Pål Hausken

Norwegian jazz musician (born 1980)

Pål Hausken
Pål Hausken, 2018
Background information
Born	(1980-08-25) 25 August 1980 (age 43) Rennesøy, Rogaland
Origin	Norway
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer
Instrument(s)	Drums, percussion

Website	www.groove.no/artist/74567871

Musical artist

Pål Hausken (born 25 August 1980 in Rennesøy, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (drums and percussion),^[1] most known from bands like the jazz trio In The Country where he plays together with Morten Qvenild and Roger Arntzen, but also for his collaboration with artists like Susanna Wallumrød, Bull of the Year, Zahl and Music for a While together with Tora Augestad.^[2]

Career

Hausken was a music student at the Norwegian Academy of Music when he together with fellow students Morten Qvenild and Roger Arntzen initiated the band In The Country. Here he play a central role as drummer and with five releases this is the most productive of his projects. At the Umea Jazz Festival 2012 they received brilliant critiques and followed up with the fifth album Sunset Sunrise in 2013.^[3]

Honors

2004: Jazzintro Newcomer Award at Moldejazz, with in the Country
2012: "Independent Music Awards" with in the Country, for their latest full length art concert film

Discography

Central projects

In The Country

2005: This Was The Pace of My Heartbeat (Rune Grammofon)
2006: Losing Stones, Collecting Bones (Rune Grammofon)
2009: Whiteout (Rune Grammofon)
2011: Sounds And Sights (Rune Grammofon)
2013: Sunset Sunrise (ATC)

Susanna Wallumrød

2007: Sonata Mix Dwarf Cosmos (Rune Grammofon)
2008: Flower of Evil (Rune Grammofon)

Zahl

2007: Nice for a Change (Kaizerecords)

Music for a While

2007: Weill Variations (Grappa)
2012: Graces That Refrain (Grappa)

Bull of the year

2009: Four Horns (AIM Sound City)

Other projects

Hilde Marie Kjersem TUB Quartet

2004: Red Shoes Diary (Curling Legs)

Kaada

2004: MECD (Warner Music, Norway)

Gebhardt & Mjøs

2005: Alt For Norge (Apache Records)

Christer Knutsen

2005: Would You Please Welcome (Frode Records)
2006: Grand Hotel (Frode Records)^[1]

With Tora Augestad's Music for a While including Mathias Eick, Stian Carstensen and Martin Taxt

2007: Weill Variations (Grappa Music)
2012: Graces That Refrain (Grappa Music)^[4]
2014: Canticles of Winter (Grappa Music)

Randi Tytingvåg

2012: Grounding (Ozella Records)

Finland including with Morten Qvenild, Jo Berger Myhre, Ivar Grydeland

2015: Rainy Omen (Hubro Music)^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Pål Hausken". Discography. Discogs.com. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
^ "Pål Hausken". Biography. Bjørnsonfestivalen. 29 August 2012. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
^ Kelman, John (7 November 2012). "Umea Jazz Festival: Umea, Sweden, October 27: In the Country". Concert review. All About Jazz. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
^ Hareuveni, Eyal (30 November 2012). "Music for a While: Graces That Refrain (2012)". Retrieved 26 October 2014.
^ "Finland: Rainy Omen". Grappa Music. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.