Hayden Powell


Hayden James Richard Powell is a jazz trumpeter and composer based in Oslo, Norway. Powell is English, but moved to Norway as a child and grew up in Molde. He has collaborated with numerous musicians including Terje Rypdal, Kenny Wheeler, Eirik Hegdal, Vigleik Storaas, Nils-Olav Johansen, Ole Morten Vågan, Eyolf Dale, and Ståle Storløkken, and released his debut solo album The Attic in 2011.

Career

Powell holds a bachelor in Performing jazz from the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium, and completed the masters at Norges Musikkhøgskole in 2011. He started his career at 13 in the jazz band Dixi in Molde, they released four albums.
Early in his career, Powell played with groups such as Magic Pocket, Trondheim Jazz Orchestra and Jens Carelius in addition to his own trio. Powell received jazz scholarship from "Sparebank 1" at Moldejazz, "Trondheim jazzfestivals" talent award, and was with the band Magic Pocket JazZtipendiat in 2009/2010. The scholarship was accompanied by a commissioned work which was documented on the album Kinetic Music with Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Magic Pocket.
More recently, Powell has played and recorded with musicians and small groups such as Eyolf Dale, Espen Berg, Natacha Atlas, Solfrid Molland, Iro Haarla, og Bridges with Seamus Blake. He has also appeared with larger ensembles such as Trondheim Jazzorkester, Scheen Jazzorkester og Oslo Jazzensemble & Maria Schneider.
Hayden Powell has released four albums under his own name. His first, The Attic, was released on the Inner Ear label in 2011, and was recorded by his trio with pianist Eyolf Dale and bassist Jo Skaansar, as well as guest musicians Jasper Van Hulten, Tore Brunborg and Erik Johannessen. The trio with Dale/Skaansar became Powell's regular band in the period that followed, and together they recorded the albums, Roots and Stems, Circadian Rhythm and Blues and Six Commissions. The latter album consists of six tracks specially written for the trio by various composers. The album "Circadian Rhythm and Blues" consists of two parts, one with the trio, and the other where Powell plays completely solo, recorded in Tøyen Church in collaboration with producer Øyvind Røsrud Gundersen.
In addition to his performance activities, Powell has been involved in teaching, and since 2015 has been a university lecturer at the Norwegian Academy of Music, where he has taught subjects including trumpet, arranging, ear training and ensemble playing.
As composer Powell, in addition to the aforementioned, has written commission works for big band, wind bands and a number of smaller ensembles. He has also written a mini-opera based on the novel about «Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde», and made musical arrangements to Jens Carelius' album The Architect.

Discography (in selection)

Solo albums

  • 2011: The Attic, as Hayden Powell Trio including Eyolf Dale & Jo Skaansar
  • 2013: Roots and Stems
  • 2015: Circadian Rhythm & Blues
  • 2018: Six Commissions, with Hayden Powell
  • 2024: Undergrowth, with Hayden Powell

    Collaborations

;With Dixi
;With Trondheim Jazz Orchestra
  • 2006: Tribute, with Vigleik Storaas
  • 2007: Live in Oslo, with Maria Kannegaard Trio
  • 2009: Live at Moldejazz, with Kobert
  • 2009: What if: A Counterfactual Fairytale, with Erlend Skomsvoll
  • 2011: Kinetic Music, with Magic Pocket
  • 2011: Migrations, with Øyvind Brække
  • 2014: Tree House, with Trondheim Jazzorkester & Albatrosh
  • 2024: Maetrix, with Espen Berg
;With others
  • 2009: Vi som ser i mørket, with Siri Nilsen
  • 2009: Live at Dokkhuset, with "Midtnorsk Ungdomsstorband"
  • 2010: Den Blåaste Natt, with Jo Skaansar
  • 2011: The Katabatic Wind, with Magic Pocket & Morten Qvenild
  • 2011: The Architect, with Jens Carelius
  • 2011: Katedral For Tapte Drømmer, with Solfrid Molland
  • 2016: BRIDGES with Seamus Blake, with Bridges
  • 2016: Cornua Copiae, with DaMaNa
  • 2016: Ante Lucem, with Iro Haarla
  • 2016: Forvandling, with Solfrid Molland
  • 2016: Wolf Valley, with Eyolf Dale
  • 2016: Regnbueponniens Significante Påskesang, with Significant Time
  • 2018: Return to Mind, with Eyolf Dale Wolf Valley
  • 2018: Multiverse, with Anders Lønne Grønseth
  • 2019: Continuum, with Bridges
  • 2019: Owerset, with Sarah-Jane Summers
  • 2019: Theory of Anything, with Anders Lønne Grønseth Multiverse
  • 2019: Fange av min tid, with Jo Skaansar
  • 2019: Strange Days, with Natacha Atlas
  • 2020: Håpets kappe, with Solfrid Molland
  • 2020: Outer View, with Anders Lønne Grønseth Multiverse
  • 2020: Inner View, with Anders Lønne Grønseth Multiverse
  • 2023: Water Fabric, with Espen Berg