff

Jan Gunnar Hoff (* 22. Oktober 1958 in Bodø) ist ein norwegischer Jazzpianist und Komponist.
- [en] Jan Gunnar Hoff



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