As leader:
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Formo Tre & Metall Amor & Labor particular recordings 2013
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Daniel Formo (Hammond B3 organ)
Eirik Hegdal (melody sax/clarinet/bass clarinet)
Mattias Ståhl (vibraphone)
Erik Nylander (drums)
reviews:
Listed on Europe Jazz Media Chart for october
AllAboutJazz.com: “Formo Tre & Metall is an excellent quartet with a bold vision.”
Adresseavisen: “He plays B3 with such scope and melodic sensibility it is a joy to listen to”.
Bergens Tidende: “vital and engaging drive of improvisation” by “a strong and highly original band.”
Side2.no: “Formo has created a band and a sound unlike anything else on the musical horizon”
Dagsavisen: “Det er ei sprudlande oppkome av eit album”
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Daniel Formo At Large – a Hammond monologue particular recordings 2013
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Daniel Formo (solo Hammond B3 organ)
reviews:
Bergens Tidende: “This is electroacoustic contemporary improvisation rich in ideas”;
bitaites.org: “Hammond B3 is a greater benefit to mankind than were penicillin, air conditioning and microwave. Daniel confirms this with absolute distinction”
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Daniel Formo & Nils Henrik Asheim Organ Point – Hammond dialogues vol I particular recordings 2013
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Daniel Formo (Hammond organ)
Nils Henrik Asheim (church organ)
Svenska Dagbladet: “in the dynamic duo (…) they make the sounds both sparkle and shine mightily”
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Formo, Skaslien, Grenager & Duch Twined – Hammond dialogues vol II particular recordings 2013
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Daniel Formo (Hammond organ)
Bergmund Skaslien (viola)
Lene Grenager (cello)
Michael Duch (double bass)
reviews:
allaboutjazz.com: “The quartet becomes (…) a free improvised unit of the best kind, formulating captivating, rich language and almost telepathic interplay”
As a sideman / collaborations:
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Eirik Hegdal / Matt Burt Arrival Hall Crispin Glover Records 2018 |
Dog & Sky and Alpaca Ensemble:
Daniel Formo, – hammond organ
Bergmund Skaslien – viola
Ole Jørgen Melhus – trombone
Vigdis Sjelmo – drums
Truls Lorentzen – guitar
Michael Francis Duch -bass
Tor Andreas Haugerud – drums
Else Bø -piano
Stikkan Aarskog – clarinett
Sigrid Stang – violin
Marianne Baudouin Lie – cello
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Nypan Trio Life of Three particular recordings 2018
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Øyvind Nypan (guitar)
Daniel Formo (Hammond B3 organ)
Truls Rønning (drums)
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Ola Kvernberg Steamdome Grappa 2017
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Ola Kvernberg (Violin, Guitar, Percussion, Organ)
Øyvind Blomstrøm (Guitar, slide guitar)
Daniel Formo (Hammond organ)
Nikolai Hængsle (Bass)
Børge Fjordheim (drums)
Erik Nylander (drums)
Hans Hulbækmo (drums)
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Nypan Trio Directions Nypan Music 2015 |
Øyvind Nypan (guitar)
Daniel Formo (Hammond B3 organ)
Truls Rønning (drums)
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Kobert – off the hook øra fonogram 2011 |
Ingrid Lode (voc)
Daniel Formo (keyb)
Erik Nylander (dr, gt)
reviews: nettavisen • dagsavisen
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Solid! & Seamus Blake – visitor parallell records 2011 |
Seamus Blake (sax)
Bjørn Vidar Solli (gt)
Daniel Formo (org)
Håkon Mjåset Johansen (dr)
reviews: tokyo jazznotes • geiger.dk • jazznyt • dagbladet.no • dagsavisen.no • panorama.no • nettavisen
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Kobert – invasion of privacy impeller recordings 2009 |
Ingrid Lode (voc)
Daniel Formo (keyb)
Erik Nylander (dr)
featuring Andreas Elvenes (voc)
reviews:
Dagsavisen: “Saft suse! … this is the real thing”
Jazznytt: “This CD is a must”
Adresseavisen: “En humørpille av et album”
itsatrap.com: ”What sounds simple is anything but”
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Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Kobert mnjrec 2009 |
Ingrid Lode (voc), Heidi Skjerve (voc), Anita Kaasbøll (voc/electronics), Sissel Vera Pettersen (voc/sop.sax.), Espen Reinertsen (ten.sax/b.clar), Eirik Hegdal (sopranino/bari.sax), Eivind Lønning (tpt), Hayden Powell (tpt), Erik Johannesen (tbn), Lene Grenager (cello), Marianne Baudouin Lie (cello), Daniel Formo (org), Petter Vågan (guit), Øyvind Brandtsegg (vib/electronics), Erik Nylander (drums), and Helge Norbakken (perc)
reviews:
“Sounds almost like music from another planet” –Dagsavisen
“Snikende, nydelige melodilinjer som setter seg i systemet, en nesten overjordisk luftighet i lydbildet og en grunnstemning preget av undring stilt overfor de virkelig store spørsmålene”. –Adresseavisen
“vellykket nyinnspilling!” –Dagbladet
“musikk som vil leve lenge” –nettavisen.no
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Midtnorsk Ungdomsstorband – live at Dokkhuset
mnjrec 2009
Music composed and conducted by Daniel Formo and Hayden Powell
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Solid – happy accidents aim records 2008 |
Bjørn Vidar Solli (gt)
Daniel Formo (org)
Håkon Mjåset Johansen (dr)
reviews:
Dagbladet: “Triospill med kontroll og autoritet” (5)
Aftenposten: “bærer et solid preg av umiddelbarhet og spilleglede” (5)
Dagsavisen: “Eit nytt album med forrykande moderne jazz frå Solid!”
Adresseavisen: “Solid! skuffer ikke” (5)
Bergens Tidende: “lavmælte improvisasjoner og tett samspill” (5)
Varden: “Lekende og utfordrende” (5)
Telemarksavisa: “Super-solid!” (konsert: 6)
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Kobert – glowing norcd 2006 |
Ingrid Lode (voc)
Daniel Formo (keyb)
Erik Nylander (dr)
reviews:
“Debut med særpreg” –adresseavisen
“Nobody else sounds like Kobert” –puls.no
“The freshness and playfulness is obvious.” –Bergens Tidene
“Völlig anders diese Musik … sehr fragil-reduzierten, aber komplett konzentriert-kraftvollen” –ters.org
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Solid jazzaway 2005 |
Bjørn Vidar Solli (gt)
Daniel Formo (org)
Truls Rønning (dr)
reviews:
dagbladet: “A great record from a trio […] that have made themself respected” (5)
puls.no: “Challenging, smiling and virtuosic”
dagsavisen: “A classical trio setting with a wicked swing”
groove.no: «SOLID! has a personality that is boiling with playfulness”
TA: “This record commands respect” (5)
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