Tord Gustavsen
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Background information | |
Born | Oslo, Norway | 5 October 1970
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, bandleader |
Instrument(s) | Piano |
Years active | 2003–present |
Labels | ECM |
Website | tordg |
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.
Early life
Gustavsen was born on 5 October 1970[1] in Oslo and raised in rural Hurdal, Akershus.[2] He "grew up playing church music".[3]
Later life and career
Gustavsen holds a bachelor's degree (mellomfag) in psychology at the
Between 2003 and 2007 The Tord Gustavsen Trio released three albums on ECM Records.[3] The trio 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.[3] The trio won the Nattjazz prize in 2005.
A later ensemble was composed of Gustavsen,
In addition, he has recorded as a
Gustavsen continues to be highly interested in psychology and has written a lengthy thesis on the paradoxes of improvisation, drawing on the dialectical psychological theory of Helm Stierlin and Anne-Lise Løvlie Schibbye.[10]
Honors
- 2005: Nattjazzprisen (for the Tord Gustavsen Trio)
- 2009: Spellemannprisen in the class Jazz (for the Tord Gustavsen Ensemble)
Discography
Albums
Year | Formation credited |
Album | Peak positions | ||
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NOR [11] |
FRA [12] |
GER | |||
2003 | Tord Gustavsen Trio | Changing Places | 32 | – | – |
2005 | The Ground | 1 | 141 | – | |
2007 | Being There | 3 | 144 | – | |
2009 | Tord Gustavsen Ensemble | Restored, Returned | 15 | – | – |
2012 | Tord Gustavsen Quartet | The Well | 4 | 194 | 100 |
2014 | Extended Circle | 24 | 103 | – | |
2016 | Tord Gustavsen with Simin Tander and Jarle Vespestad | What Was Said | 31[13] | – | 72 |
2018 | Tord Gustavsen Trio | The Other Side | 40 [14] |
– | 58 |
2022 | Opening | – | – | – |
Collaborations
- aire & angels duo with Siri Gjære
- aire & angels (1999)
- aire & angels II (2002)
- Nymark Collective
- First meeting (2000)
- Contemporary tradition (2002)
- Bessie Smith Revisited - Live in concert (2008) - with Kristin Asbjørnsen
- Port of Call (2000)
- At First Light (2001)
- Nightwatch (2003)
- The Essential + Live in Koln[DVD] (2005)
- SKRUK / Rim Banna Krybberom (2003)
- SKRUK / Torun Sævik / Cecilie Jørstad Sommerlandet (2004)
- SKRUK / Nymark Collective dype stille sterke milde (2006)
- SKRUK / Mahsa Vahdat I vinens Speil (2010)
- Indigodalen (Heilo, 2001)
- Improvisions (Park Grammofon, 2005)
- Love, The Blues (Park Grammofon, 2008)
- Other projects
- Whoopin (2001)
- Humans & Places (2006) with Ulrich Drechsler Quartet
- ID (2007) with Anna Maria Jopek
- Sorgen og gleden (2008) with various artists
- Natt i Betlehem (2008) with Solveig Slettahjell (Peaked in NOR: #32)
References
- ^ "Birthdays". The New York City Jazz Record (October 2014) p. 37.
- ^ "Tord Gustavsen er månedens musiker i november! - Victoria Nasjonal Jazzscene". Nasjonaljazzscene.no. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
- ^ a b c d e Conrad, Tom (February 2014) "Extended Circle – Tord Gustavsen Quartet (ECM)". The New York City Jazz Record. p. 25.
- ^ "Jazzlinja". NTNU.no. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-11-02.
- ^ "Tord Gustavsen Home Page". Tordg.no. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
- ^ Ross, Jon (May 2012) "Tord Gustavsen Quartet – The Well". Down Beat. p. 56.
- ^ a b [1] Archived 2013-02-22 at archive.today
- ^ "Biography - The Full Version". Tordg.no. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
- ^ Enright, Ed (September 2012) "Amazing Bass". Down Beat. p. 14.
- ^ "Tord Gustavsen - Dialectics of Improvisation" (PDF). Tordg.no. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
- ^ "Tord Gustavsen discography". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ "Tord Gustavsen discography". lescharts.com. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ "VG-lista - Topp 40 Album uke 5, 2016". Lista.vg.no. Archived from the original on 17 February 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
- ^ "VG-lista – Topp 40 Album uke 36, 2018". VG-lista. Retrieved 8 September 2018.