Bjorn Solli Trio
Norway/Australia
9:30 pm-10:30 pm,01,Oct 2011
Artists
guitar：Bjorn Solli
organ：Steinar Nickelsen
drums：Nick McBride
Norwegian guitarist/composer, Bjorn Solli, now based in New York, was voted “Young Jazz Musician of the year” in 2002 and has since won numerous awards throughout Europe, including soloist prizes in Switzerland and Spain and a composition prize in France. With his trio “SOLID”, he has released 3 critically acclaimed CDs distributed worldwide.
in the last decade or so, Solli’s collaborations have taken him to places like China, Nepal, India, California, Australia and Ireland. In New York, he’s played at Dizzy’s Club, Smalls, The Bitter End and with people like Marcus Strickland and Seamus Blake. Bjorn has also opened for The Manhattan Transfer, Anthony Hamilton, Peter Gabriel, Robert Plant and Jean Luc Ponty.