Acclaimed Norwegian jazz pianist, Tord Gustavsen, has earned a vast and devoted following – both with traditional jazz audiences and listeners from the ambient and new age circles. He is on a constant search for a fresh and radically stripped-down honest beauty in music. With his trio, he works to explore, integrate and serve a holy trinity of emotional intensity, elegance, and mediative musical breathing. Tord has released ten albums under his own name in trio, quartet and quintet formats.
“Musically, I have the very clear feeling that my stretching out and being creative has a much better chance of happening organically, avoiding alienation and stiffness, when done in energetic connection with my roots – with the sensuality and groundedness of the hymns and the spirituals and the lullabies.” – Tord Gustavsen
