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Li Tie Qiao (CHN) Saksofon
Guro Skomsnes Moe (NOR ) Kontrabass
Tore Brevik (NOR) Trommer

Li Tie Qiao
Li Tie Qiao is an outstanding representative of the new generation of saxophone players in China. He mostly engages in free improvisation projects, with various musicians. In his improvisation he bravely experiment in search for a new expression between the boarders of jazz, rock and electronic noise. In his improvisation he always expresses freedom, braveness and a willingness to follow his heart. A great number of musical critics in China have claimed that Li Tie Qiao is the first exceptional free jazz musician in the country.

Guro Skomsnes Moe
Guro Skumsnes Moe har skutt fram som en av Norges fremste fri-bassister, og har markert seg spesielt gjennom gruppen Art Directors. Hun er en av ytterst få kvinnelige jazzkontrabassister i Norge. 21-åringen fra Brumunddal stiller seg derimot helt uforstående til den oppmerksomheten som vies hennes utradisjonelle instrumentvalg, står det i dette profilintervjuet som Ballade her bringer videre fra sørlandets fremste kulturavis, Stimuli. – Kjønn har jo ingenting å si når du spiller. Du merker ingenting på musikken, sier hun.

TORE BREVIK
Tore Brevik was born in aalesund, a small town on the west coast of Norway. He started taking drum lessons and got his first drumkit at the age of six from his older uncle who used to be a proffesional drummer. When he was 15, he joined “aalesund youth ensemble”, and he joined “aalesund symphony orchestra” and “aalesund big band as their primary drummer at the age of 16.

He attended “Berklee College of Music in 1991 where he got to study with Casey Scheurell, John Ramsey, Dean Anderson and Jamey Haddad among others. Tore left “Berklee” for one year between 1994 to 95 to tour with the Norwegian band “Little Wing”. He returned to “Berklee” in the fall of 95. For his last year of attendance, he had earned himself a full scolarship from Berklee. He also got to play with some of his musical heroes, including George Garzone, Hal Croock, Rick Pecham, John Damian, Victor Mendoza and Mat Penman. After graduating with a “Bachelor of Fine Arts” degree, he moved to New York and worked there for a year.

In 1997, Tore moved to Los Angeles to further pursue his studies. He attended “California Institute of the Arts (Cal Arts)” on their graduate program. He was one of the two students being accepted on drumkit that year.
At “Cal Arts, he studied both “Jazz Drumset” with Joe Labarbera and “Hand Percussion” with John Bergamo. He also got to play with Charlie Hadden, Darek Oles and Larry Koonse.
He earned his “Master of Fine Arts” degree in 1999 and continued to live and work in Los Angeles for the next year. In this time, he got to do two national tours with the hip hop collective “BreaKsta”, as well as playing with Tod Simon (No Doubt), Mike Boito (Beck) and John J.Roberts (Bobby McFerrin).

Tore returned to Norway in 2000 and move then to Oslo where he still lives. He has since then been an important part of the music scene in Norway. He has played all the festivals in Norway several times with different projects. He has been part of groups that has been nominated for the “Spelemannsprisen” (the Norwegian Grammy awards), they have won “Norways best live band” presented by “VG” (Norways biggest newspaper) and they have won the “Alarm” price. He has played on numerous records as well as on commercials and TV programs.
He has toured Scandinavia, the US as well as most of the European countries and he has worked with people like Bugge Wesseltoft, Side Brok, Mari Boine, Olga Konkova, Pål Strangefruit, Bermuda Triangle, Jurai Burai, Leo Young and Gerald Preinfalk to name a few.