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

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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

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and has played the accordion 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 and Tor Haugerud. He later joined the bassist Per Zanussi with "Zanussi 5". Møster also participated in

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

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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

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(drums), in addition to the trio Morten J. Olsen (drums), Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (bass) and Anders Hana (guitar). Together with Maja S.K. Ratkje,

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and

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

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band

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

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/Robyn,

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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,

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, bassist of Elephant9 and Bigbang, Nikolai Eilertsen, bass player in and ; and the ubiquitous drummer of Motorpsycho and Grand General, Kenneth Kapstad.

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'' (

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) *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

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*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 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

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*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