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Gard Nilssen
Norwegian jazz drummer and composer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gard Nilssen (born 24 June 1983) is a Norwegian jazz drummer and composer. He is a member of the bands Gard Nilssen' Acoustic Unity, Gard Nilssen's Supersonic Orchestra, Bushman's Revenge, Amgala Temple, and Puma.[1] He also plays in trio format with Bugge Wesseltoft and Arild Andersen.[2][3]
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Career
Nilssen was born in Skien, and got his musical education on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (2003).[4] He was voted this year's young jazz musicians in 2006 with the group Puma. Otherwise Nilssen is very active in bands like Bushman´s Revenge, Lord Kelvin, and Heidi Skjerve Kvintett.[1]
Nilssen was chosen to represent Norway in the artist development program Take Five, a music developer program promoted by the London-based concert promoter Serious.[5]
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Honors
- This year's young jazz musicians 2006, with the band Puma by Rikskonsertene and Norsk Jazzforum
Discography
Solo albums
Gard Nilssen's Acoustic Unity, including André Roligheten and Petter Eldh
- 2015: Firehouse (Clean Feed Records)
- 2017: Live in Europe (Clean Feed Records)
- 2019: To Whom Who Buys a Record (Grappa Musikkforlag AS)
- 2022: Elastic Wave (ECM Records)
- 2025: Live At The Barbican (Action Jazz)
- 2025: Great Intentions (Action Jazz)
Gard Nilssen's Supersonic Orchestra
- 2020: If You Listen Carefully The Music Is Yours (Odin)
- 2023: Family (We Jazz)
Band releases
Within Puma trio including Øystein Moen and Stian Westerhus
- 2007: Isolationism (Bolage Records)
- 2008: Discotheque Bitpunching (Bolage Records)
- 2009: Fist Full of Knuckles (Knuckleman Records), with Lasse Marhaug
- 2010: Half Nelson Courtship (Rune Grammofon)
Within Bushman's Revenge trio including Rune Nergaard and Even Helte Hermansen
- 2007: Cowboy Music (Jazzaway Records)
- 2009: You Lost Me At Hello (Rune Grammofon)
- 2010: Jitterbug (Rune Grammofon)
- 2012: A Little Bit Of Big Bonanza (Rune Grammofon)
- 2012: Never Mind The Botox (Rune Grammofon)
- 2013: Electric Komle – Live! (Rune Grammofon)
- 2016: Jazz, Fritt Etter Hukommelsen (Rune Grammofon)
- 2016: Bushman's Fire (Rune Grammofon), live LP with Kjetil Møster and David Wallumrød
- 2019: Et Hån Mot Overklassen (Hubro)
- 2023: All The Better For Seeing You (Is It Jazz? Records)
Within Lord Kelvin trio including Eirik Hegdal and Erik Johannessen
- 2009: Dances In The Smoke (Jazzland Recordings)
- 2011: Radio Has No Future (Gigafon Records)
Within Cortex quartet including Ola Høyer, Kristoffer Berre Alberts and Thomas Johansson
- 2011: Resection (Bolage Records)
- 2012: Göteborg (Gigafon Records)
Within Amgala Temple including Lars Horntveth and Amund Maarud
- 2018: Invisible Airships (Pekula Records)
Collaborations
With Marita Røstad
- 2007: Silent Sunday (Magica Records)
Within Team Hegdal quartet including Eirik Hegdal, André Roligheten and Rune Nergaard
- 2010: Vol 1 (Øra Fonogram)
- 2011: Vol 2 (Øra Fonogram), sextet including additional Mattias Ståhl and Ola Kvernberg
Within Scent Of Soil quintet including Tore Brunborg, Kirsti Huke, Petter Vågan and Rune Nergaard
- 2011: Scent Of Soil (Hubro Music)[6]
With Obara International
- 2013: Komeda (For Tune)
- 2013: Live At Manggha (For Tune)
- 2015: Live In Mińsk Mazowiecki (For Tune)
With Elvira Nikolaisen and Mathias Eick
With Arild Andersen and Helge Lien
- 2016: The Rose Window (Deutsche Media Productions), live at Theater Gütersloh
With Maciej Obara Quartet
- 2017: Unloved (ECM Records)
- 2019: Three Crowns (ECM Records)
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References
External links
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