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'''Frode Thingnæs''' (born May 20, 1940 in [[Nore og Uvdal]], [[Buskerud]] - deceased November 15, 2012)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mic.no/symfoni/kontakt.nsf/pub/per2000062810585058635843 |title=Frode Thingnæs, Komponist, Trombonist, Arrangør |publisher=Norsk musikkinformasjon MIC.no |accessdate=2013-11-04}}</ref> was a [[Norwegians|Norwegian]] [[jazz]] composer,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oblad.no/article/20080118/SKI/750737913 |title=Festaften med Thingnæs |language=Norwegian |first=Oluf |last=Endresen |publisher=[[Østlandets Blad]] |date=2008-01-18 |accessdate=2013-11-04}}</ref> arranger, conductor, [[trombone]] player, married June 2, 1979 to actor and drama teacher Marianne Mørk (b. May 16, 1953), and they gave birth to the pianist Magnus Alexander Mørk Thingnæs (b. 1984).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://touch.oblad.no/folloliv/underholdning/storslatt-jungelbok-fra-marianne-mork-1.7514868 |title=Storslått jungelbok fra Marianne Mørk |language=Norwegian |first=Gro Birgitte |last=Røiland |publisher=[[Østlandets Blad]] |date=2012-11-15 |date=2012-08-30 |accessdate=2013-11-04}}</ref> He formed the quintet '''Frode Thingnæs Quintet'''.<ref name=nbl>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Halvorsen |first=Tore |title=Frode Thingnæs Extended Biography |language=Norwegian |url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Frode_Thingn%C3%A6s/utdypning |encyclopedia=[[Norsk Biografisk Leksikon]] |publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]] |date=2009-02-13 |accessdate=2013-11-04}}</ref><ref name=aftenposten>{{cite news |author=AV: oslo (NTB) |url=http://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/Frode-Thingnas-er-dod-7046407.html |title=Frode Thingnæs er død |language=Norwegian |publisher=[[Aftenposten]] |date=2012-11-15 |accessdate=2013-11-04}}</ref>
'''Frode Thingnæs''' (March 20, 1940 - November 15, 2012)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mic.no/symfoni/kontakt.nsf/pub/per2000062810585058635843 |title=Frode Thingnæs, Komponist, Trombonist, Arrangør |publisher=Norsk musikkinformasjon MIC.no |accessdate=2013-11-04}}</ref> was a [[Norwegians|Norwegian]] [[jazz]] composer,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oblad.no/article/20080118/SKI/750737913 |title=Festaften med Thingnæs |language=Norwegian |first=Oluf |last=Endresen |publisher=[[Østlandets Blad]] |date=2008-01-18 |accessdate=2013-11-04}}</ref> arranger, conductor, [[trombone]] player, married June 2, 1979 to actor and drama teacher Marianne Mørk (b. May 16, 1953), and they gave birth to the pianist Magnus Alexander Mørk Thingnæs (b. 1984).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://touch.oblad.no/folloliv/underholdning/storslatt-jungelbok-fra-marianne-mork-1.7514868 |title=Storslått jungelbok fra Marianne Mørk |language=Norwegian |first=Gro Birgitte |last=Røiland |publisher=[[Østlandets Blad]] |date=2012-11-15 |date=2012-08-30 |accessdate=2013-11-04}}</ref> He formed the quintet '''Frode Thingnæs Quintet'''.<ref name=nbl>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Halvorsen |first=Tore |title=Frode Thingnæs Extended Biography |language=Norwegian |url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Frode_Thingn%C3%A6s/utdypning |encyclopedia=[[Norsk Biografisk Leksikon]] |publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]] |date=2009-02-13 |accessdate=2013-11-04}}</ref><ref name=aftenposten>{{cite news |author=AV: oslo (NTB) |url=http://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/Frode-Thingnas-er-dod-7046407.html |title=Frode Thingnæs er død |language=Norwegian |publisher=[[Aftenposten]] |date=2012-11-15 |accessdate=2013-11-04}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==

Revision as of 18:35, 28 November 2013

Frode Thingnæs
Born(1940-03-20)20 March 1940
Nore og Uvdal, Buskerud
OriginNorway
Died15 November 2012(2012-11-15) (aged 72)
Oslo
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician, composer & conductor
InstrumentTrombone & trumpet

Frode Thingnæs (March 20, 1940 - November 15, 2012)[1] was a Norwegian jazz composer,[2] arranger, conductor, trombone player, married June 2, 1979 to actor and drama teacher Marianne Mørk (b. May 16, 1953), and they gave birth to the pianist Magnus Alexander Mørk Thingnæs (b. 1984).[3] He formed the quintet Frode Thingnæs Quintet.[4][5]

Career

Thingnæs picked up the trumpet at eight, wen he started to play in Sinsen school band. In 1953 he switched to trombone. He received his music education at th in Sinsen school band. In 1953 he switched to trombone. He received his music education at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen. From 1959 onwards he played in orchestras led by Bjørn Jacobsen, Gunnar Brostigen, Mikkel Flagstad and Kjell Karlsen. His own F. T. Quintet, formed in 1960, was included on Norway's first jazz album, released in 1963. He contributed to releases by Egil Kapstad, Terje Rypdal, Laila Dalseth, Espen Rud, Bjørn Alterhaug and Per Husby.[4]

He was kapellmeister at Norway's most famous revue theater, Chat Noir in 1960. On the pop music scene he made contributions over a period to Popol Ace. He conducted the Norwegian Radio Orchestra. Together with Philip Kruse he wrote the music for the Norwegian Eurovision Song Contest entries "Hvor er du?" (1974, English title "The First Day of Love") and "Mata Hari" (1976), both performed by his former wife, Anne-Karine Strøm. At the time both Thingnæs and Strøm were members of jury member Finn Eriksen's orchestra. Frode Thingnæs has also conducted and been a member of the Defense Staff Marching Orchestra (FSMK) and for more than 30 years he has conducted Norway's most high-profile Janissary orchestra, Kampen Janitsjarorkester. Other pop music collaborations include Wenche Myhre, Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson. For a number of years Thingnæs worked together with Einar Schanke, Alfred Næss and Yngvar Numme. He has composed a lot. His most renowned works may be Wheels and the Flåklypa ballet (1985) at the Norwegian National Opera. He also produced records for, among others, Bodega Band (1977). In latter years he led a quintet together with Harald Gundhus. Thingnæs died, aged 72, in Oslo.[4]

Honors

  • 1970: Buddyprisen awarded by the Norwegian Jazz Federation
  • 1980: Spellemannprisen in the class Jazz for the album Direct to Dish
  • 1999: The Norwegian King's Medal of Merit in gold
  • 1999: Honorary citizen of New Orleans[5]

Discography (in selection)

Solo albums

Big Band
Frode Thingnæs Quintet

Collaborations

Kampen Janitsjarorkester
  • 1990: Sing as we Go (Kampen Janitsjar)
  • 2002: From Kampen to New Orleans (Kampen Janitsjar)
  • 2008: Samspill(Kampen Janitsjar)
With Bjørn Alterhaug, Bjørn Johansen, Egil Kapstad & Laila Dalseth
  • 1991: Some Other Time (Gemini Records)
Antonsen Big Band
  • 2007: Antonsen Big Band (Ponca Jazz)
Kjell Karlsen Big Band

References

  1. ^ "Frode Thingnæs, Komponist, Trombonist, Arrangør". Norsk musikkinformasjon MIC.no. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
  2. ^ Endresen, Oluf (2008-01-18). "Festaften med Thingnæs" (in Norwegian). Østlandets Blad. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
  3. ^ Røiland, Gro Birgitte (2012-08-30). "Storslått jungelbok fra Marianne Mørk" (in Norwegian). Østlandets Blad. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
  4. ^ a b c Halvorsen, Tore (2009-02-13). "Frode Thingnæs Extended Biography". Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
  5. ^ a b AV: oslo (NTB) (2012-11-15). "Frode Thingnæs er død" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
Preceded by Eurovision Song Contest conductor
1996 		Succeeded by
Awards
Preceded by
Frode Thingnæs
 Recipient of the Buddyprisen
1970 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Recipient of the Jazz Spellemannsprisen
1980 		Succeeded by

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