Artist:Nils Petter Molvaer
Song:Trip
Album:Solid Ether
Trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer mixes jazz with electronica to create what is bring called Future Jazz. It's certainly not for most jazz fans. But I guess it shows there is room for everything in music. He was born Sept. 18, 1960 in Langevag, More og Romsdal, Norway. He studied at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium from 1980-82 and he was in the bands Jazzpunkensemblett with guitarist Jon Eberson and Masqualero with Tore Brunborg on sax, Arild Andersen on bass and Jon Christensen on drums. Masqualero recorded four albums for ECM Records. After they split up in 1990, he recorded as a sideman with other ECM artists. Then he signed with ECM and released his 1997 debut album as a leader Khmer. As a musician, Molvaer sounds a lot like Miles Davis. Rather than invite comparisons to a legend by recording standard jazz, Molvaer decided to use electronic effects and sampling. Though this is not for everyone, it certainly distinguishes him from other musicians. Trip is from his 2000 album Solid Ether. Musicians are Eivind Aarset on guitar, Audun Erlien on bass and and Rune Arnesen and Per Lindvall on drums. Pal "DJ Strangefruit" Nyhus handles a lot of the electronic effects. Molvaer left ECM in 2010 and has since recorded for Sony's Okeh label. His latest album Stitches was released in 2021 on BMG's Modern Recordings label. What do I think of him? He's OK in small doses. I don't think I could listen to him regularly. He's not a great trumpeter so he needs the gimmick. Here's Nils Petter Molvaerwith Audun Erlien, Rune Arnesen, Eivind Aarset, DJ Strangefruit and Raymond Pellicer performing Trip at the 2001 Hamburg Jazzport Festival in Germany.
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