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Born: 1952 in Norway Genre: Jazz Styles: Classical, Folk Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Post-Bop Instruments: Piano
Although not too well-known in the United States, Ketil Bjornstad has been active in improvised jazz-oriented music for 30 years. Classically trained (studying in Oslo, London and Paris), Bjornstad performed as a soloist with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra in 1969. However when he heard Miles Davis' In A Silent Way, the pianist decided to switch careers and head towards jazz. In 1973 he led his first session (a quartet outing with Jon Christensen and Arild Andersen) which was one of several that he would cut for Philips. Bjornstad's spacey piano playing (icy cool but full of inner heat) was a natural to be featured on ECM yet surprisingly he would not debut for that label for two more decades. In the meantime he appeared on thirty recordings which ranged from borderline New Age to rock, and he also wrote 18 books (including 14 novels) in Norway. Finally in 1993 Ketil Bjornstad recorded Water Stories (a 12-piece work) for ECM, featuring a quartet that co-stars guitarist Terje Rypdal.
- Scott Yanow (All Music Guide)
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Ketil Bjornstad is a unique figure in the arts in Norway, recognized not only as a composer/pianist but also as a writer. He has published some 25 books, mainly novels, collections of poetry and essays. His history as a musician is also unorthodox: Classically trained, he made his debut in 1969 at the age of 17 as a soloist, playing Bartok's Piano Concerto No. 3. In the same year he changed his musical priorities and left the classical world behind him. Concentrating on improvised/experimental music, Bjornstad set up his own group and recorded his first album in 1973 with Arild Andersen and Jon Christensen. Since then he has recorded over 40 albums, many of them for ECM, making an important contribution to the rise of Scandinavian Jazz. Apart from writing music for films (amongst them Jean-Luc Godard's 'Forever Mozart') he has been playing all over the world as a solo performer and with musicians such as Terje Ripdal, Jon Christensen and David Darling.
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CD коллекции, связанные с исполнителем: |
как основной исполнитель ... |
Ketil Bjornstad - 'Before The Light' - 2002, November Music |
Ketil Bjornstad - 'Devotions' - 2006, EmArcy |
Ketil Bjornstad - 'Epigraphs' - 2000, ECM |
Ketil Bjornstad - 'Floating' - 2005, EmArcy |
Ketil Bjornstad - 'Grace' - 2001, EmArcy, Universal Norway |
Ketil Bjornstad - 'Life In Leipzig' - 2008, ECM |
Ketil Bjornstad - 'New Life' - 2002, EmArcy |
Ketil Bjornstad - 'Night Song' - 2011, ECM |
Ketil Bjornstad - 'Remembrance' - 2010, ECM |
Ketil Bjornstad - 'Seafarer's Song' - 2004, Universal Int., EmArcy |
Ketil Bjornstad - 'The Bach Variations' - 1997, Universal Music AS Norway |
Ketil Bjornstad - 'The Light' - 2008, ECM |
Ketil Bjornstad - 'The Nest' - 2003, EmArcy, Universal Int. |
Ketil Bjornstad - 'The Rainbow Sessions' - 2006, EmArcy |
Ketil Bjornstad - 'The River' - 1997, ECM |
Ketil Bjornstad - 'The Sea' - 1995, ECM |
Ketil Bjornstad - 'The Sea II' - 1998, ECM |
Ketil Bjornstad - 'Vinding's Music: Songs From The Alder Thicket' - 2012, ECM |
Ketil Bjornstad - 'Water Stories' - 1993, ECM |