Jon Audun Baar Explained

Jon Audun Baar
Birth Place:	Tomter, Østfold
Origin:	Norway
Instrument:	Drums
Genre:	Jazz
Occupation:	Musician, composer
Label:	Cuneiform Records
Associated Acts:	Pixel

Jon Audun Baar (born 1986, Tomter, Hobøl, Norway) is a Norwegian Jazz drummer.

Career

Baar studied jazz drumming at the Norwegian Academy of Music with teachers like Jon Christensen and Rune Martinsen.^[1] He has played on several jazzfestivals in Norway such as Moldejazz, Oslo Jazzfestival and Dølajazz with many different bands and artist. He plays within the critically acclaimed trio Eberson/Baar/Eberson with the international jazz guitar legend Jon Eberson and his daughter the keyboardist Marte Maaland Eberson.^[2]

Baar is the drummer of various bands including Axel Jensen Lucky Three and Pixel.^[3]

Honors

2013: Featured at Young Nordic Jazz Comets within Pixel^[4]

Discography

Within Pixel

2012: Reminder (Cuneiform)
2013: We Are All Small Pixels (Cuneiform)
2015: Golden Years (Cuneiform)

External links

Pixel website
Pixel, Oslo, Norway Biography, matchandfuse.co.uk. Accessed 7 March 2024.

Notes and References

Web site: Musikkhøgskolen med 24 jazzkonserter på en uke . Ballade.no . 2013-09-20 . 21 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054102/http://www.ballade.no/nmi.nsf/doc/art2007060815100332056763 . dead .
Web site: Ungjazz uten aldersgrense . Terje . Mosnes . . October 1, 2011 . 2013-09-20.
Web site: Match & Fuse Artists Light Up London . Stephen . Graham . . 26 June 2012 . 2013-09-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053909/http://www.downbeat.com/default.asp?sect=news&subsect=news_detail&nid=1935 . 21 September 2013 .
Web site: Young Nordic Jazz Comets . Young Nordic Jazz Comets . 2013-09-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053952/http://www.youngnordicjazzcomets.com/ . 21 September 2013.