Kjetil Traavik Møster (born 17 June 1976) is a Norwegian jazz musician ( tenor and soprano saxophones, clarinet and

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) and composer, known from bands like

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, Ultralyd, Brat, Zanussi 5, and performance with

Chick Corea Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021) was an American jazz composer, pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and occasional percussionist. His compositions "Spain", " 500 Miles High", "La Fiesta", "Armando's Rhumba", and ...

Moldejazz Molde International Jazz Festival (MIJF) or Moldejazz (established 1961 in Molde) takes place annually in July, and is known as one of the oldest jazz festivals in Europe. It was initiated by the local Storyville Jazz Club. Since 1964 it has rec ...

2000, later released on CD. He has also made his mark with experimental performances at the interface between electronic based fri-rock and jazz.

Career

Møster was born in

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

and has played the

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since he was six years old; he learned the

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, bass and saxophone in subsequent years, and played the guitar in the rock band "Riper i lakken" since 13. From 1995 to 1996, Møster studied at ''Sund folkehøgskole'' where he wrote a song called "Eg veit ka du gjorde med Åshild" (''"I know what you did with Åshild"'') for the album made by the current class of ''Sund''. He later attended the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (1998–2001), where he established the trio "Möster", with

Steinar Raknes Steinar Raknes (born 22 March 1975) is a Norwegian jazz musician (upright bass) and composer, and the younger brother of Jazz singer and pianist Eldbjørg Raknes. He is considered to be one of the most talented double bass players of his gener ...

and

Tor Haugerud Tor Andreas Haugerud (born 7 January 1962 in Brattvåg) is a Norwegian jazz musician (drums and percussion) known from Transjoik, Blixband, BOL, Möster Trio, and has created his own avant-garde band "MisterYtor" ("Nordland Musikkfestuke", 20 ...

. He later joined the bassist

Per Zanussi Per Zanussi (born 1977) is an Italian–Norwegian jazz musician (upright bass) and composer, known from several bands and releases such as with Hamid Drake, Louis Moholo, Paal Nilssen-Love, Bobby Bradford, Sabir Mateen, Franklin Kiermyer, Stephe ...

with "Zanussi 5". Møster also participated in Espen Aalberg's "

" on several occasions and records, as well as the bands "Gibrish" and "Brat" . Møster performed at the

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2005 (solo), with

Trondheim Jazz Orchestra Trondheim Jazz Orchestra (TJO) (established 1999 in Trondheim, Norway) is an orchestral project based in Trondheim, and closely related to both the Midtnorsk Jazzsenter (MNJ - Mid Norwegian Jazz Center) and Jazz Line at the Trøndelag Conservator ...

on US tour in 2006, where he was awarded This year's Jazz talent. Performance on

Nattjazz Bergen International Jazz Festival or Nattjazz, is one of the largest jazz festivals of Norway. The festival has a musical profile with an emphasis on ethnic and contemporary jazz. It is held annually in late May, coinciding with Festspillene ...

2006 was awarded Nattjazz prisen. He leads his own band, K. M. Sextet, performing at the

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and the Moldejazz 2006. The Sextet consists of members from the band MZN3 with Møster, Zanussi and Kjell Nordeson (drums), in addition to the trio Morten J. Olsen (drums),

Ingebrigt Håker Flaten Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (born 23 September 1971 in Oppdal, Norway) is a Norwegian double bass, bassist active in the jazz and free jazz genres. (in Norwegian) Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian) Career Flaten played electric bass in local f ...

(bass) and Anders Hana (guitar). Together with

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Paal Nilssen-Love Paal Nilssen-Love (born 24 December 1974) is a Norwegian drummer and composer in the jazz, free jazz and free improvisation genres. (in Norwegian) Early life Nilssen-Love was born in Molde, Norway. His parents ran a jazz club in Stavanger, and ...

and

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, he started the festival "All Ears" in 2002. He is also a member of the Norwegian

electronic rock Electronic rock is a music genre that involves a combination of rock music and electronic music, featuring instruments typically found within both genres. It originates from the late 1960s, when rock bands began incorporating electronic instrume ...

band

Datarock Datarock is a Norwegian electronic rock band. The band, known for wearing red jumpsuits, formed in 2000. Original personnel were Fredrik Saroea, Ketil Mosnes and Kevin O'Brien, who soon hired Tom Mæland. O'Brien and Mæland later left the band, ...

, where he plays saxophone, percussion, keyboards and does some vocals. In the summer 2014, Møster visited festivals and toured with artists like

Röyksopp Röyksopp (), a Norwegian electronic music duo from Tromsø formed in 1998. The duo consists of Svein Berge and Torbjørn Brundtland. Berge and Brundtland were introduced to each other through a mutual friend in Tromsø, Norway. They enjoye ...

/Robyn, Lars Vaular,

and "Bushman's Revenge", and as bandleader and saxophonist released the album ''Inner Earth'', album number two with the band "Møster!". This time he is joined by "Snah", guitarist and vocalist of

Motorpsycho Motorpsycho may refer to: * Motorpsycho (band), a Norwegian rock band * ''Motorpsycho'' (film), a 1965 film by Russ Meyer * ''Motorpsycho Presents The International Tussler Society'', a 2004 album by The International Tussler Society * "Motorpsych ...

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, bassist of

Elephant9 Elephant9 (established 2006 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian progressive/neo-psychedelic/jazz-rock trio which formed in 2006 under the name Storløkken/Eilertsen/Lofthus, for the members of the band, namely Ståle Storløkken (keyboard), Nikolai ...

and

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, bass player in and ; and the ubiquitous drummer of Motorpsycho and Grand General,

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Honors

Kjetil Møster - Datarock - live at Swag store, Tromsø, Norway 2010-09-24

*2003: ''Exxon Prize'' at Moldejazz, with The Core *2005: This year's international jazz talent, in New York *2006:

prisen *2009:

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prisen

Discography

Solo albums

*2011: ''Blow Job'' (+3 dB) *2014: ''JÜ Meets Møster'' (RareNoise) ;With Møster! *2004: ''Edvard Lygre Møster'' (Hubro) *2014: ''Inner Earth'' (Hubro) *2015: ''When You Cut into the Present'' (Hubro)

Collaborations

;With Zanussi 5 *2004: ''Zanussi 5'' (Moserobie) *2006: ''Alborado'' (Moserobie) *2010: ''Ghost Dance'' (Moserobie) *2014: ''Live in Coimbra'' (

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) ;With

*2004: ''Vison'' ( Jazzaway) *2005: ''Blue Sky'' (Jazzaway) *2006: ''The Indian Core'' (

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), with Indian musicians *2007: ''Office Essentials'' ( Jazzland) *2007: ''Meditations on Coltrane'' (Grappa), with

Bergen Big Band Bergen Big Band (BBB) is a Norwegian big band established 1991 as a continuation of Knut Kristiansen's Bergen Band. BBB is known from cooperations with musicians like Phil Woods, Paquito D'Rivera, Joe Henderson, Maria Schneider, Diana Krall, Si ...

*2008: ''Golonka Love'' (Moserobie ), live recordings from

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*2010: ''Party'' (Moserobie Music), recordings from "Nasjonal Jazzscene" in Oslo ;With Brat *2004: ''Please Don't Shoot'' (Moserobie) ;With

Eirik Hegdal Eirik Hegdal (born 3 October 1973 in Gjøvik, Norway) is a Norwegian Jazz musician (saxophone), composer, arranger and music teacher, known from the band Dingobats (1995-2005) and as leader of Trondheim Jazz Orchestra (from 2002). Career After ...

and Trondheim Jazz Orchestra *2004: ''We Are?'' (2004) ;With Trinity *2004: ''Parkling'' (2004) *2009: ''Breaking the Mold'' (2009) ;With the Crimetime Orchestra *2004: ''Life Is a Beautiful Monster'' (Jazzaway) *2009: ''Atomic Symphony'' (Jazzaway) ;With MZN3, a trio consisting of Per Zanussi (bass) and Kjell Nordeson (percussion) *2005: ''MZN3'' (2005) ;With Guro Skumsnes Moe *2011: ''It Pictures'' (Conrad Sound)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moster, Kjetil 20th-century Norwegian saxophonists 21st-century Norwegian saxophonists Norwegian jazz saxophonists Norwegian jazz composers Male jazz composers Hubro Music artists Musicians from Bergen 1976 births Living people 20th-century saxophonists 20th-century Norwegian male musicians 21st-century Norwegian male musicians Trondheim Jazz Orchestra members The Core (band) members RareNoiseRecords artists