Tord Gustavsen (born 5 October 1970) is a Norwegian jazz pianist and composer. He tours extensively worldwide, and he has been a bandleader for a trio, ensemble and quartet at various times, all bearing his name.
6-599: The Ground is an album by the Tord Gustavsen Trio, with bassist Harald Johnsen and drummer Jarle Vespestad , recorded in January 2004 and released by ECM in January the following year. The Guardian reviewer Stuart Nicholson , who awarded the album 5 stars, stated, "Melancholia is marvellous—and quiet." The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 3½ stars, stating, "Gustavsen, while playing laid-back, pristine, pretty, and serene music,
12-627: A bachelor's degree (mellomfag) in psychology at the University of Oslo , before he attended the Trondheim Musikkonsevatorium for a three years study of jazz (1993–96). Thereafter he became a graduate ( Cand.philol. ) of musicology at the University of Oslo, where he was guest teacher of jazz piano and theory (1998–2002). Between 2003 and 2007 The Tord Gustavsen Trio released three albums on ECM Records . The trio
18-577: A new edginess and dynamic impact that the quartet brings to Gustavsen's music." In addition, he has recorded as a session musician , and guested on friends' albums. Collaborative projects have included Norwegian jazz vocalist and songwriter Silje Nergaard , musician Carl Petter Opsahl, actress Cecilie Jørstad and drummer Rune Arnesen, duo aire & angels and jazz vocalist Siri Gjære . He also took part in Nymark Collective established by Kåre Nymark . Since 2014 Gustavsen has collaborated with
24-552: Is far from challenging convention or pushing the envelope. Conversely, his personal voice is fully realized. Time will tell whether this style finds a worldwide audience, moves away from this type of contemporary texture music, or takes the approach he has established to any more extreme measures, even softer or more forceful." Tord Gustavsen Gustavsen was born on 5 October 1970 in Oslo and raised in rural Hurdal , Akershus . He "grew up playing church music". Gustavsen holds
30-555: The album Restored, Returned was recorded in 2009. The album was awarded with Spellemannsprisen (the Norwegian Grammy). The quartet's follow-up, The Well , was released in 2012. That year, Gustavsen played over four days at the Montreal Jazz Festival : with the quartet, as a solo pianist and in a duo with vocalist Solveig Slettahjell. The quartet album Extended Circle two years later "reveals
36-603: Was made up of Gustavsen on piano, Harald Johnsen on double bass and Jarle Vespestad on drums. The albums "contained rapt, pristine, meditative music, which resonated with the inner needs of a large, discriminating audience": combined sales exceeded 100,000. The trio won the Nattjazz prize in 2005. A later ensemble was composed of Gustavsen, Tore Brunborg (saxophones), Mats Eilertsen (bass) and Vespestad (drums). With vocalist Kristin Asbjørnsen added for some tracks,
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