Nils Petter Molvær

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Nils Petter Molvær
future jazz, jazz fusion, electronica
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
Instrument(s)Trumpet
LabelsECM
Websitenilspettermolvaer.com
Norway 2020
Photo Hreinn Gudlaugsson
Molvær in Neuwied, Germany, 2011

Nils Petter Molvær (Norwegian pronunciation:

future jazz, a genre that fuses jazz and electronic music, best showcased on his most commercially successful album, Khmer.[1]

Biography

Molvær was born and raised on the island of

ECM. He has recorded several albums since, and has also produced film and theater music.[4][5]

He often works with guitarist Eivind Aarset. He has also played with Tabla Beat Science, created by Zakir Hussain and Bill Laswell.[6]

Honors

  • 1996:
    Kongsberg Jazz Award
  • 1997: Spellemannprisen in the Open class
  • 1998:
    Gammleng-prisen
    in the class Jazz
  • 1996:
    Kongsberg Jazz Award
  • 2000: Spellemannprisen in the Open class
  • 2003: Buddyprisen
  • 2005: Spellemannprisen in the Open class

Discography

In Masqualero

  • 1983: Masqualero
  • 1985: Bande À Part[7]
  • 1987: Aero
  • 1990: Re-Enter

Solo

  • 1997: Khmer
  • 1998: Khmer: The Remixes (promo only)
  • 1998: Ligotage (EP)
  • 2000: Solid Ether (feat. Sidsel Endresen and others)
  • 2001: Recoloured (remixes)
  • 2002: NP3
  • 2004: Streamer (2002, live)
  • 2005: Er [8]
  • 2005: Edy (soundtrack to the film by Guérin-Tillié)
  • 2005: Remakes (remixes)
  • 2005: An American Compilation (compilation)
  • 2008: Re-Vision (OST outtakes merged into an album) [9]
  • 2009: Hamada [10]
  • 2011: Baboon Moon
  • 2014: Switch
  • 2016: Buoyancy
  • 2021: Stitches

Collaborations

As featured artist

Also appears on

  • Beginner's Guide to Scandinavia (3CD, Nascente 2011)

References

  1. ^ Genzel, Christian. "Khmer: Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-12-16.
  2. ^ "Jazzlinja NRNU.no". NTNU.no. Retrieved 2012-11-14.
  3. ^ Geoff Dyer in The Observer
  4. Norsk Biografisk Leksikon
    . Kunnskapsforlaget.
  5. ^ "Molvær, Nils Petter". Norsk Musikkinformasjon.
  6. ^ "Molvær, Nils Petter". Norsk Musikkinformasjon.
  7. ^ Also listed as Bande à Part and Bande à part.
  8. ^ The title is er, the common suffix for the names of the tracks ("Hover", "Softer", "Dancer", etc.) and their author.
  9. ^ Re-Vision press release Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "Hamada info". Archived from the original on 2017-05-07. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
  11. ^ "Marilyn Mazur's Future Song – Small Labyrinths". Discogs. 1997. Retrieved 5 Jul 2018.

External links

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Awards
Preceded by
First award in 1996
 Recipient of the
Kongsberg Jazz Award

1996 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Recipient of the Open class Spellemannprisen
1997 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Recipient of the Jazz
Gammleng-prisen

1998 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Recipient of the Open class Spellemannprisen
2000 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Recipient of the Buddyprisen
2003 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Recipient of the Open class Spellemannprisen
2005 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Recipient of the «Open class» Edvardprisen
2010 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Recipient of the Jazz Spellemannprisen
2016 		Succeeded by


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