Frode Gjerstad

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Frode Gjerstad
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Gjerstad during the Moers Festival in Germany, 2008
Background information
Born (1948-03-24) 24 March 1948 (age 76)
Stavanger, Rogaland
Origin Norway
Genres Jazz
Occupation(s) Musician, composer
Instruments Saxophone, clarinet, flute
Website frodegjerstad.com

Frode Gjerstad (born 24 March 1948 in Stavanger, Norway)[1] is a Norwegian Jazz musician with alto saxophone as principal instrument, but also plays other saxophones, clarinet and flute. He has collaborated with a number of Norwegian and international musicians like Paal Nilssen-Love, Borah Bergman, Peter Brötzmann, Evan Parker, Derek Bailey, Bjørn Kjellemyr, Terje Isungset, William Parker, Sabir Mateen, John Stevens, Johnny Dyani, Kent Carter, and since 1979 made huge contributions to more than 50 recordings.[2][3]

Career

Gjerstad played in the trio Detail together with the British drummer John Stevens, in the period 1981–1994, and they released fourteen albums. Other members of the band were the pianist Eivin One Pedersen (1981–82) and the mega bassist's Johnny Dyani (1981–1986) or Kent Carter (1987–1994).

In 1985, he initiated "Circulasione Totale Orchestra", a band with varying lineups, where young musicians, mostly from Stavanger, could get a chance. To the Moldejazz 1989 he composed the commissioned work Dancemble which was performed by a 13-man version of the band. The band was active until 1995 and produced three recordings. In 1998, the band reemerged and released the album Borealis.

He also collaborated with numerous musicians in various small groups, which has resulted in several albums, tours and festival recordings in Norway, USA and Europe. The most long-lasting partnership in recent years is the current issue of Gjerstad Trio where he plays with drummer Paal Nilssen-Love and bassist Øyvind Storesund. They debuted at Nattjazz in Bergen 1999 and have released five albums.

Honors

  • 1996: Jazz Musician of the Year by "Foreningen norske jazzmusikere"
  • 2008: "Buddyprisen"
  • 2010: "Stavanger kommunes kulturpris"

Discography

Solo albums

As front man

Frode Gjerstad and the Circulasione Totale Orchestra
With John Stevens, Derek Bailey
  • 2001: Hello Goodbye (Emanem)
With Terje Isungset
  • 2002: Shadows And Light (FMR Records)
With Peter Brotzmann
  • 2003: Soria Moria (FMR Records)
With John Edwards & Mark Sanders
  • 2003: The Welsh Chapel (Cadence Jazz Records)
With Derek Bailey
  • 2003: Nearly A D (Emanem)
With Steve Hubback
  • 2003: Demystify (FMR Records)
  • 2005: One Foot Moving (Utech Records)
With Lasse Marhaug
  • 2003: Tou (FMR Records)
With Paul Hession
  • 2004: May Day (FMR Records)
With Kevin Norton
With Anders Hana, Morten Olsen, Per Zanussi
  • 2003: Born To Collapse (Circulasione Totale)
With Sabir Mateen
  • 2005: Good Question (FMR Records)
With John Stevens
  • 2005: Keep On Playing (FMR Records)
With Nils Henrik Asheim
  • 2005: The Shortest Night (FMR Records)
With Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut - The Organic Plastic Band
  • 2006: We Are As Organic As Cars (Nolabel)
With Daniel Carter, Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut
  • 2006: Behind The White Fences (Nolabel)
With Eivind One Pedersen, Kevin Norton
  • 2006: The Walk (FMR Records)
With Fred Lonberg-Holm
With Paal Nilssen-Love
  • 2007: Day Before One (Tyyfus)
  • 2010: Gromka (Not Two Records)
  • 2012: Side By Side (CIMP)
With William Parker & Hamid Drake
  • 2008: On Reade Street (FMR Records)
With John Edwards / Mark Sanders
  • 2009: Bergen (FMR Records)
With Nick Stephens
  • 2012: Different Times (Loose Torque)
With Skaset _ Tafjord _ Mølstad _ Moe
  • 2013: Deichman (Conrad Sound)
With Luis Conte
  • 2013: Mirrors Edges (FMR Records)

Collaborations

Within Detail
In trio with Rashid Bakr and William Parker
With John Stevens
  • 1996: Sunshine (Impetus Records)
With Peter Brötzmann
  • 1999: Invisible Touch (Cadence Jazz Records)
With Borah Bergman
  • 2003: Rivers In Time (FMR Records)
With Jeffrey Shurdut
  • 2004: Everything Is Divisible By 1 (Nolabel)
With Lasse Marhaug
  • 2004: Red Edge (CD) Breathmint, Carbon Records, Little Mafia Records, Sunship Records, Gameboy Records BM 96, CR092, LM035, SUN38, GB55 2004
With Bobby Bradford
With Bennink
  • 2009: Han & Frode (Cadence Jazz Records)
With Sabir Mateen feat. Steve Swell
  • 2010: Sound Gathering (Not Two Records)
With Motland / Lonberg-Holm / Solberg
  • 2011: VC/DC (Hispid)
With Fred Lonberg-Holm
  • 2014: Life On Sandpaper (FMR Records)
With Louis Moholo
  • 2014: Sult (FMR Records)
  • 2015: Distant Groove (FMR Records), including with Nick Stephens, Fred Lonberg-Holm

References

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External links

Awards
Preceded by Recipient of the Buddyprisen
2008		 Succeeded by
Dag Arnesen
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