Hayden Powell

Hayden James Richard Powell (born 25 September 1983 in England) is a jazz trumpeter and composer based in Oslo, Norway. Powell is English, but moved to Norway as a child and grew up in Molde. He has collaborated with numerous musicians including Terje Rypdal, Kenny Wheeler, Eirik Hegdal, Vigleik Storaas, Nils-Olav Johansen, Ole Morten Vågan, Eyolf Dale, and Ståle Storløkken, and released his debut solo album The Attic in 2011.[1]

Hayden Powell
October, 2017
Background information
Birth nameHayden James Richard Powell
Born (1983-09-25) 25 September 1983
OriginEngland
GenresJazz
InstrumentsTrumpet
LabelsInner Ear
Websitehaydenpowell.com

Career

Powell holds a bachelor in Performing jazz from the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (2006), and completed the masters at Norges Musikkhøgskole in 2011. He started his career at 13 in the jazz band Dixi in Molde, they released four albums.[2]

Later he played with Magic Pocket, Trondheim Jazz Orchestra and Jens Carelius in addition to his own trio. Powell received jazz scholarship from "Sparebank 1" at Moldejazz (2006), "Trondheim jazzfestivals" talent award (2009), and was with the band Magic Pocket JazZtipendiat in 2009/2010. This scholarship, which is awarded by "Midtnorsk jazzsenter", Moldejazz and "Sparebank 1", amounts 250,000 kr and gives the recipient the opportunity to write a commissioned work for Trondheim Jazz Orchestra at Moldejazz the following year. The result of this commissioned work was documented on the album Kinetic Music with Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Magic Pocket.

As composer Powell, in addition to the aforementioned, has written commission works for big band (e.g. "Midtnorsk Ungdomsstorband", "Big Boss Band", "Ett Fett Storband"), brass bands ("Luftforsvarets Musikkorps", "Bispehaugen Ungdomskorps") and a number of smaller ensembles. He has also written a mini-opera based on the novel about «Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde» (2006), and made musical arrangements to Jens Carelius' album The Architect (2011).[1]

Discography (in selection)

Solo albums
  • 2011: The Attic (Inner Ear), as Hayden Powell Trio including Eyolf Dale & Jo Skaansar[2]
  • 2013: Roots and Stems (Periskop Records)
  • 2015: Circadian Rhythm & Blues (Periskop Records)

Collaborations
With Dixi
  • 1998: Just Over in the Dixi-Land
  • 1999: Some of Those Days
  • 2002: Going to the Mardi Gras (Herman Records)
  • 2005: The New Orleans Sessions
With Trondheim Jazz Orchestra
With others
  • 2009: Vi som ser i mørket (Grappa Music), with Siri Nilsen
  • 2009: Live at Dokkhuset (Komponist og dirigent, MNJ Records), with "Midtnorsk Ungdomsstorband"
  • 2010: Den Blåaste Natt (Talik Records), with Jo Skaansar
  • 2011: The Katabatic Wind (Bolage Records), with Magic Pocket & Morten Qvenild
  • 2011: The Architect (Jansen Plateproduksjon), with Jens Carelius
  • 2011: Katedral For Tapte Drømmer (Kirkelig Kulturverksted), with Solfrid Molland

References
  1. "Hayden Powell The Attic Review - Jazz". Dagbladet.no (in Norwegian)
  2. "Hayden Powell: The Attic Review - Jazzklubben". NRK.no (by Erling Wicklund, in Norwegian)
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