Kåre Garnes (born 8 November 1954 in Bergen, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (upright bass), known for his collaborations with Bergen jazz legends like Dag Arnesen, Knut Kristiansen, Per Jørgensen, Olav Dale and Ole Thomsen, and in a series of Norwegian jazz bands.
Career From the mid-1970s he was a central figure on the Bergen jazz scene, and participated such within orchestras like Knut Kristiansen/Per Jørgensen Quintet 1979–80, Ny Bris and Steam 1980–83. He moved to Oslo in 1983, and there he collaborated with musicians such as Odd Riisnæs, Bjarne Nerem, Laila Dalseth and Per Husby.
In 2010–12 he has performed a series of gigs at Oslo jazz clubs with his own K. G. Trio including Svein Christiansen (drums) and Håkon Storm-Mathisen (guitar), and in the quintet "Changes" including Tom Olstad, Nils Jansen and Rune Klakegg.
Discography
With Dag Arnesen 1982: Ny Bris (Odin Records), including Frank Jakobsen, Olav Dale, Ole Thomsen and Per Jørgensen
With Eli Storbekken 1989: Glimt (Hot Club Records)
With Bjarne Nerem 1987: More Than You Know (Gemini Records) 1988: Mood Indigo (Gemini Records) 2006: Embraceable You (Gemini Records), compilation
With Odd Riisnæs 1988: Speak Low (Taurus Records) 1990: Thoughts (Taurus Records)
With Nora Brockstedt 1990: Hilsen Nora (Benoni Records)
With Knut Kristiansen 1995: Monk Moods (Odin Records)
With Totti Bergh 1996: Warm Valley (Gemini Records)
With Vidar Johansen Trio 1997: Lopsided (Curling Legs)
Trio including Harald Gundhus and Tom Olstad 1999: Don't Drop the Bop (Gemini Records)
With Tom Olstad 2007: Changes – For Mingus (Ponca Jazz)
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