Erlend Slettevoll (born 1981) is a Norwegian

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pianist, known from cooperation with musicians like

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Petter Wettre Petter Wettre (born 11 August 1967) is a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone) and composer, known from a number of album recordings, accompanied by receiving the Spellemannprisen two times. Career Wettre was born and raised in Sandefjord. H ...

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, Kjetil Møster,

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and Espen Aalberg.

Career

Slettevoll is a graduate of the jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (2001–05). He was first recognized as member of the band

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together with fellow students in Trondheim, Kjetil Møster, Steinar Raknes and Espen Aalberg. Later he worked with musicians like Petter Wettre and Heidi Skjerve. Slettevoll was also a member of the band Grand General, originally Kenneth Kapstad Group. Violinist Ola Kvernberg, who was awarded

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for his album '' Liarbird'', was in the forefront, alongside drummer Kenneth Kapstad (

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), bassist Trond Frønes (El Doom), and guitarist Even Helte Hermansen (Bushman's Revenge). Since 2022, Slettevoll has been a member of the Norwegian jazz-prog-rock band

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, replacing David Wallumrød.

Discography

*2004: ''Vision'' ( Jazzaway), within

*2006: ''Cape Point'' (Bergland), within African Pepperbirds *2006: ''Coming Home'' (

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), within Heidi Skjerve Quintet *2006: ''Blue Sky'' ( Jazzaway), within The Core *2007: ''Fountain of Youth'' (Household Records), within Petter Wettre Quartet *2007: ''Indian Core'' ( Grappa Music), within The Core feat. Prasenjit Mitra, Kanchman Babbar and Fateh Ali *2007: ''Meditations on Coltrane'' (Grappa Music), with Bergen Big Band feat. The Core *2007: ''Office Essentials'' ( Jazzland Records), within The Core *2008: ''Golonka Love'' (Moserobie), within The Core *2008: ''Morning News of the Woods'' (Curling Legs), within Heidi Skjerve Quintet *2008: ''Night Creatures'' (Pling Music), within "Audun Automat" *2009: ''The art of no return'', Vol. 1 (Moserobie), within The Core and More *2010: ''Party'' (Moserobie), with among others Jonas Kullhammar and Kjetil Møster (recorded, mixed and producer by Espen Aalberg) *2011: ''Rainbow Band'' (Losen Records), The Rainbow Band Sessions, directed by

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*2011: ''Min Song Og Hjarteskatt'' (

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), with Beate S. Lech *2013: '' Grand General'' (

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), within '' Grand General'' *2014: ''Playing Up To My Standards'' (Household Records), with

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Slettevoll, Erlend 21st-century Norwegian pianists Norwegian jazz pianists Norwegian jazz composers Norwegian University of Science and Technology alumni Musicians from Volda Living people 1981 births Jazzaway Records artists Jazzland Recordings (1997) artists Curling Legs artists Grappa Music artists Household Records artists Petter Wettre Quartet members The Core (band) members Grand General (band) members