Tord Gustavsen trio

Submitted by Sigurd Hole on Thu, 2014-12-04 16:52

This is music that sings, at once gentle and robust. Lyrical, immediately memorable songs, songs of an appealing freshness, yet sophisticated in their involvement with the melodic line. Tord Gustavsen is on a constant search for a fresh and radically stripped-down honest beauty in music. The band works to explore, integrate and serve a holy trinity of emotional intensity, elegance, and mediative musical breathing.

For further information, please visit
www.tordgustavsen.com

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Great review of "Universal Cycle"

This review of Eple Trios "Universal Cycle" just came in from swedish magazine LIRA. Excerpt in english: "Hole changes neatly between arco and pizzicato playing. At times so beautiful it is almost painful - as in the bass solo on Tipplers Insomnia (arco), where the notes changes into overtones in a way that nearly resembles a human voice cracking up. It´s fragile, vulnerable and brilliant."
http://www.lira.se/skivrecension/universal-cycle/

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Grant award

So happy to be the winner of Forsberg and Aulies grant 2014! The grant is 100 000 kr, and will be used for focusing amongst other things on my own solo recording in 2015. An honour to accept this grant as the first jazz musician ever, following last years winner Vilde Frang and earlier winners such as Håvard Gimse and Wolfgang Plagge.
www.forsbergaulieslegat.no
http://nmh.no/ansatte/nyheter/sigurd-hole-tildelt-musikkstipend

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Just joined Tord Gustavsen quartet

It just became official that I am the new bass player in Tord Gustavsen quartet! Very excited about that. Following great bass players Mats Eilertsen and Harald Johnsen it will not be an easy spot to fill, but I will do my best to keep the continuity in their ideas growing while approaching the music bringing whatever I can of my own identity into the band. A couple of weeks ago I made my first tour with the quartet, 7 flights in 3 days brought us to Bielsko Blava (Poland), Antalya (Turkey) and Sibiu (Romania).

Lira / Carl Magnus Juliusson

Submitted by jonas on Tue, 2014-12-02 19:21

Universal Cycle är norska Eple Trios fjärde skiva. I år firar de tio år som grupp. Bandet består av Andreas Ulvo (piano), Sigurd Hole (bas) och Jonas H Sjøvaag (trummor) – men på vissa av spåren på skivan har de fått förstärkning av Mathias Eick på trumpet och Ivar Grydeland på gitarr.