Educated at Trondheim Conservatory of Music, department of jazz studies and graduated in 1984Has worked with musicians such as Chet Baker, Warne Marsh, Niels Henning Ørsted-Pedersen, Palle Danielsson, John Surman, Karin Krog, Knut Riisnæs and Jon Christensen. Performances on Jazzfesivals in Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, England, Estonia, China, Indonesia, India, Israel and Russia.
Recorded 6 albums as a leader, and has received the Norwegian ”Grammy” – Spellemannprisen twice.