Nils Petter Molvær

Nils Petter Molvær (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈmɔ̀lvær]) also known as NPM (born 18 September 1960) is a Norwegian jazz trumpeter, composer, and record producer. He is considered a pioneer of future jazz, a genre that fuses jazz and electronic music, best showcased on his most commercially successful album, Khmer.[1]

Nils Petter Molvær
Background information
Born (1960-09-18) 18 September 1960
Langevåg, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
GenresJazz, future jazz, jazz fusion, electronica
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
InstrumentsTrumpet
LabelsECM
Associated actsMasqualero
Websitenilspettermolvaer.com
Norway 2020
Photo Hreinn Gudlaugsson
Molvær in Neuwied, Germany, 2011

Biography

Molvær was born and raised on the island of Sula, Møre og Romsdal, Norway, and left at age nineteen to study on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (1980–82).[2] He joined the bands Jazzpunkensemblet with Jon Eberson and Masqualero, alongside Arild Andersen, Jon Christensen and Tore Brunborg. Masqualero (named after a Wayne Shorter composition originally recorded by Miles Davis) recorded several albums for ECM Records, and Molvær recorded with other ECM artists before his 1997 debut solo album, Khmer. The record was a fusion of jazz, rock, electronic soundscapes, and hip-hop beats – and quite unlike the delicate "chamber jazz" typically associated with ECM.[3] Molvær's muted trumpet sound, sometimes electronically processed, had an obvious debt to Miles Davis's work of the 1970s and 1980s, but without being a slavish copy. For the first time, ECM released singles: "Song of Sand", backed with three remixes, and "Ligotage". In 2000, a second album followed, Solid Ether, after which Molvær left ECM. He has recorded several albums since, and has also produced film and theater music.[4][5]

He often works with guitarist Eivind Aarset. He has also played with Tabla Beat Science, created by Zakir Hussain and Bill Laswell.[6]

Honors

Discography

In Masqualero
  • 1983: Masqualero
  • 1985: Bande À Part[7]
  • 1987: Aero
  • 1990: Re-Enter

Solo
  • 1997: Khmer
  • 1998: Khmer: The Remixes (promo only)
  • 1998: Ligotage (EP)
  • 2000: Solid Ether (feat. Sidsel Endresen and others)
  • 2001: Recoloured (remixes)
  • 2002: NP3
  • 2004: Streamer (2002, live)
  • 2005: Er [8]
  • 2005: Edy (soundtrack to the film by Guérin-Tillié)
  • 2005: Remakes (remixes)
  • 2005: An American Compilation (compilation)
  • 2008: Re-Vision (OST outtakes merged into an album) [9]
  • 2009: Hamada [10]
  • 2011: Baboon Moon
  • 2014: Switch
  • 2016: Buoyancy

Collaborations

Also appears on
  • Beginner's Guide to Scandinavia (3CD, Nascente 2011)

References
  1. Genzel, Christian. "Khmer: Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-12-16.
  2. "Jazzlinja NRNU.no". NTNU.no. Retrieved 2012-11-14.
  3. Geoff Dyer in The Observer
  4. Dalane, Anders. "Nils Petter Molvær Biography". Norsk Biografisk Leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget.
  5. "Molvær, Nils Petter". Norsk Musikkinformasjon.
  6. "Molvær, Nils Petter". Norsk Musikkinformasjon.
  7. Also listed as Bande à Part and Bande à part.
  8. The title is er, the common suffix for the names of the tracks ("Hover", "Softer", "Dancer", etc.) and their author.
  9. Re-Vision press release Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
  10. "Hamada info". Archived from the original on 2017-05-07. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
  11. "Marilyn Mazur's Future Song – Small Labyrinths". Discogs. Retrieved 5 Jul 2018.
Awards
Preceded by
First award in 1996		 Recipient of the Kongsberg Jazz Award
1996		 Succeeded by
Bugge Wesseltoft
Preceded by
Mari Boine		 Recipient of the Open class Spellemannprisen
1997		 Succeeded by
Sidsel Endresen & Bugge Wesseltoft
Preceded by
Bjørn Johansen		 Recipient of the Jazz Gammleng-prisen
1998		 Succeeded by
Bugge Wesseltoft
Preceded by
Krøyt		 Recipient of the Open class Spellemannprisen
2000		 Succeeded by
Anja Garbarek
Preceded by
Jon Eberson		 Recipient of the Buddyprisen
2003		 Succeeded by
Bugge Wesseltoft
Preceded by
Frode Fjellheim		 Recipient of the Open class Spellemannprisen
2005		 Succeeded by
Hanne Hukkelberg
Preceded by
Alfred Janson		 Recipient of the «Open class» Edvardprisen
2010		 Succeeded by
Johan Sara
Preceded by
Team Hegdal		 Recipient of the Jazz Spellemannprisen
2016		 Succeeded by
Hegge


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