Tord Gustavsen Trio - Minneapolis (2005)

Cedar Cultural Center

Minneapolis, MN

April 29, 2005

Tord Gustavsen - piano

Harald Johnsen - bass

Jarle Vespestad - drums

11 tr.

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Tord Gustavsen - Hymns & Visions Live In Loccum (2015)

Norwegian jazz pioneer Tord Gustavsen is back with a new project "Hymns & Visions" which features Afghan-German vocalist Simin Tander and long-standing partner Jarle Vespestad on drums. For his upcoming album on ECM, Tord Gustavsen turns his attention to interpretations of ancient Norwegian hymns. These tunes are, for him, his original and deepest ‘standards’ as a jazz musician, and the process was initiated by the inclusion of the hauntingly powerful version of "Eg veit i himmerik ei borg" (A Castle in Heaven) on his latest quartet release Extended Circle.

Hymns and Visions on Tour

Klosterkirche

Loccum, Germany

September 4, 2015

Tord Gustavsen - piano

Simin Tander - vocals

Jarle Vesperstad - drums

5 tr.

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Tord Gustavsen Ensemble - La Roque d'Antheron, France (2011)

Festival International de Piano

La Roque d'Antheron

Rognes, France

Jul 27, 2011

THE WELL tour

Tord Gustavsen  - piano    

Tore Brunborg  - tenor sax

Mats Eilertsen  - bass  

Jarle Vespestad  - drums

8 tr.

65:48

ARTE TV Broadcast

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Tord Gustavsen Trio - San Javier Spain (2006)

BEING THERE tour

Festival de Jazz San Javier

Auditorio Parque Almansa

Murcia, Spain

June 30, 2006

Tord Gustavsen  - piano    

Harald Johnsen  - bass    

Jarle Vespestad  - drums 

8 tr.

59:49

RNE Radio 3

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Tord Gustavsen Quartet - Hamburg (2014)

Rolf-Liebermann-Studio

Hamburg, Germany

05.june 2014

Tord Gustavsen - piano

Tore Brunborg - sax

Mats Eilertsen - bass

Jarle Vespestad - drums

10 tr.

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Tord Gustavsen & Jarle Vespestad - At The Sunside, Paris (2014)

A mille lieues du swing, du bop, du free ou de la fusion, il existe, quelque part dans le nord de l’Europe un jazz plus doux, plus mélancolique, plus lyrique. Ce jazz, c’est le pianiste norvégien Tord Gustavsen, qui le porte et ce depuis trois albums déjà.  À l’instar d’Esbjorn Svensson Trio, Nils Petter Molvaer ou encore Jan Garbarek, Tord Gustavsen reste aujourd’hui l’un des meilleurs ambassadeurs du jazz scandinave, le jazz venu du froid comme aiment à répéter les critiques ! La musique de Tord Gustavsen est aérienne, sensuelle, suave, douce, mélancolique, un rien romantique. Un orfèvre du piano rare des scènes parisiennes. A ne manquer sous aucun prétexte. 

Sunside

Paris, France

Second Set

27.06.2014

Tord Gustavsen - piano

Jarle Vespestad - drums

9 tr.

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Tord Gustavsen / Ulrich Drechsler - Duet Beyond Words (2013)

Ulrich Drechsler (bass clarinet) 

Tord Gustavsen (piano) 

Recorded by ORF @ Musikverein 

Gläserner Saal, Vienna (Austria), November 4, 2013

16 tr.

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Tord Gustavsen Quartet - Extended Circle (2014)

For Norwegian pianist Tord Gustavsen, the title of his sixth album for ECM has a programmatic significance. Extended Circle refers, he says, to the completion of a “double circle” of trilogies: the first with the trio heard on Changing Places, The Ground and Being There, and the second with the quartet (formed inside the expanded ensemble of Restored, Returned in 2009 and then documented on The Well in 2012). Extended Circle incorporates tunes inspired by chorales and spirituals. These were developed collectively and gradually integrated into the repertoire as the group toured in the wake of The Well. “The new album title also refers to the view of things not being linear,” says Gustavsen. “The modernistic notion of linear progress is dead... But still we want to move in creative circles or spirals, coming back to musical and spiritual issues from ever-new angles, developing the musical approach or ideology with – hopefully – a deeper insight, a deeper set of experiences and skills.”

Tord Gustavsen (piano) 

Tore Brunborg (tenor saxophone) 

Mats Eilertsen (double bass) 

Jarle Vespestad (drums)

12 tr.

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Tord Gustavsen Trio – Jazz Baltica Festival, Germany (2006)

Tord Gustavsen piano

Harald Johnsen double-bass

Jarle Vespestad drums

Live at Jazz Baltica Festival, Kiel, Germany, July 2, 2006

 6 tr.

67:43

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Tord Gustavsen Trio In Montreal (2003)

Montréal Festival de Jazz

Canada

2003-06-27

(june 27th, 2003)

Tord Gustavsen - piano    

Harald Johnsen  - ac. bass    

Jarle Vespestad - drums 

6 tr.

FM broadcast

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Ulrich Drechsler Quartet Feat. Tord Gustavsen - Humans & Places (2006)

Humans & Places follows Drechsler's loving tribute to Thelonious Monk on the 2004 disc The Monk In All Of Us, where his bass clarinet conjured the spirit of Eric Dolphy. On this quartet recording his music directs itself more towards Bill Evans than Dolphy. Perhaps the influence of Norwegian pianist Tord Gustavsen is what imparts this music with the stark emotions you would expect from Manfred Eicher's ECM sessions.

Gustavsen has now gained international recognition for his two ECM releases, Changing Places (2003) and The Ground (2005). His economy of playing, a kind of "less is more style, influences Drechsler's compositions and approach. Or probably it is more correct to state these two kindred spirits embody this sparse and beautiful presentation naturally.

Ulrich Drechsler: bass clarinet; 

Tord Gustavsen: piano; 

Oliver Steger: bass; 

Jorg Mikula: drums; 

Peter Ponger: piano.

11 tr.

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Tord Gustavsen Ensemble - Cheltenham Festival (2011)

Cheltenham Festival

23rd May 2011

Norwegian pianist Tord Gustavsen and his Ensemble at the Cheltenham Festival, including specially commissioned music for the occasion. Gustavsen has been at the forefront of the Scandinavian jazz scene for the last decade, developing with his trio a lyrical, often sparse sound that draws on their Nordic heritage as well as cool jazz, blues and gospel.

Tord Gustavsen (piano)

Tore Brunborg (tenor and soprano saxophones)

Mats Eilertsen (double bass)

Jarle Vespestad (drums)

7 tr.

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Tord Gustavsen Trio - Silence Way (2009)

Before he started his trio, Norwegian pianist Tord Gustavsen, born 5 October 1970 in Oslo, Norway, was already very much involved in his country's jazz scene. Contributions to releases by groups like the Silje Nergaard Band, the Ulrich Drechsler Quartet, and others had already helped to establish him as one of Norway's top players. In 2003, signed to ECM, Gustavsen, along with drummer Jarle Vespestad and bassist Harald Johnsen, released Changing Places, which was followed in 2005 with Ground. Two years later, Being There, what Gustavsen called the completion of the trilogy, hit shelves. In 2010, Gustavsen delivered Restored, Returned on ECM, featuring vocalist Kristin Asbjørnsen. (Marisa Brown)

Altes Pfandhaus,

Köln, Germany,

2009-November-24

Tord Gustavsen, piano

Harald Johnsen, bass

Jarle Vespestad, drums

11 tr. 

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