Nils Petter Molvær Explained

Nils Petter Molvær
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Background:non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth Date:18 September 1960
Birth Place:Langevåg, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
Genre:Jazz, future jazz, jazz fusion, electronica
Occupation:Musician, composer
Instrument:Trumpet
Label:ECM
Associated Acts:Masqualero

Nils Petter Molvær (in Norwegian pronounced as /ˈmɔ̂ɫvæːr/) also known as NPM (born 18 September 1960) is a Norwegian jazz trumpeter, composer, and record producer. He is considered a pioneer of future jazz, a genre that fuses jazz and electronic music, best showcased on his most commercially successful album, Khmer.[1]

Biography

Molvær was born and raised on the island of Sula, Møre og Romsdal, Norway, and left at age nineteen to study on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (1980–82).[2] He joined the bands Jazzpunkensemblet with Jon Eberson and Masqualero, alongside Arild Andersen, Jon Christensen and Tore Brunborg. Masqualero (named after a Wayne Shorter composition originally recorded by Miles Davis) recorded several albums for ECM Records, and Molvær recorded with other ECM artists before his 1997 debut solo album, Khmer. The record was a fusion of jazz, rock, electronic soundscapes, and hip-hop beats – and quite unlike the delicate "chamber jazz" typically associated with ECM.[3] Molvær's muted trumpet sound, sometimes electronically processed, had an obvious debt to Miles Davis's work of the 1970s and 1980s, but without being a slavish copy. For the first time, ECM released singles: "Song of Sand", backed with three remixes, and "Ligotage". In 2000, a second album followed, Solid Ether, after which Molvær left ECM. He has recorded several albums since, and has also produced film and theater music.[4] [5]

He often works with guitarist Eivind Aarset. He has also played with Tabla Beat Science, created by Zakir Hussain and Bill Laswell.[6]

Honors

Discography

In Masqualero

Solo

Collaborations

As featured artist

Also appears on

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album |id=khmer-r368277 |pure_url=yes}} Khmer: Review ]. Christian . Genzel . Allmusic . 2010-12-16.
  2. Web site: Jazzlinja NRNU.no . NTNU.no . 2012-11-14.
  3. http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/10bestcds/story/0,12102,1261055,00.html Geoff Dyer in The Observer
  4. Encyclopedia: Nils Petter Molvær Biography . Anders . Dalane . . 29 June 2022 . Kunnskapsforlaget.
  5. Web site: Molvær, Nils Petter . Norsk Musikkinformasjon.
  6. Web site: Molvær, Nils Petter . Norsk Musikkinformasjon.
  7. Also listed as Bande à Part and Bande à part.
  8. The title is er, the common suffix for the names of the tracks ("Hover", "Softer", "Dancer", etc.) and their author.
  9. http://www.nilspettermolvaer.no/revision/press.htm Re-Vision press release
  10. Web site: Hamada info . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170507152022/http://www.nilspettermolvaer.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=171:hamada&catid=48:discography . 2017-05-07 . dead .
  11. Web site: Marilyn Mazur's Future Song – Small Labyrinths . 1997 . Discogs . 5 Jul 2018.

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