Musical artist

Even Enersen Ormestad (born 9 November 1978 in Tønsberg, Norway) is a Norwegian b* guitarist and music producer, known as a member of the band Jaga Jazzist.

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 Discography
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Career

Ormestad is educated in jazz and music production at Norges Musikkhøgskole and runs the studio Albatross Recorders together with H*e Rosbach and Martin Sjølie.

He is together with the brothers Martin and Lars Horntveth part of the original lineup in Jaga Jazzist and has contributed with his b* and keyboards on recordings and tours with, among others Marit Larsen, Thom Hell, Bertine Zetlitz and Hanne Hukkelberg. In addition, he has worked as a producer and technician, often in collaboration with Audun Borrmann or Thomas Helland, for artists like Thom Hell, Hilde Marie Kjersem, Rockettothesky, Christer Knutsen, Bellman, Jonas Alaska, Marion Ravn, Matilda and a number of other artists. Ormestad also contributes as a b*ist and multi instrumentalist on many of these releases.

Ormestad has also been seasonal member of the black metal band "Malignant Eternal" where he contributed to the studio album Alarm in 1999.

In 2015, Ormestad began touring as b*ist for the Norwegian band a-ha on their "Cast in Steel" tour.

Jaga Jazzist at Tauron Nowa Muzyka in 2014.

Discography

Albums

• Jævla Jazzist Grete S*z (Thug Records, 1996)
• A Livingroom Hush (Smalltown Supersound, 2002)
• The Stix (WEA International Inc., 2003)
• What We Must (Ninja Tune, 2005)
• One-Armed Bandit (Ninja Tune, 2010)

EPs

• Magazine (dBut, 1998)
• Airborne/Going Down (WEA International Inc., 2001)
• Days (Smalltown Supersound, 2002)
• Animal Chin (Gold Standard Laboratories, 2003)
• Day (Ninja Tune, 2004)
• Bananfluer Overalt (Ninja Tune, 2010)

DVDs

• Live at Cosmopolite (Smalltown Supersound, 2009)

With Jonas Alaska

• Jonas Alaska (Jansen Plateproduksjon, 2011)

References

• Norway portal
• Jazz portal

External links

• Jaga Jazzist's official homepage