Bent Patey

Bent Patey

Background information
Born	(1952-06-12) 12 June 1952 (age 72) Oslo
Origin	English
Genres	Blues Jazz fusion
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer, writer
Instrument(s)	Guitar
Years active	1970 - present
Labels	EMI Records Sonet Records Polygram Records

Musical artist

Bent Patey (born 12 June 1952 in Oslo, Norway) is an English-Norwegian guitarist, composer and writer.^[1] He grew out of the environment around Club 7, and with a background in groups like Bazar, Susanne Fuhr Band, Lotus and Bryggerigangen Bluesband.^[2]

Biography

Patey has contributed on more than 40 albums. In the 1980s he toured Norway with his own band PATEYs PIPE. Together with the keyboarder Brynjulf Blix, bassist Geir Holmsen and drummer Bjørn Jenssen as the first lineup. Later many other renown Norwegian artists have been on the list.^[2]

Discography (in selection)

Solo albums

1982: Ocean Front Walk (EMI), nominated for the Spellemannprisen as this years composer,^[3] including with Sidsel Endresen, Lynni Treekrem, Sigurd Køhn, Morten Halle, Torbjørn Sunde, Jon Christensen

Collaborations

With Bazar

1974: Drabantbyrock (Plateselskapet Mai)

With Bryggerigangen Bluesband

1979: Blått Brygg (Plateselskapet Mai)

With Bang 85

1985: The Further You Go (Spider Records), with Håkon Iversen, Brynjulf Blix, Øivind Madsen, Paolo Vinaccia among others

References

^ "Bent Patey - Gitarist, Komponist" (in Norwegian). MIC.no. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
^ ^a ^b "PATEYs PIPE" (in Norwegian). Blixmusic.com. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
^ Olavsen, Espen (2008-12-25). "Urban blues på nyåret" (in Norwegian). AMTA.no. Retrieved 2015-11-08.