Tord Gustavsen

Gustavsen was born on 5 October 1970 in Oslo and raised in rural Hurdal, Akershus. He "grew up playing church music". ==Later life and career==

Gustavsen holds a bachelor's degree (mellomfag) in psychology at the University of Oslo, before he attended the Trondheim Musikkonsevatorium for a three years study of jazz (1993–96). Thereafter he became a graduate (Cand.philol.) of musicology at the University of Oslo, where he was guest teacher of jazz piano and theory (1998–2002). and Jarle Vespestad at Vossajazz 2016. Between 2003 and 2007 The Tord Gustavsen Trio released three albums on ECM Records. 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. The album was awarded with Spellemannsprisen (the Norwegian Grammy). The quartet's follow-up, The Well, was released in 2012. The quartet album Extended Circle two years later "reveals a new edginess and dynamic impact that the quartet brings to Gustavsen's music." ==Honors==

• 2005: Nattjazzprisen (for the Tord Gustavsen Trio) • 2009: Spellemannprisen in the class Jazz (for the Tord Gustavsen Ensemble) ==Discography==

Albums 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 ;Silje Nergaard • Port of Call (2000) • At First Light (2001) • Nightwatch (2003) • The Essential + Live in Koln[DVD] (2005) ;SKRUK • 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) ;Carl Petter Opsahl • 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: No. 32) ==References==