Einar Iversen

Iversen was raised in Oslo where he studied classical piano under Inge Rolf Ringnes, Artur Schnabel and Finn Mortensen, and quickly established himself at the Oslo jazz scene (1949). He released his first album with Rowland Greenberg's orchestra (1953), and became one of the most respected Norwegian jazz musicians, awarded Buddyprisen (1958). "Ponca Jazz Records" 2005), containing Jazz standards. On "Gemini Records" he released the album Jazz på norsk (1990), Who can I turn to (1991), Portrait of a norwegian jazz artist – Einar Iversen (2001), and Seaview ("Hazel Records", 2001) With Tine Asmundsen (bass) and Svein Christiansen (drums). Iversen's recent works have been published in Twelve compositions ("Norsk jazzforlag", 2005). == Honors ==

• Buddyprisen 1958 • Knight of First Class of the Order of the St. Olavs • Gammleng-prisen in the class Veterans in 1997 == Compositions ==

• Twelve Compositions, music by Einar Iversen, ISMN M-706695-05-1 == Selected discography ==

Solo albums • 1967: Me and my piano (Ponca Jazz Records, 2005), "E. I. Trio" including Tor Hauge & Jon Christensen • 2001: Seaview (Hazel Records), trio" including Tine Asmundsen & Svein Christiansen • 2001: Einar Iversen == Collaborative works ==

• 2007 About Time (Hazel Jazz HJ4), with Lill Holen == References ==