Vigleik Storaas

Vigleik Storaas (born 2 February 1963) is a Norwegian jazz pianist and composer, and the younger brother of composer and bassist Gaute Storaas. He is known from a series of album releases and collaborations with jazz musicians such as Norma Winstone, Karin Krog, Terje Rypdal, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Chet Baker, Jack DeJohnette and Warne Marsh.

Career Storås was born in Bergen, and studied music at the U-Phils High School in Bergen before attending the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (1982–84), what today is the Department of Music Technology (NTNU), where he was the leader of the Bodega Band (1990–1996), and is now assistant professor.

During the 1980s, Storaas played with the bands Kråbøl, Søyr, Bjørn Alterhaug Band and Fair Play, and was the bandleader of the group Lines (1987–92). With the Bjørn Alterhaug Quintet he played at the Molde International Jazz Festival 2012. During 1992 to 1995 Storaas joined the international jazz profiles Karin Krog and John Surman, and he participated on the record Nordic Quartet from 1994. Here he was recognised as composer both in Norway and internationally. Storaas created his own trio in 1992 with fellow students Johannes Eick and Per Oddvar Johansen; this trio has made several recordings. More recently he has performed in a quartet with students (at NTNU) Tore Johansen (trumpet), Rune Nergaard (bass) and Gard Nilssen (drums).

As band leader with Vigleik Storaas Septet 2010: Open Ears (Inner Ear)

Collaborative works As band leader with Trondheim Jazz Orchestra 2006: Tribute composed by Storaas to the 25th anniversary for The Jazz Program in 2004, (MNJ Records)

Piano duets with Ivar Antonsen 2010: Dialogues (Ponca Jazz Records/Musikkoperatørene), nominated for the Spellemannprisen 2010 in the class Jazz

Within Excess Luggage (Trio with Steinar Nickelsen and Håkon Mjåset Johansen) 2007: Excess Luggage (Park Grammofon) 2011: Hand Luggage Only

With Tore Johansen, Jo Skaansar, and Jon Christensen 2012: Double Rainbow (Inner Ear)

With Tor Yttredal 2015: Chamber (Inner Ear) 2017: Space In Between (Inner Ear)

With Hegge 2017: Vi är ledsna men du får inte längre vara barn (Particular Recordings Collective)

As sideman 1983: Hotellsuite (Odin Records), with Espen Rud 1984: Cierny Peter (Odin Records), within Søyr 1986: A Ballad (Ponca Jazz) within Bjørn Alterhaug Quintet 1992: En Flik Av ... (Studentersamfundet i Trondheim), within Bodega Band 1995: Nordic Quartet (ECM Records), with Nordic Quartet (John Surman, Karin Krog and Terje Rypdal) 1997: Pieces of Time (Curling Legs), with Jacob Young 1998: Rudlende (Curling Legs), with Espen Rud 1999: Glow (Curling Legs) with Jacob Young 2001: My shining hour (Blue Jersey), with Kjersti Stubø 2001: Baritone Landscape (Gemini Records), within John Pål Inderberg's The Zetting 2005: Sval Draum (Taurus Records), with John Pål Inderberg 2006: Rainbow Session (Inner Ear), with Tore Johansen and Ole Morten Vågan 2006: Deloo (Grappa Music), with Kirsti Huke 2007: Implicity (AIM), with Orange (Trio with Sondre Meisfjord & Stig Rennestraum) 2008: Oslo Calling (Meantime Records), with Karin Krog and The Meantimes 2009: Songlines (Ponca Jazz Records), within Bjørn Alterhaug Quintet 2009: Kirsti Huke – (Fairplay), with Kirsti Huke 2010: My Sister Said (Turn Left), with Håvard Lund 2012: Vegen Åt Deg (Øra Fonogram – OF036), with Heidi Skjerve.

Tours with Rikskonsertene "Musikk for fred" (1984–86), "So Ro Godt Barn" (1987–90), "Mennesket i Mengden" (1989–90), "Fair Play" (1989), "All That Jazz" (1993), "Kombinasjoner" (1995), "Meeting Point" (1997 og 2000).