Kjetil Traavik Møster (born 17 June 1976) is a Norwegian jazz musician (
tenor and soprano saxophones, clarinet and
bass clarinet
The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like the more common soprano B clarinet, it is usually pitched in B (meaning it is a transposing instrument on which a written C sounds as B), but it plays notes an octave ...
) and composer, known from bands like
The Core
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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 " ...
at
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 r ...
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 o ...
and has played the
accordion since he was six years old; he learned the
cornet
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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
Espen Aalberg
Espen Aalberg is a Norwegian jazz musician (drums) known for his contributions in several orchestras like The Core, Shagma, Kwaz, Håvard Lund Quartet and musicians like Jonas Kullhammar, Håvard Wiik and Torbjörn Zetterberg. He also contrib ...
's "
The Core
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" on several occasions and records, as well as the bands "Gibrish" and "Brat" .
Møster performed at the
Kongsberg Jazz Festival
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Artists
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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
Nattjazz
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2006 was awarded Nattjazz prisen. He leads his own band, K. M. Sextet, performing at the
North Sea Jazz Festival
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and the Moldejazz 2006. The Sextet consists of members from the band MZN3 with Møster, Zanussi and
Kjell Nordeson
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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, ]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 h ...
and Lasse Marhaug
Lasse Marhaug (born 10 September 1974) is a Norwegian musician who primarily works in the field of noise music but frequently drifts into other areas such as improvisation, jazz, rock and extreme metal. Marhaug has also been involved in creatin ...
, he started the festival "All Ears" in 2002. He is also a member of the Norwegian electronic rock
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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
Lars Nesheim Vaular (born September 20, 1984) is a Rapping, rapper and songwriter from Åsane, Bergen, Norway. He started rapping in 2003. He initially released songs under the duo Tier'n og Lars before going solo.
Tier'n & Lars
Vaular had his be ...
, 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, ...
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, Hans Magnus Ryan
Hans Magnus Ryan, alias "Snah", (born 31 December 1969 in Trondheim, Norway) is a Norwegian rock musician (guitar & vocals), known as front figure of the band Motorpsycho.
Career
In 1989 Ryan and bassist Bent Sæther together with drummer ...
, bassist of Elephant9 and Bigbang, Nikolai Eilertsen, bass player in and ; and the ubiquitous drummer of Motorpsycho and Grand General, Kenneth Kapstad.
Honors
*2003: ''Exxon Prize'' at Moldejazz, with The Core
*2005: This year's international jazz talent, in New York[
*2006: ]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 Festspillen ...
prisen
*2009: Vossajazz
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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'' (Clean Feed
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)
;With The Core
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*2004: ''Vison'' (Jazzaway
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The label includes artists an ...
)
*2005: ''Blue Sky'' (Jazzaway)
*2006: ''The Indian Core'' (Grappa
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Grappa is made by distilling the skins, pulp, seeds, and stems (i.e., the pom ...
), 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, ...
*2008: ''Golonka Love'' (Moserobie ), live recordings from Poland
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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 Guro Skumsnes Moe
Guro Skumsnes Moe (born 1983 in Hedemark, Norway) is a Norwegian Upright bass player, electric bass player, composer and singer. Dance, improvisation, rock, jazz and noise music, are all elements that are important to her expression.
Career ...
*2011: ''It Pictures'' (Conrad Sound)
References
External links
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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