Ivar Grydeland (born 1 October 1976) is a

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jazz musician (guitar) and composer raised in

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Career

Grydeland was born in

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, and ...

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, and studied jazz guitar at the Norwegian Academy of Music (1996–2000, and 2001–2003). He started his jazz career in the Big Band 'Ung Musikk' in 1995. He collaborates within the band

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(six albums) together with Tonny Kluften and

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, within 'Dans les arbres' (two albums) together with

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and Ingar Zach, and plays with

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. Grydeland plays acoustic guitar, electric guitar and banjo with a mixture of finger picking technique, various types of bows, metal, propellers and electronic devices, he teaches at

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in Oslo, and runs the record label Sofa. In 2000 Grydeland participated together with Tonny Kluften on a project with

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resulting in the album ''Triangular Screen''. On the first album in his own name ''These Six'' (2003), he collaborated in a trio with Tonny Kluften and

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. With

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, Charlotte Hug and Ingar Zach he released the album ''Wazahugy'' (2002), and with

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and Ingar Zach ''Improvisors'' (2004). In 2006 the release ''Szc Zcz Cze Zec Eci Cin'' within the trio Ivar Grydeland/Thomas Lehn/Ingar Zach followed, and ''Improvisors'' together with

and Ingar Zach in 2004. Grydeland collaborated with Leonel Kaplan on the album ''Portraits 2004'' (2011), and he released the critically acclaimed solo album ''Bathymetric Modes'' in 2012.

Discography

Solo albums

;Solo project *2012: ''Bathymetric Modes'' (Hubro Records) ;Trio including with Tonny Kluften &

*2003: ''These Six'' (Sofa Records) ;As Ivar Grydeland/Thomas Lehn/Ingar Zach trio *2006: ''Szc Zcz Cze Zec Eci Cin'' (Musica Genera)

Collaborations

;Duo with Ingar Zach *2000: ''Visiting Ants'' (Sofa Records) *2004: ''You Should Have Seen Me Before We First Met'' (Sofa Records) *2011: ''Lady Lord'' (Sofa Records), live as Emo Albino at

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;With Tony Oxley Project 1 *2000: ''Triangular Screen'' (Sofa Records), trio including with Tonny Kluften ;Within No Spaghetti Edition *2001: ''Listen... And Tell Me What It Was'' (Sofa Records) *2002: ''Pasta Variations'' (Sofa Records) *2003: ''Real Time Satellite Data'' (Sofa Records) *2006: ''Sketches of a Fusion'' (Sofa Records), feat.

;With

, Charlotte Hug & Ingar Zach *2002: ''Wazahugy'' (Sofa Records) ;Within HISS including with Tonny Kluften, Pat Thomas & Ingar Zach *2003: ''Zahir'' (Rossbin Records) ;With

& Ingar Zach *2004: ''Improvisors'' (Kontrans Records) ;Within Arm *2004: ''Open Reminder'' (Melektronikk Records) ;Duo with Yumiko Tanaka *2005: ''Continental Crust'' (Sofa Records) ;Within Huntsville trio including with Tonny Kluften & Ingar Zach *2006: ''For The Middle Class'' (

Rune Grammofon Rune Grammofon is a Norwegian record label founded in 1998 by Rune Kristoffersen. Rune Grammofon's reputation for lovingly issued experimental electronic music, jazz, and improvised music by Norwegian artists has grown over the years with its art ...

) *2008: ''Eco, Arches & Eras'' (Rune Grammofon) *2011: ''For Flowers, Cars And Merry Wars'' (Hubro Records) *2011: ''Splashgirl/Huntsville'' (Hubro Records), together with Splashgirl *2013: ''Past Increasing, Future Receding '' (Hubro Records) ;As Marc Pichelin/Xavier Charles/Ivar Grydeland *2008: ''North of the North'' (Sofa Records) ;Within Dans Les Arbres including with Xavier Charles,

& Ingar Zach *2008: ''Dans Les Arbres'' (

ECM Records ECM (Edition of Contemporary Music) is an independent record label founded by Karl Egger, Manfred Eicher and Manfred Scheffner in Munich in 1969. While ECM is best known for jazz music, the label has released a variety of recordings, and ECM's a ...

) *2012: ''Canopée'' (ECM Records) ;Within Ballrogg trio including with Klaus Ellerhusen Holm & Roger Arntzen *2008: ''Ballrogg'' (Bolage Records) *2010: ''Insomnia'' (Bolage Records) *2012: ''Cabin Music'' (Hubro Records) ;With Leonel Kaplan *2011: ''Portraits 2004'' (

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), with Diego Chamy & Axel Dörner ;Within Last Heat *2012: ''Last Heat'' (Jansen Plateproduksjon) ;Finland including with

Morten Qvenild Morten Qvenild (born 31 August 1978) is a Norwegian jazz pianist, band leader, and producer. Career Qvenild started his jazz career in the big band Ung Musikk in 1995, followed by studies on the Jazz program at the Norges Musikkhøgskole. He u ...

Jo Berger Myhre Jo Berger Myhre (born 29 May 1984 in Sandefjord, Norway) is a Norwegian upright bassist, known from performing with the likes of Splashgirl, Blokk 5, Ingrid Olava, Solveig Slettahjell Slow Motion Quintet and Finland: Grydeland/ Qvenild/ Hau ...

, Pål Hausken *2015: ''Rainy Omen'' ( Hubro Music)

References

External links

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Ivar Grydeland at Groove.no
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Grydeland, Ivar 1976 births Musicians from Trondheim Musicians from Kongsberg Living people ECM Records artists Hubro Music artists Norwegian jazz guitarists Norwegian jazz composers Norwegian Academy of Music alumni Academic staff of the Norwegian Academy of Music 21st-century Norwegian guitarists