Marius Neset

Marius Neset
Marius Neset at the 2022 Kongsberg Jazzfestival
Marius Neset at the 2022 Kongsberg Jazzfestival
Background information
Birth nameMarius Søfteland Neset
Born (1985-01-02) 2 January 1985 (age 39)
Os, Hordaland
OriginNorway
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
Instrument(s)Tenor saxophone
Soprano saxophone
Clarinet
EWI
LabelsACT Music
Websitewww.mariusneset.info

Marius Søfteland Neset (born 2 January 1985) is a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone) living in Copenhagen. He is known from collaborations within the jazz bands "People Are Machines", "Kaktusch", "JazzKamikaze" and Django Bates projects "StoRMChaser" big band and "Human Chain".[1] He is the son of music teachers guitarist Terje Neset (b. 1959) and pianist Anne Leni Søfteland Sæbø (b. 1961), and the brother of the vocalist Anna Søfteland Neset (b. 1987) flautist Ingrid Søfteland Neset (b. 1992).[2]

  1. ^ Patterson, Ian (17 December 2012). "Marius Neset: Norwegian Woods – Interview". All About Jazz. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  2. ^ Bruarøy, Kjetil Vasby (24 December 2012). "Musikarfamilie i julestemning" (in Norwegian). midtsiden.no. Retrieved 3 November 2013.