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Eivind Opsvik

About Me


I’m a Norwegian musician living in New York.
While I’m probably most proficient at playing bass, I also thoroughly enjoy experiments with recording and mixing, playing lap steel guitar,
old organs, drums, exploring instruments and sounds, composing music
and most anything else that combines creativity and music.
Apart from my band, Eivind Opsvik OVERSEAS,
I'm involved in a plethora of different bands and projects:
Opsvik & Jennings, UP, Tone Collector, Rocket Engine, Kris Davis' Slightest Shift, Ben Gerstein Collective, Kornstad/Opsvik Atlantic 4, Tony Malaby's Paloma Recio, Jackson Moore Trio, Jeff Davis Band, Plainville Music, Jesse Stacken Trio, David Binney's Out of Airplanes, Jon Irabagon's Outright!, Jostein Gulbrandsen Quartet, Sacks/Maneri/Motian/Opsvik....and more
complete live schedule
Eivind Opsvik Overseas
Live at Nublu, NYC, May 2008
Kapp Det Gode HÃ¥p/Stranded
Silver
Everseas

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/4/2006
Band Website: eivindopsvik.com
Band Members: Eivind Opsvik OVERSEAS
Jacob Sacks - pianos and organ
Tony Malaby - tenor sax
Kenny Wollesen - drums
Larry Campbell - pedal steel guitar
Eivind Opsvik - bass and compositions

Influences:

Sounds Like:
OVERSEAS III

Loyal Label 2008

1. Neil
2. Everseas
3. Silver
4. Ginger Rogers
5. Breath of Bark
6. Whiff of Wood
7. Lull of Lumber

Jacob Sacks - piano, farfisa organ, celeste, wurlitzer
Tony Malaby - tenor saxophone
Kenny Wollesen - drums, cymbals, gongs, timpani
Larry Campbell - pedal steel guitar
Jeff Davis - vibraphone, xylophone
Eivind Opsvik - upright bass, tack piano

purchase:
CD Baby
Amazon
Downtown Music Gallery
downloads:

Amazon mp3

OVERSEAS II

(2005, Fresh Sound Records FSNT 219CD)

“He writes present-day jazz material unlike anything else in the market.”
All About Jazz

“..one that clutches at you after you’ve had a taste”
Jay Collins, Signal to Noise

“Norwegian bassist Eivind Opsvik made the most imaginative album trilogy of 2005”
Nate Chinen, JazzTimes

purchase:
FreshSoundRecords.com
Amazon.com

OVERSEAS

(2003, Fresh Sound Records FSNT 146CD)

"Overseas shows what happens when a musician puts the whole range of his imagination into play”
Greg Buium, Downbeat

"The sound has a sheer, weightless quality... whether you understand it as jazz or as a kind of instrumental post-rock it leaves more permanent traces”
Ben Ratliff, New York Times

"Opsvik's own bass has an aching sound, with his lines plumbing the depths to find almost folk-song-like melodies"
David Dupont, Allmusic.com

purchase:
FreshSoundRecords.com
Amazon.com

Record Label: Loyal Label, Fresh Sound
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Solo

I will be playing my first solo concert at this years Copenhagen Jazz Festival, July 8th at 1 in the morning (technically it's the 9th) at the Litteraturhaus.http://www.literaturhaus.dk
Posted by Eivind Opsvik on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:25:00 PST

Overseas III now available

CD Baby Amazon Downtown Music Gallery downloads: Amazon mp3...
Posted by Eivind Opsvik on Sun, 04 May 2008 12:18:00 PST

Overseas III to be released on May 6th in the States

Overseas III to be released on May 6th in the States on Loyal Labelmore info:www.loyallabel.comwww.eivindopsvik.com...
Posted by Eivind Opsvik on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 07:47:00 PST

Sacks/Opsvik/Maneri/Motian

Proud to present Loyal Label's first offical release: Jacob Sacks, Eivind Opsvik, Mat Maneri, Paul Motian: Two Miles a Day. Now available on cdbabyFirst review of Two Miles a Day on All About Jazz: "T...
Posted by Eivind Opsvik on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 03:51:00 PST

Opsvik & Jennings "Commuter Anthems" out now on Rune Grammofon

Opsvik & Jennings second record "Commuter Anthems" is now available worldwide. It has been released on Rune Grammofon.Here's the blurb:"Commuter Anthems" is the second album from Eivind Opsvik and Aar...
Posted by Eivind Opsvik on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 08:40:00 PST

Overseas III

This Spring will see the recording of "Overseas III" (working title)It will be recorded at Edison Studios in Manhattan, All analog recording to be engineered by Henry Hirsch (Lenny Kravitz' Engineer)....
Posted by Eivind Opsvik on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 10:05:00 PST