Arild Andersen

{{short description|Norwegian jazz musician bassist (born 1945)}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

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| caption = Andersen performing at the North Sea Jazz Festival at Rotterdam in 2007

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|10|27|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Strømmen, Akershus, Norway

| genre = Jazz

| occupation = Musician, composer

| instrument = Upright bass, bass guitar

| years_active = 1960s–present

| label = ECM

| associated_acts = Jan Garbarek, Masqualero

| website = {{URL|www.arildandersen.com}}

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Arild Andersen (born 27 October 1945) is a Norwegian jazz musician bassist, known as the most famous Norwegian bass player in the international jazz scene.{{cite web|url=http://www.listento.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2010092913335069316090 |title=Arild Andersen Biography |publisher=Listen to Norway |date=2010-09-29 |access-date=2013-10-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022121445/http://www.listento.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2010092913335069316090 |archive-date=2014-10-22 }}{{Cite book

| last = Cook

| first = Richard

| year = 2005

| title = Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia

| publisher = Penguin Books

| location = London

| isbn = 0-141-00646-3

| page = 13

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Career

Andersen was born at Strømmen, Norway. He started his musical career as jazz guitarist in the Riverside Swing Group in Lillestrøm (1961–63), started playing double bass in 1964, and soon became part of the core jazz bands in Oslo. He was a member of Roy Hellvin Trio, was in the backing band at Kongsberg Jazz Festival in 1967 and 1968, was elected Best Bassist by Jazznytt in 1967, and started as bass player in the Jan Garbarek Quartet (1967–1973), including Terje Rypdal and Jon Christensen.{{cite book|title=The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz|editor=Colin Larkin|publisher=Guinness Publishing|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-580-8|pages=12/13}} After completing his technical education in 1968, he became a professional musician and collaborated with Karin Krog, George Russell, and Don Cherry (Berlin 1968), and with visiting American musicians Phil Woods, Dexter Gordon, Bill Frisell, Hampton Hawes, Johnny Griffin, Sonny Rollins, Sheila Jordan, and Chick Corea. During the same period he worked with Ferenc Snétberger and Tomasz Stańko.

In the early 1970s, Andersen collaborated with Norwegian musicians Magni Wentzel, Jon Eberson, Ketil Bjørnstad, and Terje Rypdal, before leaving for an eventful visit to the U.S. in the winter of 1973–1974, and has since 1974 led his own bands, at first a quartet (1974–79). He worked with the Radka Toneff Quintet (1975–81) and has recorded more than a dozen albums as band leader for ECM Records, founded the critically acclaimed band Masqualero, and appeared as side man on a series of recordings. In January 2009, he was named "Musicien Europeen 2008" by the French Academie du Jazz,{{cite news |title=Norwegian jazz musician honoured |url=http://www.norwaypost.no/culture/norwegian-jazz-musician-honoured.html |agency=Vårt Land |work=The Norway Post |date=19 January 2009 |access-date=19 January 2009 }} In 2010, Andersen received the Ella Award at the Oslo Jazzfestival.

In 2022, he recorded a trio album with the American drummer Bob Moses and Slovenian guitarist Samo Salamon entitled Pure and Simple.

Reception

In a review, All About Jazz critic John Kelman said, "Live at Belleville is Andersen's most exciting release to date. Even more, balanced with its lyrical and, at times, near-orchestral tendencies, it's the best disc of Andersen's long and varied career."{{cite web|url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=31050|title=All About Jazz Review of Live at Belleville|date=18 November 2008 |publisher=allaboutjazz.com|access-date=2010-10-29}}

Honors

1969: Buddyprisen
1975: "Bassist of the Year" voted by the European Jazz Federation
1983: Spellemannprisen for Masqualero, within the band "Masqualero"
1984: Gammleng Award in the class Jazz
1986: Spellemannprisen for Bande a Part, within the band "Masqualero"
1991: Spellemannprisen for Re-Enter, within the band "Masqualero"
2008: "Musicien Europeen 2008" by the French "Academie du Jazz"
2010: "Ella Award" at the Oslo Jazzfestival

Discography

= As leader/co-leader =

1975: Clouds in My Head (ECM)
1977: Shimri (ECM)
1978: Sheila (SteepleChase) with Sheila Jordan
1978: Green Shading into Blue (ECM)
1981: Lifelines (ECM)
1981: Molde Concert (ECM), with John Taylor, Bill Frisell & Alphonse Mouzon
1990: Sagn (Kirkelig Kulturverksted), commissioned work for Vossajazz 1990
1991: Secret Obsession (Nabel) with Uli Beckerhoff, John Abercrombie, John Marshall
1993: Arv (Kirkelig Kulturverksted)
1994: If You Look Far Enough (ECM), with Ralph Towner & Nana Vasconcelos
1995: Kristin Lavransdatter (Kirkelig Kulturverksted)
1997: Hyperborean (ECM)
1998: Sommerbrisen (Kirkelig Kulturverksted), with Frode Alnæs & Stian Carstensen
2003: Julegløggen (Kirkelig Kulturverksted), with Frode Alnæs & Stian Carstensen
2004: The Triangle (ECM), with Vassilis Tsabropoulos & John Marshall
2005: Electra (ECM){{cite web |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=19222#.UM-cKuSzKSo |title=Arild Andersen Group: Electra (2005) Track Review |first=John |last=Kelman |date=2005-10-03 |access-date=2012-12-12 |publisher=All About Jazz}}
2007: In House (Dyad Records), with John Etheridge & John Marshall
2006: Høstsløv (Kirkelig Kulturverksted), with Frode Alnæs & Stian Carstensen
2008: Live at Belleville (ECM), with Paolo Vinaccia & Tommy Smith
2012: Celebration (ECM), with the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra
2014: Mira (ECM), with Paolo Vinaccia & Tommy Smith
2016: The Rose Window (Deutsche Media Productions), with Helge Lien and Gard Nilssen live at Theater Gütersloh
2018: In House Science (ECM), with Paolo Vinaccia & Tommy Smith
2021: Affirmation (ECM){{cite magazine |last=Fordham |first=John |date=December 2023 – January 2024 |title=Arild Andersen: Affirmation |magazine=Jazzwise |issue=291 |page=34 }}
2022: Across Mountains (O-tone Music), with Markus Stockhausen & Vangelis Katsoulis

= As sideman =

;With Don Cherry

1968: Eternal Rhythm (MPS)

;With Terje Rypdal

1971: Terje Rypdal (ECM)

;With Bobo Stenson

1971: Underwear (ECM)

;With Jan Garbarek

1969: Esoteric Circle (Flying Dutchman)
1970: Afric Pepperbird (ECM)
1971: Sart (ECM)
1972: Triptykon (ECM)

;With Roswell Rudd

1974: Flexible Flyer (Arista Freedom)

;With George Russell

1971: The Essence of George Russell (Sonet)
1982: Trip to Prillarguri (Soul Note)
1983: Listen to the Silence (Soul Note)

;With Pål Thowsen, Jon Christensen & Terje Rypdal

1977: No Time for Time (Zarepta)

;With Sheila Jordan

1978: Sheila (SteepleChase)

;With David Darling

1981: Cycles (ECM)

;With Bill Frisell

1982: In Line (ECM)

;Within Masqualero

1983: Masqualero (Odin)
1986: Bande a Part (ECM)
1988: Aero (ECM)
1991: Re-Enter (ECM)

;With Vassilis Tsabropoulos

1999: Achirana (ECM)

;With Markus Stockhausen

2000: Kartā (ECM)
2002: Joyosa (Enja)
2008: Electric Treasures (Aktivraum)

;With Carsten Dahl

2002: The Sign (Stunt)
2003: Moon Water (Stunt)
2006: Short Fairytales (EmArcy)
2012: Space Is the Place (Storyville)
2013: Under the Rainbow (Storyville)

;With Ferenc Snétberger & Paolo Vinaccia

2004: Nomad (Enja)

;With Andy Sheppard

2008: Movements in Colour (ECM)

With Chris Dundas

2014: Oslo Odyssey (BLM)

;With Ketil Bjørnstad

1973: Åpning (Philips)
1976: Finnes Du Noensteds Ikveld (Kirkelig Kulturverksted)
1990: The Shadow (Kirkelig Kulturverksted), feat. Randi Stene, poems by John Donne (1562–1626)
1990: Odyssey (Kirkelig Kulturverksted)
2004: Grace (Universal), feat. Anneli Drecker
2007: Devotions (Universal)
2013: La Notte (ECM)

;With Yelena Eckemoff

2013: Glass Song (L&H Production)
2015: Lions (L&H Production)
2015: Everblue (L&H Production)
2018: Desert (L&H Production)
2020: Nocturnal Animals (L&H Production)

;With Samo Salamon & Bob Moses

2022: Pure and Simple (Samo Records)

References

External links

{{Official website|www.arildandersen.com}}
[https://www.ecmrecords.com/artists/1435045734/a-hrefartists-1435045734-arild-andersenarild-andersen-a Arild Andersen on ECM Records]
[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Arild+Andersen Arild Andersen discography at Discogs]