title: Puma (band)
text: # Puma (band)
  
  Puma (established 2005 in Trondheim, Norway) is an experimental jazz band.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Puma's music is described as energetic and intense, and they have played a variety of concerts internationally and in Norway. They have been held up as one of the greatest talents in the new Norwegian improvised music.
  
  In 2007 Puma began a collaboration with sound artist Lasse Marhaug, for the celebration of Grieg anniversary 07.
  
  ## Band members
  
  * Stian Westerhus (guitar)
  * Gard Nilssen (drums)
  * Øystein Moen (keyboards)
  
  ## Honors
  
  * 2006: Puma was awarded Årets unge jazzmusikere, by Rikskonsertene and Norsk Jazzforum
  * 2006: Finalist in the Young Nordic Jazz Comets, held in Reykjavík on Island
  
  ## Discography
  
  * 2007: Isolationism (Bolage Records)
  * 2008: Discotheque Bitpunching (Bolage Records)
  * 2009: Fist Full of Knuckles (Knuckleman Records), with Lasse Marhaug
  * 2010: Half Nelson Courtship (Rune Grammofon)
  