Ivar Grydeland

Ivar Grydeland
Born (1976-10-01) 1 October 1976
Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag
Origin Norway
Genres Jazz
Occupation(s) Musician, composer
Instruments Guitar, banjo, pedal steel guitar
Website www.ivargrydeland.com

Ivar Grydeland (born 1 October 1976) is a Norwegian jazz musician (guitar) and composer raised in Kongsberg.

Career

Grydeland was born in Trondheim, Norway, and studied jazz guitar at the Norwegian Academy of Music (1996–2000, and 2001–2003). He started his jazz career in the Big Band 'Ung Musikk' in 1995. He collaborates within the band Huntsville (six albums) together with Tonny Kluften and Ingar Zach, within 'Dans les arbres' (two albums) together with Christian Wallumrød, Xavier Charles and Ingar Zach, and playes with Hanne Hukkelberg. Grydeland plays acoustic guitar, electric guitar and banjo with a mixture of finger picking technique, various types of bows, metal, propellers and electronic devices, he teaches at Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, and runs the record label Sofa.

In 2000 Grydeland participated together with Tonny Kluften on a project with Tony Oxley resulting in the album Triangular Screen. On the first album in his own name These Six (2003), he collaborated in a trio with Tonny Kluften and Paul Lovens. With Philipp Wachsmann, Charlotte Hug and Ingar Zach he released the album Wazahugy (2002), and with Jaap Blonk and Ingar Zach Improvisors (2004). In 2006 the release Szc Zcz Cze Zec Eci Cin within the trio Ivar Grydeland/Thomas Lehn/Ingar Zach followed, and Improvisors together with Jaap Blonk and Ingar Zach in 2004. Grydeland collaborated with Leonel Kaplan on the album Portraits 2004 (2011), and he released the critically acclaimed solo album Bathymetric Modes in 2012.[1][2][3]

Discography

Solo albums

Solo project
Trio including with Tonny Kluften & Paul Lovens
As Ivar Grydeland/Thomas Lehn/Ingar Zach trio

Collaborations

Duo with Ingar Zach
With Tony Oxley Project 1
Within No Spaghetti Edition
With Philipp Wachsmann, Charlotte Hug & Ingar Zach
Within HISS including with Tonny Kluften, Pat Thomas & Ingar Zach
With Jaap Blonk & Ingar Zach
Within Arm
Duo with Yumiko Tanaka
Within Huntsville trio including with Tonny Kluften & Ingar Zach
As Marc Pichelin/Xavier Charles/Ivar Grydeland
Within Dans Les Arbres including with Xavier Charles, Christian Wallumrød & Ingar Zach
Within Ballrogg trio including with Klaus Ellerhusen Holm & Roger Arntzen
With Leonel Kaplan
Within Last Heat
Finland including with Morten Qvenild, Jo Berger Myhre, Pål Hausken

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kelman, John (13 December 2012). "Ivar Grydeland: Bathymetric Modes (2012) Track Review". Music Reviews. All About Jazz. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
  2. 1 2 Mosnes, Terje (15 September 2011). "Autoriteter i arbeid". Music Reviews (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
  3. 1 2 Furu, Svein Magnus (11 October 2012). "Heismusikk fra Tokyo". Music Reviews (in Norwegian). Morgenbladet. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
  4. "Finland: Rainy Omen". Grappa Music. Retrieved 2015-06-09.

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