Odd Steinar Albrigtsen is an exciting Norwegian guitarist/composer who currently lives in Oslo as a jazz musician. Fall 2026 Odd Albrigtsen 4tet embarks on tour with their latest album »Winds.«
The band members met in New York after an exciting musical encounter and has since been on several tours and played concerts in Norway and Europe. Albrigtsen has earlier released the albums »Mode,« »Morse« and »The North« under his own name with critical acclaim.
Albrigtsen was born in the northern city of Tromsø, Norway ( 1985) and began playing drums at the age of 6 before switching to the guitar. Odd Steinar Albrigtsen started to study jazz at the conservatory in Trondheim, Norway. He then lived in Oslo and played with the great musicians on the Scandinavian jazz scene and after that he went to study at Aaron Copland School of Music in New York where he studied with great american jazz musicians such as Michael Mossman, David Berkman Paul Bollenbeck and Lage Lund.
The musicians has otherwise played with people like Petter Wettre, Ben Van Gelder, Marc Copland, Tore Johansen, Gilad Hekselman, Mark Ferber, John Abercrombie.
Odd Albrigtsen – Guitar
Gianni Gagliardi – Tenor Saxophone
Lars Ekman – Bass
Jesse Simpson – Drums
Veranstalter: Donau 115
Foto: Yrjö Halinen