Gard Nilssen (born 24 June 1983 in Skien, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz drummer and composer, and member of the bands Bushman's Revenge and Puma.[1]
Gard Nilssen | |
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 Gard Nilssen at the Moers Festival 2015 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 24 June 1983 Skien, Telemark, Norway |
| Origin | Norway |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instrument | Drums |
| Website | Gard Nilssen on Myspace |
Career
editNilssen was educated on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (2003).[2] 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.[3]
Honors
edit- This year's young jazz musicians 2006, with the band Puma by Rikskonsertene and Norsk Jazzforum
Discography
editSolo albums
edit- Gard Nilssen's Acoustic Unity, including with 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)
Band releases
edit- 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
- 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)
Collaborations
edit- 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)[4]
- 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)
References
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- ^ a b "Gard Nilssen Biography - MIC.no". Archived from the original on 2012-05-14.
- ^ "Jazzlinja". NTNU.no. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
- ^ "To norske musiker i Take Five: Europe". JazzINorge.no. 27 September 2011. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
- ^ "Gard Nilssen Discography". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
- ^ Wicklund, Erling (2013-10-03). "Nikolaisen/Eick – I Concentrate On You - Review" (in Norwegian). NRK Jazz. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
External links
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Media related to Gard Nilssen at Wikimedia Commons