Finn Guttormsen

Finn Guttormsen is a Norwegian Jazz musician, known for his dedicated contributions to the Farmers Market and recently to the Silje Nergaard Band, and musicians like Trygve Seim, Øyvind Brække, Per Oddvar Johansen, Håkon Storm-Mathisen, Jarle Vespestad, Hans Mathisen, Arve Henriksen.

Career

Guttormsen is a graduate of the jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium. He was first recognized as bassist in the Farmers Market, where he has contributed since the start in 1991. He has also been a member of bands like The Source and Quaternion, and has played within Hemisfair. In recent years he has also contributed within Håkon Storm-Mathisen Quartet and Silje Nergaard Band.

Honors

Spellemannprisen 2008, in the Open class, within Farmers Market
Spellemannprisen 2012, in the Open class, within Farmers Market

Discography

Within The Farmers Market

1995: Speed / Balkan / Boogie
1997: Musikk fra Hybridene (Music from the Hybrids)
2000: Farmers Market
2008: Surfin' USSR
2012: ''Slav to the Rhythm''

With Elias Akselsen

2003: Her kommer dine arme små, with Stian Carstensen and Dag Wolf
2005: O, Jesus, du som fyller alt og alle. Songs by Aage Samuelsen, with Stian Carstensen and Knut Hem

With Silje Nergaard

2007: Darkness Out of Blue, Within The Silje Nergaard Band
2009: A Thousand True Stories, Within The Silje Nergaard Band
2010: If I Could Wrap Up A Kiss, Within The Silje Nergaard Band

With other projects

1991: Block Songs, With Epinastic Movements
1993: Rapid, With Epinastic Movements
1996: Letters, with Håvard Lund
1997: Timbuktu, within Quaternion, with Trygve Seim, Øyvind Brække & Per Oddvar Johansen
2002: Jul På Månetoppen, Music from the TV-series Jul På Månetoppen
2007: 12 Fluid Ounces, With Oslo Fluid as Dr. Rutger
2006: Paint Christmas White, with Christian Ingebrigtsen
2007: Blue Blue Grass Of Home, With Hemisfair
2007: The Source:Of Christmas - Live, With The Source
2009: Two [Rivers One Road] With Jørn Hoel and Steinar Albrigtsen

Compilation albums

1994: The Sweet Sunny North, With Farmers Market
1996: The Sweet Sunny North, Vol 2, With Farmers Market
1999: Balkans Without Borders, With Farmers Market
2007: Vandringsmannens Beste, With Elias Akselsen