Nils Mathisen (born 24 January 1959) is a Norwegian jazz musician (keyboards, violin, guitar and bass) and composer, known from significant efforts within cabaret and musicals. Mathisen has released two solo albums, and contributed to releases by Jan Werner,

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, Elg and Arild Nyquist. He is the brother of jazz musicians

Per Mathisen Per Mathisen (born 7 October 1969) is a Norwegian jazz bassist and composer who has worked with Terri Lyne Carrington, Geri Allen, Gary Thomas, Bill Bruford, Alex Acuña, Gary Husband, Ralph Peterson, Nguyen Le and Terje Rypdal. He is marri ...

(bass), Hans Mathisen (guitar) and Ole Mathisen (saxophone and clarinet).

Career

Born in

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, Norway, Mathisen was educated ''

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Landbruksskole'' (1981–82) and ''

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Ingeniørhøgskole'' (1984–85). He started as professional musician when he was 15 years old. In his own ''Nils Mathisen Band'', he played with his brother Hans, and the music in the West Coast Jazz-Rock genre. They released an album on label Mudi, ''Pop Coast'' (2007), which had eleven weeks on Norsktoppen.

Discography

*''Pop Coast'' (Mudi, 2007) *''Do Not Cover'' (Audiovisjon Records, 2008)

References

External links

Nils Mathisen Official Website
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