Nils Petter Molvær
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | NPM |
| Born | 18 September 1960 Langevåg, Møre og Romsdal |
| Origin | Norway |
| Genres | Jazz, future jazz, jazz fusion, electronica |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instruments | Trumpet |
| Labels | ECM |
| Associated acts | Masqualero |
| Website | www |
Nils Petter Molvær (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈmol.væɾ][1]) also known as NPM (born September 18, 1960) is a Norwegian jazz trumpeter, composer, and producer. Molvær is considered a pioneer of "future jazz", a genre that fusing jazz and electronic music, showcased on his most commercially successful album, Khmer,[2] on the ECM label in October 1997 in Europe and early 1998 in North America.[3][4][5]
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Biography
Molvær was born and raised on the island of Sula, Møre og Romsdal, Norway, and left at age nineteen to study on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (1980-82).[6] He joined the bands Jazzpunkensemblet with Jon Eberson and Masqualero, alongside Arild Andersen, Jon Christensen and Tore Brunborg. Masqualero (named after a Wayne Shorter composition originally recorded by Miles Davis) recorded several albums for ECM Records, and Molvær recorded with other ECM artists before his 1997 debut solo album, Khmer. The record was a fusion of jazz, rock, electronic soundscapes, and hip-hop beats – and quite unlike the delicate "chamber jazz" typically associated with ECM.[7] Molvær's muted trumpet sound, sometimes electronically processed, had an obvious debt to Miles Davis's work of the 1970s and 1980s, but without being a slavish copy. For the first time, ECM released singles - "Song of Sand", backed with three remixes, and "Ligotage". In 2000, a second album followed, Solid Ether, after which Molvær left ECM. He has recorded several albums since, and has also produced film and theater music.[3][4]
He often works with guitarist Eivind Aarset. He has also played with Tabla Beat Science created by Zakir Hussain and Bill Laswell.[5]
Honors
- 1996: Kongsberg Jazz Award
- 1997: Spellemannprisen in the Open class
- 1998: Gammleng-prisen in the class Jazz
- 1996: Kongsberg Jazz Award
- 2000: Spellemannprisen in the Open class
- 2003: Buddyprisen
- 2005: Spellemannprisen in the Open class
Discography
In Masqualero
- 1985: Bande À Part[8]
- 1987: Aero
- 1990: Re-Enter
Solo
Original albums
- 1997: Khmer
- 2000: Solid Ether (with Sidsel Endresen)
- 2002: NP3
- 2005: Er [9]
- 2005: Edy (soundtrack to the film by Guérin-Tillié)
- 2008: Re-Vision (OST outtakes merged into an album) [10]
- 2009: Hamada [11]
- 2011: Baboon Moon
- 2014: Switch
Reprise albums
- 2001: Recoloured (remixes)
- 2004: Streamer (2002, live versions of previous tracks)
- 2005: Remakes (remixes)
- 2005: An American Compilation(compilation)
With others
- 1990: So I Write, with Sidsel Endresen
- 1990: Nonsentration, with Jon Balke
- 1993: Exile, with Sidsel Endresen
- 1994: Small Labyrinths, with Marilyn Mazur
- 1995: Hastening Westward, with Robyn Schulkowsky and Nils Petter Molvær
- 1998: Électronique Noire, with Jazzland, EmArcy), with Eivind Aarset
- 2001: Radioaxiom – A Dub Transmission, with Bill Laswell & Jah Wobble
- 2003: Electra, with Arild Andersen
- 2004: Seafarer's Song, with Ketil Bjørnstad
- 2007: A Pure Land, with Sienna
- 2007: Ataraxis, with Deeyah
- 2008: Dome, with Johannes Enders
- 2008: Corps Electriques, with Hector Zazou
- 2012: Manu Katché, with Manu Katché
- 2013: 1/1, with Moritz von Oswald
- 2015: Infolding, in Spin Marvel, Martin France - drums, Tim Harries - bass, Terje Evensen - live electronics, Nils Petter Molvaer - trumpet, Emre Ramazanoglu - production and further drums
Also appears on
- Beginner's Guide to Scandinavia (3CD, Nascente 2011)
References
- ↑ Pronounced approximately "MOL-vair".
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- ↑ Geoff Dyer in The Observer
- ↑ Also listed as Bande à Part and Bande à part.
- ↑ The title is er, the common suffix for the names of the tracks ("Hover", "Softer", "Dancer", etc.) and their author.
- ↑ Re-Vision press release
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- Nils Petter Molvær Biography by Johs Bergh on Store Norske Leksikon
| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by
First award in 1996
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Recipient of the Kongsberg Jazz Award 1996 |
Succeeded by Bugge Wesseltoft |
| Preceded by | Recipient of the Open class Spellemannprisen 1997 |
Succeeded by Sidsel Endresen & Bugge Wesseltoft |
| Preceded by | Recipient of the Jazz Gammleng-prisen 1998 |
Succeeded by Bugge Wesseltoft |
| Preceded by | Recipient of the Open class Spellemannprisen 2000 |
Succeeded by Anja Garbarek |
| Preceded by | Recipient of the Buddyprisen 2003 |
Succeeded by Bugge Wesseltoft |
| Preceded by | Recipient of the Open class Spellemannprisen 2005 |
Succeeded by Hanne Hukkelberg |
| Preceded by | Recipient of the «Open class» Edvardprisen 2010 |
Succeeded by Johan Sara |
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