Frode Gjerstad
Frode Gjerstad (born March 24, 1948 in Stavanger ) is a Norwegian alto saxophonist , flautist and clarinetist of free jazz and creative jazz .
Live and act
Gjerstad played in the 1980s with John Stevens and Johnny Dyani in the formation Detail , in which the pianist Eivin One Pedersen also initially participated. In 1985 he founded his large-format Circulasione Totale Orchestra in Stavanger, with which he recorded the album "Dancemble" in 1989 (and in which musicians such as Louis Moholo , Bobby Bradford and Sabir Mateen appeared in 2008 ). In 1998 the album "Borealis" was created. In addition, Gjerstad works with changing groups in the United States and Europe and has worked on record projects with musicians such as Peter Brötzmann , Evan Parker , Derek Bailey , Bjørn Kjellemyr , Terje Isungset and William Parker . With the drummer Paal Nilssen-Love and the bassist Øyvind Storesund he formed the Frode Gjerstad Trio in 1999, with whom he has recorded five albums so far. In 2011 he worked with his formation Circulasione Totale Orchestra ( PhilaOslo ).
In 2008 he was awarded the Buddy Prize, Norway's most important jazz prize.
Selection discography
- Hello, Goodybe (Emanem, 1992)
- Seeing New York from the Ear ( Cadence , 1996) with Hamid Drake , William Parker
- Ultima (Cadence, 1997)
- Ivisible Touch (Cadence, 1998) Duo with P. Brötzmann
- The Blessing Light (Cadence, 2000)
- Steam in the Casa (PNL, 2016), with Jon Rune Strøm , Paal Nilssen-Love
- Hasselt ( Not Two , 2006, ed. 2017), with Paal Nilssen-Love , Peter Fris-Nielsen , Sabir Mateen
- Nearby Faraway (PNL Records, 2017), with Paal Nilssen-Love
- Bob Stop (Clean Feed, 2018)
- Moons of Saturn (Dimensional, 2018), with Itzam Cano , Gabriel Lauber
- Borah Bergman / Frode Gjerstad NY -95 (Circulasione Totale, ed. 2019)
- Frode Gjerstad, Hamid Drake , William Parker : In memory of Lester Bowie (2019)
Web links
- Web presence
- Biography of the Norsk Jazzarkiv
- Frode Gjerstad Trio
- Frode Gjerstad at Allmusic (English)
literature
- Bielefeld catalog jazz . 2001.
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gjerstad, Frode |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian jazz clarinetist and saxophonist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 24, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stavanger |