Lage Lund


Lage Lund is a Norwegian jazz guitarist.

Biography

After discarding his dream of becoming a professional skateboarder, Lund turned his attention to music and picked up the guitar at the age of 13. He founded a trio and played in local clubs. On a scholarship he attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he performed at Wally's Cafe. In 2002 a grant from the Fulbright foundation gave him the opportunity to move to New York City. In 2003 he entered the Juilliard School scholarship jazz program and graduated in 2005. He won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition in 2005.
He has performed at Smalls Jazz Club, Jazz Gallery, Blues Alley, Kennedy Center, and Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has worked with Seamus Blake, Ingrid Jensen, Carmen Lundy, Wynton Marsalis, Eric Revis, Ron Carter, Mulgrew Miller, and Maria Schneider.

Honors

As leader or co-leader

With Seamus Blake
With Jimmy Greene
With Jaleel Shaw
With Steinar Nickelsen including Ari Hoenig
With Jochen Rueckert
With David Sánchez
With Kendrick Scott Oracle