Marte Maaland Eberson is a Norwegian keyboardist and composer, known from bands including Morning Has Occurred and Highasakite. She is the daughter of the guitarist

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), ...

Career

Marte Eberson at Vossajazz April 13, 2014

Eberson was born in

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, and obtained her formal musical education from the Music program at

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, "Sund Folkehøgskole", followed by a bachelor's degree from the Jazz program at

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(

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) in Bergen. She is involved in many different bands and various musical contexts, most recently with the band Eberson Funk Ensemble, a band including her guitarist father Jon Eberson, Pål Thowsen,

Sigurd Hole Sigurd Hole (born 13 July 1981) is a Norwegian jazz musician (upright bass) from Rendalen living in Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The ...

and Kim Erik Pedersen at Victoria, the Norwegian National Jazz Scene in Oslo 2013. In 2011, Eberson won the "Jazz i sikte" ("Jazz in sight") with the band Lugom Trio and placed second in the "Urørt" final with the electronica duo Machine Birds. In 2012, she won the "Jazz i sikte" with the ensemble Morning Has Occurred, fronted by Natalie Sandtorv. Also in 2012, she was awarded the

Sildajazzprisen Sildajazzprisen awarded by the company Statoil to a Norwegian jazz musician or group. The award consists of a sum of money and a picture signed the year Sildajazz artist. Statoil sildajazz Prize was first awarded in 2000. Award Winners *2000: ...

. She was also a member of the critically acclaimed indie band Highasakite until 2018, and has been playing with Sjur Miljeteig Group since 2014.

Honors

*2012:

Discography

Solo albums

*2015: ''Mad Boy'' (Propeller Recordings)

Collaborations

;With

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*2012: ''Save Yourself'' (Nabovarsel) *2013: ''Time / One Last Try'' (Machine Birds Records) ;With

Ine Hoem Ine Kristine Hoem (born 19 December 1985 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz singer and the daughter of the author Edvard Hoem. She is also known as the lead singer of the genre band PELbO. Career Hoem got her music diploma from the Jazz pr ...

*2013: "The Island" ;With Highasakite *2012: ''All That Floats Will Rain'' (Propeller Recordings) *2014: ''Silent Treatment'' (Propeller Recordings) *2016: "Camp Echo" (Propeller Recordings) ;With Morning Has Occurred *2014: ''Morning Has Occurred'' (Ocean Sound Recordings) ;With Eberson Funk Ensemble *2014: ''Do The Dance'' (JEG Records) ;With Cokko * 2016: ''The Dance Upon My Grave'' (Playdate Records)

References

External links

Official Twitter pageMachine Birds, Performing At Nattjazz 2011
at

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