Eivind Opsvik (born 1973 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician ( upright bass) and composer, the son of the Norwegian interior and furniture designer Peter Opsvik.

Career

Opsvik is a graduate of the Norwegian Academy of Music (1993–97), and he made himself evident on the Oslo jazz scene from the early 1990s, before moving to New York in 1998, where has been living since. He is thoroughly involved in composing, recording, mixing and producing music, as he manages a studio in his basement, from where he is running the record label Loyal Label. His main projects are 'Overseas' and 'Opsvik & Jennings', besides his solo project. 'Overseas' is the name of his band that was formed in 2002 and includes Jacob Sacks (piano, harpsichord and organ), Tony Malaby (saxophone), Kenny Wollesen (drums) and the most recent addition, Brandon Seabrook (guitar). Opsvik plays upright bass and writes all the music. Four records have been released, starting with ''Overseas'' (2003), then ''Overseas II'' (2005) and third ''Overseas III'' (2008). ''Overseas IV'' was recorded in the summer of 2011 and released in 2012. Opsvik & Jennings is an experimental pop duo with tunesmith and guitarist Aaron Jennings, that have released three albums, ''Fløyel Files'' (2005), ''Commuter Anthems'' (2007) and ''A Dream I Used to Remember'' (2009). Opsvik is currently working on a solo album (2013) in collaboration with photographer Michelle Arcila. He also performs with a plethora of other bands and musicians, like Tony Malaby's Paloma Recio, Nate Wooley Quintet, Jesse Stacken Trio, Skuli Sverrison's Seria, Two Miles A Day with a record featuring Jacob Sacks,

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and Craig Taborn, Rocket Engine, Tone Collector, Jesse Harris' Cosmo, The Interaction of Non-Interaction with Ben Gerstein and Poor Pluto.

Discography

Solo albums

;Within 'Overseas' including Jacob Sacks & Tony Malaby *

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

: ''Overseas'' (Fresh Sound New Talent), feat. Craig Taborn, Wells Hanley, Gerald Cleaver, Jeff Davis, Dan Weiss, Loren Stillman & Jason Rigby *

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

: ''Overseas II'' (Fresh Sound New Talent), feat. Kenny Wollesen, Jeff Davis, Craig Taborn, Loren Stillman *

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

: ''Overseas III'' (Loyal Label), feat. Kenny Wollesen, Larry Campbell & Jeff Davis *

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

: ''Overseas IV'' (Loyal Label), feat. Kenny Wollesen & Brandon Seabrook

Collaborations

;Within 'Tone Collector' including Tony Malaby & Jeff Davis *

: ''Tone Collector'' ( Jazzaway Records) ;Within 'Opsvik & Jennings' (Aaron Jennings) *

: ''Fløyel Files'' (NCM East) *

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

: ''Commuter Anthems'' ( Rune Grammofon) *

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

: ''A Dream I Used to Remember'' (Loyal Label) ;Within Marvin Charles Trio including

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2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

: ''Marvin Charles Trio'' ( Hot Club Records) ;Within 'Jacob Sacks/Eivind Opsvik/

/ Paul Motian' *

: ''Two Miles A Day'' (Loyal Label/Yeah Yeah Records) ;Within Jostein Gulbrandsen Quartet *

: ''Twelve'' (Fresh Sound New Talent) ;Within 'Rocket Engine' including Eric Biondo, Mike Pride, Jonathan Goldberger, Aaron Jennings, Ben Gerstein, Jeff Davis &

: ''What is This That Stands Before Me?'' (Loyal Label) ;Within ' Jon Irabagon's Outright!' *

: ''Outright!'' (Innova Recordings) ;Within 'Nate Wooley Quintet' including Harris Eisenstadt, Josh Sinton &

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2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

: ''(Put Your) Hands Together'' (Clean Feed Records) *

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

: ''(Dance to) The Early Music'' (Clean Feed Records) ;Within 'Nate Wooley Sextet' including Josh Sinton, Harris Eisenstadt, Dan Peck & Matt Moran *

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

: ''(Sit In) The Throne of Friendship'' (Clean Feed Records) ;With

: ''Lifted Land'' (Criss Cross/Musikklosen), Craig Taborn & Tyshawn Sorey ;With

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2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

: "Reverse Blue" ( Relative Pitch Records) ;With

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

: "The Times Verses" (Criss Cross)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Opsvik, Eivind Norwegian jazz upright-bassists Male double-bassists Jazz double-bassists Avant-garde jazz musicians Norwegian jazz composers Norwegian Academy of Music alumni 1973 births Living people Musicians from Oslo 21st-century double-bassists 21st-century Norwegian male musicians