Jon Eberson
Jon Eberson | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Jon Arild Eberson |
Born | Oslo, Norway | 6 January 1953
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Guitar |
Website | jonebersongroup |
Jon Arild Eberson (born 6 January 1953) is a Norwegian
Career
Eberson had his debut recording as a guitarist on Ketil Bjørnstad's debut album Åpning (1972). In 1980 he formed the Jon Eberson Group, supported by vocalist and lyricist Sidsel Endresen. The group attracted attention with Jive Talking (1981), which was awarded the Spellemannprisen, and City Visions (1984), but disbanded in 1986. The following year he released the Eberson Pigs and Poetry with Endresen, and he has continued to be noticed in a variety of contexts like the Jazzpunkensemblet.[1][2]
He released the album Dreams That Went Astray (2001), closely followed by the album Jazz for Men, with bassist Carl Morten Iversen, and the album Mind the Gap, with bassist Bjørnar Andresen and drummer Paal Nilssen-Love. Eberson, who is Associate Professor of guitar at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, was awarded the Norwegian Buddy Prize for 2001.[1][2]
In 2006 he collaborated with Per Zanussi and Torstein Lofthus on the album Bring It On.[3]
In 2013 he celebrated his sixtieth anniversary with a performance at the
Awards and honors
- Spellemannprisen for the album Jive Talking, with Sidsel Endresen, category jazz rock, 1981
- Buddyprisen, 2001
Discography
- Thirteen Rounds (Curling Legs, 1997)
- Mind the Gap (Curling Legs, 2001)
- Jazz for Men (Curling Legs, 2001)
- Standards with Carl Morten Iversen (Curling Legs, 2003)
- Bring It On (Jazzaway, 2006)
- Empathy with Marte Maaland Eberson (Jazzland, 2018)
References
- ^ Norsk Biografisk Leksikon(in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2012-11-14.
- ^ a b "Jon Eberson Biography". Cosmopolite.no.
- ^ "Gode trioer, ujevn hyllest", Dagbladet, 27 September 2006. Retrieved 30 September 2018
- ^ Wicklund, Erling (2013-08-20). "Ebers holder koken: 70-talls funken lever - det sørger gitarist Jon Eberson for!" (in Norwegian). NRK Jazz. Retrieved 2013-10-09.
External links
- Jon Eberson Biography by Johs Bergh on Store Norske Leksikon(in Norwegian)