Karl Seglem

Karl Seglem (born 8 July 1961) is a Norwegian Jazz musician (saxophone and bukkehorn), composer and producer, known from a series of combined jazz and traditional music releases, as well as leading his own record label NorCD from 1991.

Career

Seglem was born in Årdalstangen, and entered the Music program at Voss Folk High School (1978–80), followed by cooperation with Arvid Genius, «Jan Grieg Qvartet», Kenneth Sivertsen (1980–92) and Knut Kristiansen (during the 1980s) in Bergen. He also led his own Jazz band «Growl», wrote for the magazin «Jazznytt» and was politically active in Foreningen norske jazzmusikere.

At Vossajazz 2014, he joined Gisle Torvik presenting his "fjord-jazz" together with Andreas Ulvo and Epletrio, including Sigurd Hole and Jonas Howden Sjøvaag.

Honors 1983: Årdal Kommune´s Culture Prize 1998: Gammleng-prisen in open class 1998: Edvard Prize in the class Popular music, major work, together with Reidar Skår for TYA 2010: Buddyprisen 2012: Commissioned work Som spor at Vossajazz

Discography 1988: Poems for Trio (Hot Club Records; with Kåre Thomsen and Ole Amund Gjersvik) 1991: Sogn-A-Song (NorCD) 1994: Rit (NorCD) 1998: Spir (album) (NorCD) 2002: Nye nord (NorCD) 2004: New north (NorCD) 2004: Femstein (NorCD) 2005: Budda og reven Singie (NorCD) 2005: Reik (NorCD) 2006: Urbs (NorCD) 2008: Spelferd – a playful journey DVD (NorCD) 2009: NORSKjazz.no (NorCD) 2009: Skoddeheimen (NorCD) 2009: Draumkvedet (NorCD) 2010: Ossicles (NorCD) 2013: NyeSongar.no (Ozella Music) 2014: Som Spor (NorCD) 2015: Lærad The Tree (NorCD) 2015: Live In Germany (NorCD) 2015: WorldJazz (NorCD) 2016: Nordic Balm (NorCD)