Carl Morten Iversen (born 1 May 1948) is a Norwegian jazz musician (

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), and the son of jazz violinist Arild Iversen (1920–65). He is known from numerous recordings and has long been central to the

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Jazz scene.

Career

Iversen was born in

, and began playing as an accompanist for folk singers from 1965; among others, he played with

Lars Klevstrand Lars Klevstrand (born 30 September 1949) is a Norwegian singer, guitarist, composer and actor. He was born in Drammen, Buskerud, the son of Olav Klevstrand and Grethe Sofie Larsen, and was brought up in Bærum. Career His debut album was ''Vi ...

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Festival in 1968 and 1973, attended an album with

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in 1974, and got into jazz in 1970. He studied jazz in the United States until 1972, and when returning he played in a variety of bands from 1973, including with the Balke brothers, Jon Balke Quartet and Ditlef Eckhoff Quintet 1973–74, Magni Wentzel Quintet 1974–76 and 1979–84 with the album ''Sofies plass'' (1983), Guttorm Guttormsen Quartet 1974–80 with the albums ''Soturnudi'' (1975) and ''Albufeira'' (1979). Iversen was president/chairman of the "Norwegian Jazz Forum" 1972–75, leader of "Foreningen norske jazzmusikere", editor of "Jazznytt", and Awarded

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1988. With guitarist

Jon Eberson Jon Arild Eberson (born 6 January 1953) is a Norwegian jazz guitarist and composer, the son of jazz guitarist Leif Eberson (1925–1970), and the father of keyboardist Marte Maaland Eberson. He was a member of the bands Moose Loose (1973–77), ...

he has released duoalbums ''Jazz for men'' (2001), ''Standards'' (2003) and ''Levende på Fyret'' (2006), and recently he has recorded with Magni Wentzel Sekstett ''Live'' (2009).

Honors

1988 *

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1988 in the class Jazz for the album ''Nonsentration'' (1992), within

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Discography (in selection)

;Within Guttorm Guttormsen Quartet *1975: ''Soturnudi'' *1979: ''Albufeira'' ;Within Per Husby Septet *1976: ''Peacemaker'' ;Within

*1981: ''Anti therapy'' (Odin Records) *1988: ''Off balance'' (Odin Records) *1992: ''Nonsentration'' (

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), Awarded Spellemannprisen 1992 in the class Jazz *1992: ''Live'' (Curling Legs) ;Trio with

Armen Donelian Armen Hrant Donelian (born December 1, 1950) is a jazz pianist, composer, educator and author. Donelian was classically trained at the Westchester Conservatory of Music in White Plains, New York. He has appeared since 1975 as a featured soloist a ...

Audun Kleive Audun Kleive (born 20 October 1961) is a Norwegian jazz drummer.) He was raised in Skien and is the son of organist Kristoffer Kleive and brother of organist Iver Kleive. Career Kleive began to play drums in a rock and dance band, and then wen ...

*1988: ''Trio 87'' (

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) ;Trio with

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*1991: ''Secret Red Thread'' (Odin Records) *2001: ''Synchronize your watches'' (

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) ;Trio with

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& Audun Kleive *1997: ''Going with the Flow'' (Curling Legs) ;Duo with

*2001: ''Jazz For Men'' (Curling Legs) *2003: ''Standards'' (Curling Legs) *2006: ''Levende På Fyret'' (Curling Legs) ;Within Jon Eberson Trio *2009: ''Born to be slow'' (NorCD), with Rob Waring ;With

Magni Wentzel Magni Wentzel (born 28 June 1945 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (vocals and guitar), the daughter of musicians Odd Wentzel-Larsen and Åse Wentzel, and known for a number of jazz recordings. Career Wentzel started in "Totenla ...

*1983: ''Sofies plass'' (

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), within M.W. Quartet *2009: ''Live'' (Curling Legs)

References

External links

Carl Morten Iversen Biography from Norsk Musikkinformasjon
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