Bjørn Vidar Solli

Bjørn Vidar Solli (born 1 August 1979 in Skien, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (vocals and guitar) and composer.

Biography Solli started his musical career as a singer when he was 11 years old, and before he was 13 he had already performed more than 200 concerts. From the age of 19 he attended jazz studies at Music Conservatory in Trondheim (1998–2002). In 2002 he was named this year's young jazz musician of Rikskonsertene and Norsk Jazzforum, and he has consequently had a number of tours in Norway for Rikskonsertene. He also performed with David Arthur Skinner in the Diagonal Jazzband and David Skinner og Bjørn Vidar Solli Quartet, among others at Lancelot in Asker, Norway and Swing'n'Sweet Jazzklubb in Bergen, Norway.

Discography 2003: Live in Getxo (Hilargi Records), with SOLID! 2004: A Stranger in Town (Hot Club Records), with Hot Club de Norvege 2005: Solid! (AIM Records), with Solid! 2007: Happy Accidents (AIM Records), with Solid! 2010: Visitor ( Records), with Seamus Blake 2014: Aglow: The Lyngør Project Volume 1 (Lyngør Records) 2016: Reviviscence : The Lyngør project volume 2 (Lyngør Records) 2021: Woodworks (Particular Recordings Collective) with SOLID! & John Ellis 2023: Weisenheimer (Sweet Morning Music) with Gigglemug (Solli, Tim Collins, Daniel Franck & Hermund Nygård) 2024: Firm Deadline (Particular Recordings Collective) with SOLID! & John Ellis

Selected Discography as a Sideman 2012: Away (Self Produced), with Guy Sion 2013: Poinciana (Losen Records), with Andreas Dreier Trio 2024: One for John with Poinciana & John Pål Inderberg