Espen Eriksen Trio Explained

Espen Eriksen Trio
Origin:	Norway
Genre:	Jazz piano
Years Active:	–present

Espen Eriksen Trio is a Norwegian jazz piano trio formed in 2007, consisting of Espen Eriksen (piano), Lars Tormod Jenset (double bass) and Andreas Bye (drums).The trio has released five albums on the Norwegian record-label Rune Grammofon. They have performed at Molde Int. Jazz Festival, Oslo Jazzfestival, Maijazz and Vossajazz in Norway, Jazz Province Festival in Russia and Penang Jazz Festival in Malaysia, in addition to several club performances in Germany, Switzerland, Great Britain and Malaysia.^[1]

Discography

Studio albums

• 2010: You Had Me At Goodbye (Rune Grammofon)
• 2012: What Took You So Long (Rune Grammofon)^[2]
• 2015: Never Ending January (Rune Grammofon)
• 2018: Perfectly Unhappy (Rune Grammofon), with Andy Sheppard^[3]
• 2020: End of Summer (Rune Grammofon) ^[4]
• 2023: As Good As It Gets (Rune Grammofon), with Andy Sheppard^[5]

Live albums

• 2022: In The Mountains (Rune Grammofon), with Andy Sheppard^[6]

Compilations

• 2011 JazzCD.no #5
• 2010: Twenty Centuries Of Stony Sleep (Rune Grammofon)
• 2009: Runeology 4 (Rune Grammofon)

External links

• • Reviews

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tid for trio . no . Espen . Løkeland-Stai . Rogalands Avis. 2018-05-05 . 2018-09-01.
2. Web site: Espen Eriksen Trio What Took You So Long Review . Spencer . Grady . BBC. 2012-04-13 . 2018-09-01.
3. Web site: Espen Eriksen Trio With Andy Sheppard: Perfectly Unhappy . Gareth . Thompson . All About Jazz. 2018-05-25 . 2018-09-01.
4. Web site: Espen Eriksen New Release . 2020-09-25 . 2020-09-26.
5. Web site: Espen Eriksen Trio with Andy Sheppard: As Good As It Gets (CD/LP) . 2023-10-11 . Rune Grammofon . en.
6. Web site: Eyles . John . 2022-06-11 . Espen Eriksen Trio featuring Andy Sheppard: In The Mountains . 2022-08-11 . All About Jazz.