Arild Andersen
Encyclopedia
Arild Andersen is a Norwegian bass
player.
Born in Lillestrøm
, Norway
, he started out as a member of the Jan Garbarek
Quartet
(1967–1973), with Terje Rypdal
and Jon Christensen
. In the same period he also worked with the Norwegian singer Karin Krog
and played in the rhythm section
for visiting American musicians including Phil Woods
, Dexter Gordon
, Bill Frisell
, Hampton Hawes
, Johnny Griffin
, Sonny Rollins
, Sheila Jordan
, and Chick Corea
. During this time, he also worked with Don Cherry
, George Russell, Ferenc Snétberger and Tomasz Stańko
.
Andersen has recorded over a dozen album
s for ECM Records as band leader and with Masqualero, and appeared on many others as side man.
In January 2009 Andersen was named Musicien Europeen 2008 by the French
Academie du Jazz.
All*About*Jazz
critique
John Kelman, in his review of Andersen's live recorded release Live at Belleville said:
With David Darling
With Bill Frisell
With Jan Garbarek
With George Russell
With Terje Rypdal
With Andy Sheppard
With Bobo Stenson
With Vassilis Tsabropoulos
Double bass
The double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
player.
Born in Lillestrøm
Lillestrøm
' is a city in the municipality of Skedsmo, Akershus, Norway. The municipal administration is located in Lillestrøm.Facilities in Lillestrøm include hotels, Norway trade fairs, a brand new cinema, a mall, Lillestrøm torv, restaurants, a high speed commuter train that reaches both Oslo and...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, he started out as a member of the Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek is a Norwegian tenor and soprano saxophonist, active in the jazz, classical, and world music genres. Garbarek was born in Mysen, Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war Czesław Garbarek and a Norwegian farmer's daughter...
Quartet
Quartet
In music, a quartet is a method of instrumentation , used to perform a musical composition, and consisting of four parts.-Western art music:...
(1967–1973), with Terje Rypdal
Terje Rypdal
Terje Rypdal is a Norwegian guitarist and composer. Most of his music has been released on albums of the German record label ECM. Rypdal has collaborated both as a guitarist and as a composer with other ECM artists such as Ketil Bjørnstad and David Darling...
and Jon Christensen
Jon Christensen
Jon Christensen is a Norwegian jazz percussionist.In the late 1960s he played alongside Jan Garbarek on several recordings by the composer George Russell....
. In the same period he also worked with the Norwegian singer Karin Krog
Karin Krog
Karin Krog is a Norwegian jazz vocalist.- Life and career :She started to sing at an early age and in 1955 she was hired by the pianist Kjell Karlsen to sing in his sextet.Her great grandfather is Anders Heyerdahl...
and played in the rhythm section
Rhythm section
A rhythm section is a collection of musicians who make up a section of instruments which provides the accompaniment section of the music, giving the music its rhythmic texture and pulse, also serving as a rhythmic reference for the rest of the band...
for visiting American musicians including Phil Woods
Phil Woods
Philip Wells Woods is an American jazz bebop alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader and composer.-Biography:...
, Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and an Academy Award-nominated actor . He is regarded as one of the first and most important musicians to adapt the bebop musical language of people like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Bud Powell to the tenor saxophone...
, Bill Frisell
Bill Frisell
William Richard "Bill" Frisell is an American guitarist and composer.One of the leading guitarists in jazz since the late 1980s, Frisell's eclectic music touches on progressive folk, classical music, country music, noise and more...
, Hampton Hawes
Hampton Hawes
Hampton Hawes was an American bebop and hard-bop jazz pianist, recognized as one of the finest and most influential of the 1950s.-Biography:...
, Johnny Griffin
Johnny Griffin
John Arnold Griffin III was an American bop and hard bop tenor saxophonist.- Early life and career :Griffin studied music at DuSable High School in Chicago under Walter Dyett, starting out on clarinet before moving on to oboe and then alto sax...
, Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins
Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins is a Grammy-winning American jazz tenor saxophonist. Rollins is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. A number of his compositions, including "St...
, Sheila Jordan
Sheila Jordan
Sheila Jordan is an American jazz singer and songwriter. Jordan has recorded as a session musician with an array of critically acclaimed artists in addition to a notable solo career....
, and Chick Corea
Chick Corea
Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, and composer.Many of his compositions are considered jazz standards. As a member of Miles Davis' band in the 1960s, he participated in the birth of the electric jazz fusion movement. In the 1970s he formed Return to Forever...
. During this time, he also worked with Don Cherry
Don Cherry (jazz)
Donald Eugene Cherry was an innovative African-American jazz cornetist whose career began with a long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman. He went on to live in many parts of the world and work with a wide variety of musicians.-Biography:Cherry was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and...
, George Russell, Ferenc Snétberger and Tomasz Stańko
Tomasz Stanko
Tomasz Stańko is a Polish trumpeter, composer and improviser. Often recording for ECM, Stańko is strongly associated with free jazz and the avant-garde....
.
Andersen has recorded over a dozen album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
s for ECM Records as band leader and with Masqualero, and appeared on many others as side man.
In January 2009 Andersen was named Musicien Europeen 2008 by the French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
Academie du Jazz.
All*About*Jazz
All About Jazz
All About Jazz is a leading jazz music website for enthusiasts and industry professionals based in Philadelphia in the United States.Founded by Michael Ricci in 1995, the Web-Site is maintained by a volunteer staff of writers, editors, and musicians, and provides coverage of all genres of jazz from...
critique
Critique
Critique is a method of disciplined, systematic analysis of a written or oral discourse. Critique is commonly understood as fault finding and negative judgement, but it can also involve merit recognition, and in the philosophical tradition it also means a methodical practice of doubt...
John Kelman, in his review of Andersen's live recorded release Live at Belleville 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. |
As leader
- Clouds in My HeadClouds in My HeadClouds in My Head is the debut album by Norwegian jazz bassist and composer Arild Andersen recorded in 1975 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.-Track listing:# "305 W 18 St" - 3:49...
(ECM, 1975) - ShimriShimri (album)Shimri is the second album by Norwegian jazz bassist and composer Arild Andersen recorded in 1976 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:...
(ECM, 1977) - Green Shading into BlueGreen Shading into BlueGreen Shading into Blue is the second album by Norwegian jazz bassist and composer Arild Andersen recorded in 1978 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:...
(ECM, 1978) - Lifelines (ECM, 1981)
- A Molde ConcertA Molde ConcertA Molde Concert is a live album by Norwegian jazz bassist and composer Arild Andersen recorded in 1981 and released on the ECM label.-Track listing:# "Cherry Tree" - 7:04# "Targeta" - 7:25# "Six for Alphonse" - 8:24 Bonus track on CD reissue...
(ECM, 1981) - Sagn (ECM, 1990)
- Arv (1993)
- If You Look Far Enough (1994)
- Hyperborean (1997)
- Sommerbrisen (1998)
- Achirana (2000)
- The Triangle (2004)
- Electra (2005)
- Live at Belleville (2008)
As sideman
With Don CherryDon Cherry (jazz)
Donald Eugene Cherry was an innovative African-American jazz cornetist whose career began with a long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman. He went on to live in many parts of the world and work with a wide variety of musicians.-Biography:Cherry was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and...
- Eternal Rhythm (MPS, 1968)
With David Darling
David Darling (musician)
David Darling is an American cellist and composer. He won the Grammy award for Best New Age Album in 2010. He has performed and recorded with artists such as Bobby McFerrin and Spyro Gyra in addition to putting out several solo and small ensemble albums as well as albums of his...
- CyclesCycles (David Darling album)Cycles is the second album by cellist David Darling recorded in 1981 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "Darling and his sidemen give the music a wide variety of sounds...
(ECM, 1981)
With Bill Frisell
Bill Frisell
William Richard "Bill" Frisell is an American guitarist and composer.One of the leading guitarists in jazz since the late 1980s, Frisell's eclectic music touches on progressive folk, classical music, country music, noise and more...
- In LineIn LineIn Line is the debut album by Bill Frisell which was released on the ECM label in 1983. It features four solo performances by Frisell and five duets with bassist Arild Andersen.-Reception:The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.-Track listing:...
(ECM, 1982)
With Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek is a Norwegian tenor and soprano saxophonist, active in the jazz, classical, and world music genres. Garbarek was born in Mysen, Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war Czesław Garbarek and a Norwegian farmer's daughter...
- Esoteric CircleEsoteric CircleEsoteric Circle is the debut album by Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek, originally released under the band name "The Esoteric Circle" on Bob Thiele's Flying Dutchman label but re-issued under his name on the Freedom imprint, performed by Garbarek with Terje Rypdal, Arild Andersen and Jon...
(Flying Dutchman, 1969) - Afric PepperbirdAfric PepperbirdAfric Pepperbird is the second album by Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek and his first released on the ECM label performed by Garbarek's quartet featuring Terje Rypdal, Arild Andersen and Jon Christensen...
(ECM, 1970) - SartSart (album)Sart is the third album by Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek, his second released on the ECM label, and is performed by Garbarek's quintet featuring Bobo Stenson, Terje Rypdal, Arild Andersen and Jon Christensen...
(ECM, 1971) - TriptykonTriptykon (album)Triptykon is the fourth album by Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek, his third release on the ECM label, and is performed by Garbarek with Arild Andersen and Edward Vesala...
(ECM, 1972)
With George Russell
- The Essence of George RussellThe Essence of George RussellThe Essence of George Russell is an album by George Russell originally released on the Norwegian Sonet label in 1971, and subsequently remastered and released on the Italian Black Saint label in 1983, featuring performances by Russell with Stanton Davis, Jan Garbarek, Terje Rypdal, Arild Andersen,...
(Sonet, 1971) - Trip to PrillarguriTrip to PrillarguriTrip to Prillarguri is a live album by George Russell originally recorded in 1970 and subsequently released on the Italian Soul Note label in 1982, featuring a performance by Russell with Stanton Davis, Jan Garbarek, Terje Rypdal, Arild Andersen, and Jon Christensen...
(Soul Note, 1982) - Listen to the Silence (Soul Note, 1983)
With Terje Rypdal
Terje Rypdal
Terje Rypdal is a Norwegian guitarist and composer. Most of his music has been released on albums of the German record label ECM. Rypdal has collaborated both as a guitarist and as a composer with other ECM artists such as Ketil Bjørnstad and David Darling...
- Terje RypdalTerje Rypdal (album)Terje Rypdal is the second album by Norwegian jazz guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in 1971 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.-Track listing:# "Keep It Like That - Tight" - 12:14# "Rainbow" - 7:05...
(ECM, 1971)
With Andy Sheppard
Andy Sheppard
Andy Sheppard is a British jazz saxophonist and composer. He has been awarded several prizes at the British Jazz Awards, and has worked with some notable figures in contemporary jazz, including Gil Evans, Carla Bley, George Russell and Steve Swallow.-Biography:Sheppard was born in Warminster,...
- Movements in ColourMovements in ColourMovements in Colour is an album by British jazz saxophonist and composer Andy Sheppard recorded in 2008 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:...
(ECM, 2008)
With Bobo Stenson
Bobo Stenson
Bo Gustav Stenson is a Swedish jazz pianist. Stenson was noted as early as 1963, when he stepped up from the local scene in Västerås to start playing frequently in Stockholm, where he accompanied a long line of visiting American players including Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz and Gary Burton...
- UnderwearUnderwear (album)Underwear is the debut album by Swedish pianist Bobo Stenson recorded in 1971 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Jim Todd awarded the album 2½ stars stating "This LP from ECM's early days finds Swedish pianist Bobo Stenson leading bassist Arild Andersen and drummer Jon...
(ECM, 1971)
With Vassilis Tsabropoulos
Vassilis Tsabropoulos
Vassilis Tsabropoulos is a Greek pianist and composer.-Discography:*The Promise *Melos Vassilis Tsabropoulos (born 1966 in Athens) is a Greek pianist and composer.-Discography:*The Promise (ECM, 2009)*Melos Vassilis Tsabropoulos (born 1966 in Athens) is a Greek pianist and...
- AchiranaAchiranaAchirana is an album by Greek composer and pianist Vassilis Tsabropoulos with bassist Arild Andersen and drummer John Marshall recorded in 1999 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:...
(ECM, 1999)
External links
- Official Homepage
- Arild Andersen on ECM Records
- *Flowd - artist channel on *Flowd network.
- Arild Andersen discography at Discogs