Vigleik Storaas

Vigleik Storaas
Vigleik Storaas at the 2017 Oslo Jazz Festival
Vigleik Storaas at the 2017 Oslo Jazz Festival
Background information
Born (1963-02-02) 2 February 1963 (age 61)
Bergen, Norway
OriginNorwegian
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
InstrumentPiano
LabelsCurling Legs
Inner Ear
ECM Records
Websitewww.vigleikstoraas.no

Vigleik Storaas (born 2 February 1963) is a Norwegian jazz pianist and composer,[1] 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.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Vigleik Storaas" (in Norwegian). Dokkhuset.no. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Vigleik Storaas Biography". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  3. ^ "About Vigleik Storaas". MTV.com. Archived from the original on 9 April 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Storaas, Vigleik – Biography" (in Norwegian). Norsk Musikkinformasjon MIC.no. Retrieved 12 December 2012.