Arild Andersen

ARILD ANDERSENBorn in Norway October 27 -1945 . He has been one of Europe's leading bass player since the early 70- ties. Andersen started out as a member of Jan Garbarek Quartet (67-73). The group also included Terje Rypdal and Jon Christensen.In the same period he played in the local rhythm section in Oslo for visiting American musicians . He worked and recorded with Don Cherry , George Russell and Sam Rivers during this years.He recorded 16 albums in his own name for ECM. Bill Frisell, Ralph Towner, Nana Vasconcelos, Paul Motian, Alphonze Mouzon, Kenny Wheeler, John Taylor are among the great musicians that can be heard on some of these albums. 1982-92 his band “Masqualero” included Nils Petter Molvaer and Jon Christensen . In the 90-ties his band included Bendik Hofseth, Bugge Wesseltoft ,Eivind Aarset and Nana Vasconcelos.He played and toured with, John Abercrombie, Stan Getz, Pat Metheney, Paul Bley , John Scofield, Sheila Jordan, among others. 2005 he was “Artist in Resident “ at The Molde International JazzfestivalHis latest album for ECM is “Electra”. His present trio includes Tommy Smith sax and Paolo Vinaccia drums. The trio has a new cd "Live at Belleville " out on ECM November 2008For more information and downloads www.arildandersen.com

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