Background
Thowsen was born in Lillestrøm, and started his career in the early 1970s as a musician in Arild Andersen"s quartet, finding international success throughout the decade.
Thowsen was born in Lillestrøm, and started his career in the early 1970s as a musician in Arild Andersen"s quartet, finding international success throughout the decade.
In 1973 he collaborated for the first time with jazz guitarist Jon Eberson, a collaboration that has lasted throughout his career in various groups, and has recorded about ten albums with Ketil Bjørnstad.
He is known for his collaborations with a number of Norwegian and international jazz musicians, has also released several solo albums and received two Spellemannprisen awards. Thowsen, along with Jon Christensen, won the 1977 Spellmanprisen for jazz album for the album Number Time for Time, and the 1979 Spellmanprisen for jazz album for his album Surprise.
At the same time he was a member of the jazz rock band Moose Loose. Other musicians he has worked with include Radka Toneff, Terje Rypdal, Palle Mikkel Borg, Odd Riisnæs and Dag Arnesen and a member of the Jazzpunkensemblet, the Net, Halle / Eberson / Thowsen / Kjellemyr, Ole Paus and Finn Kalvik, Sinikka Langeland and Metropolitan.