Petter Wettre

Petter Wettre (2014)

Petter Wettre (* 11. August 1967 ) is a Norwegian jazz - saxophonist , bandleader and composer .

biography

Petter Wettre grew up in Sandefjord , first studied at the Toneheim folkehøgskole (1987), then at the Berklee College of Music in Boston in 1992, with Dave Liebman among others . He later established himself in Oslo's jazz scene, including with his own trio and quartet. In his formation The Trio he played from 1995 with the drummers Jarle Vespestad , Per Oddvar Johansen , Jon Christensen and the bassists Ingebrigt Håker Flaten , Arild Andersen and Per Zanussi .

The Petter Wettre Quartet made their record debut with the album Pig Virus in 1996, composed with pianist Håvard Wiik , bassist Terje Gewelt and drummer Per Oddvar Johansen. With Ingebrigt Flaten and Jarle Vespestad, the album Meet the Locals was created for the Resonant label in 1998 , which Richard Cook and Brian Morton considered to be one of the most exciting debut albums of these years in their recognition in The Penguin Guide to Jazz 2001. In the following album In Color (1999) Dave Liebman worked as a guest musician.

Wettre has also worked with numerous formations on the Oslo jazz scene such as Storeslem , Sandefjord Storband , the Oslo Groove Company and the Norske Store Orkester . He played on albums by Torbjørn Sunde ( Meridians , 1998), Frode Alnæs ( Frode , 1996) and the band Element ( Shaman , 1999).

Wettre also founded the record label Household Records in 2002 and has taught at the Oslo Conservatory of Music and the Agder Conservatory of Music.

His albums The Only Way to Travel (2000) and Fountain Of Youth (2007) were awarded the Spellemann Prize. According to Cook / Morton, Petter Wettre's style falls in the spectrum between post-bop and free forms of play, with echoes of Joe Henderson , John Coltrane and Tubby Hayes .

Discographic notes

• Petter Wettre Quartet, Pig Virus (Curling Legs, 1996) with Wiik, Gewelt, Johansen
• Meet the Locals (Resonant Music, 1998) with Flaten, Vespestad
• In Color (Resonant Music, 2000) with Liebman, Flaten, Vespestad
• The Only Way to Travel (2000) with Per Oddvar Johansen
• Tour de Force (2004) with Liebman, Flaten, Vespestad
• The Mystery Unfolds (BP Records, 2001) with Flaten / Vespestad
• Live at Copenhagen Jazzhouse (2003) with Anders Christensen , Mogensen
• Household Name (2003) with Wiik, Zanussi, Mogensen and Palle Pesonen
• Hallmark Moments (2004)
• State of the Art (2005) with quintet
• Paramount (2006) solo
• Fountain Of Youth

literature

• Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .

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Web links

• Petter Wettre website
• Notes on the album Pig virus in Norsk jazzarkiv
• Petter Wettre at Allmusic (English)
• Petter Wettre at Discogs (English)