FRODE GJERSTAD
Avant-Garde Jazz / Jazz Related Improv/Composition • Norway
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Norway; saxophones.
Frode Gjerstad is one of the few Norwegian musicians playing modern improvised music outside the 'ECM-school'. He has chosen to play with foreign musicians because there is no tradition in Norway for free improvised music.
His relationship with John Stevens which started in 1981 and lasted up until Stevens' death in 1994 was of great importance both musically as well as on a personal level. Through Stevens, he became acquainted with the playing of some of the finest British improvisers. His longstanding group with Stevens, 'Detail', started as a trio in 1981 with keyboardist Eivin One Pedersen, though Johnny Mbizo Dyani came in on bass in 1982 and Pedersen left later that year. The group played mainly as a trio until Dyani's death in 1986, though they did invite occasional guests to fill out the
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ISM
Avant-Garde Jazz
1998
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Demystify
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2003
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St. Louis
Avant-Garde Jazz
2003
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Antioch
Avant-Garde Jazz
2007
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Duos
Avant-Garde Jazz
2008
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Sekstett
Avant-Garde Jazz
2010
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New Shoes
Avant-Garde Jazz
2019
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Seeds
Avant-Garde Jazz
2020
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Ultima
Avant-Garde Jazz
1999
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Tou
Avant-Garde Jazz
2003
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Bergen
Avant-Garde Jazz
2009
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Gromka
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2010
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Mir
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2011
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2012
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Hasselt
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2014
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Leer 1
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2020
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First gig
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2020
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