Eple Trio (initiated 2004 at
Norwegian Academy of Music
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in
Oslo
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) is a
Norwegian
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jazz trio
A jazz trio is a group of three jazz musicians, often a piano trio comprising a pianist, a double bass player and a drummer. Jazz trios are commonly named after their leader, such as the Bill Evans Trio.
Variants and examples
Famous examples incl ...
including graduate students from the Norwegian Academy of Music (2008).
Biography
The trio has since its inception in 2004 produced four critically acclaimed albums, all of which have set the tone when it comes to the modern piano trio genre and expression. Through extensive touring in Europe and Asia, and faced with other musical traditions, the ensemble has during the 10-years developed a strong interaction, an interaction where collective schemes and a dynamic improvisation form blurs the traditional boundaries between composed and improvised music, and between the roles of soloist and accompaniment.
[
The band comprises ]Andreas Ulvo
Andreas Ulvo (born 22 July 1983 in Kongsvinger, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz pianist, organist, keyboardist and composer, known from cooperations with Shining, Ingrid Olava, Mathias Eick Quartet, Solveig Slettahjell & Slow Motion Orchestra, K ...
(piano), Sigurd Hole
Sigurd Hole (born 13 July 1981) is a Norwegian jazz musician (upright bass) from Rendalen living in Oslo
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(upright bass) and Jonas Howden Sjøvaag
Jonas Howden Sjøvaag (born 3 November 1978 in Munich, Germany) is a Norwegian jazz drummer.
Biography
Sjøvaag started playing piano at an early age. He had his solo debut with Vestfold Youth Symphony Orchestra at age 11, started playing drum ...
(drums), and they play modern jazz with elements of barock music and Scandinavian traditional music
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has ...
. The band members also collaborates with a number of other Norwegian musicians, including Karl Seglem
Karl Seglem (born 8 July 1961 in Årdalstangen, Norway) is a Norwegian Jazz musician (saxophone and bukkehorn), composer and producer, known from a series of combined jazz and traditional music releases, as well as leading his own record label ...
, Jon Eberson
Jon Arild Eberson (born 6 January 1953) is a Norwegian jazz guitarist and composer, the son of jazz guitarist Leif Eberson (1925–1970), and the father of keyboardist Marte Maaland Eberson. He was a member of the bands Moose Loose (1973–77), ...
and Mathias Eick
Mathias Eick (born 26 June 1979) is a Norwegian jazz musician, and the brother of the jazz musicians Johannes Eick and Trude Eick. He is mainly known from his releases on the jazz label ECM Records. His main instrument is the trumpet, but he als ...
. They released the album ''Universal Cycle'' during their 10th anniversary at Victoria, the Norwegian national jazz scene, in 2014.
Discography
*2007
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: ''Made this'' (NorCD
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)
*2008
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: ''The Widening Sphere Of Influence'' (NorCD)
*2010
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:''In The Clearing'' / ''In The Cavern'' (double album) (NorCD)[
*]2014
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: ''Universal Cycle'' (Shipwreckords)
*2017
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: ''5'' (Shipwreckords)
References
External links
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Eple Trio "Circle Song" @ Kashiwa Nardis
on YouTube
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Norwegian jazz ensembles
Musical groups established in 2004
Musical groups from Oslo
2004 establishments in Norway
NorCD artists