Arild Andersen

Arild Andersen made his ECM debut as member of the Jan Garbarek Quartet along with Terje Rypdal and Jon Christensen on Afric Pepperbird. In the same period he also worked with Norwegian singer Karin Krog and played in the rhythm section for visiting American musicians such as Phil Woods, Dexter Gordon, Hampton Hawes, Johnny Griffin, Sonny Rollins and Chick Corea. In 1974 Andersen formed his own quartet, which toured Scandinavia and Europe and recorded three albums for ECM.
 
In 1980 Andersen put together a band that included Kenny Wheeler, Paul Motian and Steve Dobrogosz (Lifelines) and the following year recorded A Molde Concert with Alphonse Mouzon, Bill Frisell and John Taylor. In 1982 he formed The Arild Andersen Quintet with Jon Christensen, Jon Balke, Tore Brunborg and Nils Petter Molvær. The band subsequently changed its name to Masqualero and remained at the forefront of European jazz for a decade.
 
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Arild Andersen made his ECM debut as member of the Jan Garbarek Quartet along with Terje Rypdal and Jon Christensen on Afric Pepperbird. In the same period he also worked with Norwegian singer Karin Krog and played in the rhythm section for visiting American musicians such as Phil Woods, Dexter Gordon, Hampton Hawes, Johnny Griffin, Sonny Rollins and Chick Corea. In 1974 Andersen formed his own quartet, which toured Scandinavia and Europe and recorded three albums for ECM.
 
In 1980 Andersen put together a band that included Kenny Wheeler, Paul Motian and Steve Dobrogosz (Lifelines) and the following year recorded A Molde Concert with Alphonse Mouzon, Bill Frisell and John Taylor. In 1982 he formed The Arild Andersen Quintet with Jon Christensen, Jon Balke, Tore Brunborg and Nils Petter Molvær. The band subsequently changed its name to Masqualero and remained at the forefront of European jazz for a decade.
 
Subsequently Andersen has explored the possibility of combining traditional Norwegian folk music with improvised music. In 1988, he started a collaboration with singer Kirsten Braaten Berg, a leading Norwegian folk musician, which led to the successful work Sagn, premiered in 1990 and later released by ECM.
 
In 1998 he formed a trio with German trumpeter Markus Stockhausen and French percussionist Patrice Heral. This trio, with Terje Rypdal as a guest, made a CD called Karta, released in 2000. In 1999 Andersen started a new trio with English drummer John Marshall and the Greek pianist Vassilis Tsabroupolos, which released two discs: Achirana (2000) and The Triangle (2004).
 
A work commissioned in 2005 for a duo with saxophonist Tommy Smith, Independency, led to the formation of his most recent trio with Paolo Vinaccia on drums and Smith on saxophone. This trio made a live recording at the club Belleville in Oslo in the autumn of 2007. ECM released the following year as Live at Belleville. It got rave reviews and this trio, which performs worldwide, remains Arild Andersens main project today. Of their 2014 release, Mira, the Sunday Herald reviewer wrote: Andersen's tone has always been a thing of beauty and his playing here is by turns robustly supportive, subtly suggestive and pliantly probing.
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YEAR DATE Artist VENUE LOCATION
2025 July 10 Arild Andersen Nica Club Hamburg, Germany
2025 July 11 Arild Andersen North Sea Jazz Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands
2025 July 13 Arild Andersen Garana Jazz Festival Garana, Romania
2025 July 18 Arild Andersen Molde Jazz Festival Molde, Norway
2025 July 23 Arild Andersen Canal Street Festival Arendal, Norway
2025 July 27 Arild Andersen Aula Sirene Hvidtsten, Norway
2025 August 13 Arild Andersen Jazz Festival Oslo, Norway
2025 August 22 Arild Andersen

"Landloper"

Musica Sulle Bocche Castelsardo, Italy Event
2025 September 04 Arild Andersen Group

Arild Andersen, Helge Lien, Marius Neset, Håkon Mjåset Johansen "Affirmation"

Kulturhus Lillestrøm, Norway
2025 September 05 Arild Andersen Group

Arild Andersen, Helge Lien, Marius Neset, Håkon Mjåset Johansen "Affirmation"

Montmartre Copenhagen, Denmark
2025 September 06 Arild Andersen Group

Arild Andersen, Helge Lien, Marius Neset, Håkon Mjåset Johansen "Affirmation"

Montmartre Copenhagen, Denmark
2025 September 10 Arild Andersen Group

Arild Andersen, Helge Lien, Marius Neset, Håkon Mjåset Johansen "Affirmation"

Amtmannens datter Tromsø, Norway
2025 September 11 Arild Andersen Group

Arild Andersen, Helge Lien, Marius Neset, Håkon Mjåset Johansen "Affirmation"

Støperiet Tønsberg, Norway
2025 September 12 Arild Andersen Group

Arild Andersen, Helge Lien, Marius Neset, Håkon Mjåset Johansen "Affirmation"

Kulturhus Kristiansand, Norway
2025 September 13 Arild Andersen Group

Arild Andersen, Helge Lien, Marius Neset, Håkon Mjåset Johansen "Affirmation"

Jazzforum Sekkefabrikken Kulturhus Røyken, Norway
2025 September 16 Arild Andersen Group

Arild Andersen, Helge Lien, Marius Neset, Håkon Mjåset Johansen "Affirmation"

Spor 5 Stavanger, Norway
2025 September 17 Arild Andersen Group

Arild Andersen, Helge Lien, Marius Neset, Håkon Mjåset Johansen "Affirmation"

Jazzklubb Mandal, Norway
2025 September 18 Arild Andersen Group

Arild Andersen, Helge Lien, Marius Neset, Håkon Mjåset Johansen "Affirmation"

Jazzklubb Arendal, Norway
2025 September 19 Arild Andersen Group

Arild Andersen, Helge Lien, Marius Neset, Håkon Mjåset Johansen "Affirmation"

Sardinen USFT Verftet Bergen, Norway
2025 September 20 Arild Andersen Group

Arild Andersen, Helge Lien, Marius Neset, Håkon Mjåset Johansen "Affirmation"

Nasjonal Jazzscene Oslo, Norway
2025 November 10 Arild Andersen

"Landloper"

tba Haugesund, Norway
2025 November 28 Arild Andersen

"Landloper"

tba Moss, Norway