Njål Ølnes

Norway °1965
research interests: improvisasjon, aural sonology, Interplay, ensemble playing, jazz
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Njål Ølnes is a norwegian saxophone player, composer, jazz educator, researcher and currently living at Nesodden, nearby Oslo. 

Ølnes har performed with the band Dingobats, African Pepperbirds, Decoy, Gibrish, Trondheim Jazz Orchestra and recent BMX and BmXL. 

Ølnes holds a PhD from Norwegian Academy of Music, with the dissertation From Small Signs to Great Form - Analysis of the musical interplay in free improvisation, using the tools of Aural Sonology. (2016)  

From 2016-2020 Ølnes was Post doctor at the Jazz Department of NTNU-Trondheim. 

Currently he is working as a professor in the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Professor II in Artistic Research at NLA University College and teaching ensembles at the jazz program at NTNU, Trondheim and at the Folk Music program at NMH (Norwegian Academy of Music).

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