Kjetil Møster
Kjetil Traavik Møster (born June 17, 1976 in Bergen ) is a Norwegian jazz musician ( tenor saxophone , also accordion, cornet , bass) who played in different genres such as hardcore punk , Coltrane- inspired free jazz , electro rock and doom metal .
Live and act
Møster first learned the accordion as a child , and electric bass as a teenager in a trash / hardcore band. After switching to the saxophone, he discovered the music of John Coltrane, which led him to study jazz at the Trondheim Conservatory. From the 1990s he worked in the Norwegian jazz scene a. a. with the Bergen Big Band , Cosmolodic Orchestra, Crimetime Orchestra and Trondheim Jazz Orchestra . He also played in the formations MZN3, Reflections in Cosmo, The Core, The Indian Core, The Island Band, Trinity, Ultralyd and Zanussi Five around Per Zanussi . He released his debut solo album Blow Job in 2012, followed by Inner Earth (2014). In the field of jazz he was involved in 23 recording sessions between 1996 and 2018.
In 2006 Møster was recognized by the International Association for Jazz Education and the International Jazz Festivals Organization in the category Worlds Jazz Talent of the Year .
Discographic notes
- The Core: Vision (Jazzaway, 2004), with Erlend Slettevoll , Steinar Raknes , Espen Aalberg
- Brat: Please Don't Shoot (Moserobie, 2004), with Eirik Hegdal , Ole Morten Vagan , Ole Thomas Kolberg
- The Core: Blue Sky (Jazzaway, 2005), with Erlend Slettevoll, Nils-Olav Johansen , Steinar Raknes, Espen Aalberg
- Trinity: Breaking the Mold (Clean Feed, 2006), with Morten Qvenild , Ingebrigt Håker Flaten , Thomas Strønen
- Ultralyd: Conditions For a Piece of Music ( Rune Grammofon , 2008), with Anders Hana , Kjetil Brandsdal , Morten J. Olsen
- Kjetil Møster: Ju Meets Møster (Rerenoise, 2014), with Adam Meszaros , Erno Hock , Andras Halmos
- Reflections in Cosmo (Rarenoise, 2014), with Ståle Storløkken , Hans Magnus Ryan , Thomas Stronen
- Kjetil Møster / Per Zanussi / Kjell Nordeson : MZN3 (Jazzaway, 2006)
- Joshua Abrams / John Herndon / Kjetil Møster / Jeff Parker : Ran Do ( Clean Feed Records , 2018)
- Møster / Edwards / Knedal Andersen: Different Shapes / Immersion (Va Fongool, 2018)
- Møster! States of Minds (Hubro, 2018)
- The End Svårmod Och Vemod Är Värdesinnen (RareNoiseRecords, 2018)
Web links
- Web presence
- Detailed portrait at jazzbasen.no (Norwegian)
- Kjetil Møster at Allmusic (English)
- Kjetil MOSTER at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Review of the album Blow Job . Nordic Music, accessed January 21, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Kjetil Møster. Plus 3b, accessed January 21, 2018 .
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed January 22, 2018)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Møster, Kjetil |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Møster, Kjetil Traavik |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th June 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mountains |