Nils Petter Molvaer

Born: September 18, 1960

Nils Petter Molv?r (NPM), Norwegian trumpet player, composer and producer, connects multiple music styles��jazz, ambient, house, electronic and break beats, as well as elements from hip hop, rock and pop music��and effortlessly melts them into convincing soundscapes of deep intensity.

Born in 1960 on the little island Sula (Norway), NPM was introduced to jazz from an early age by his musician father. After playing in school bands and local clubs he left Sula in 1979 to study music at the conservatory of Trondheim, where he developed his unique style and started to gain a reputation as one of Norway's emerging new talents.

His interest in both acoustic and electric music shows the ease with which he handles the conventions of pop, rock and funk, alongside those of modern jazz

Elisabetta Antonini, Alessandro Contini: [R]evolution

by Neri Pollastri
July 1, 2025

Una riflessione musicale sull'arte e la sua rivoluzionaria capacit�� di cambiamento di sguardi sul mondo: questa l'ispirazione che muove [R]evolution, lavoro congiunto di Elisabetta Antonini e Alessandro Contini, compagni nella vita e per la prima volta anche in un'esperienza artistica. Il disco si suddivide in nove brani, quasi tutti dedicati a un artista “rivoluzionario," ...

Petros Klampanis, Julia H��lsmann, Nomade Orchestra, Eugenia Choe & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
March 1, 2025

From Brazil to Korea, with a few European stops, a journey around today's jazz world.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Nomade Orquestra “Revolu??o Dos Cocos" Terceiro Mundo (NuBlu) 0:16 Host talks 5:50 Renee Rosnes “Trilhos Urbanos" Crossing Paths (Smoke Sessions) 7:44 Host talks 12:47 ...

[R]evolution

By Elisabetta Antonini

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Genesi; Suite for Pina Bausch; For Fela; Sebastiao; Bluebird; Paradox; Damned Old Moon; I Now Recall; Nostalgia.

Krak��w Jazz Week: Seifert Competition & Jazz Juniors

by Martin Longley
December 9, 2024

Krak��w Jazz Week Cricoteka/Hevre Krak��w, Poland September 26th-October 3rd 2024 This was the second Krak��w Jazz Week, but there is a much deeper history unearthed when studying the roots of this new event. Fundamentally, it involves the amalgamation of two long-running festivals: the Seifert Competition and Jazz ...

Eivind Aarset e Jan Bang al Roma Jazz Festival 2023

by Mario Calvitti
January 8, 2024

Eivind Aarset, Jan Bang Roma Jazz Festival 2023 Teatro Studio, Parco della Musica Roma 12.11.2023 Il chitarrista norvegese Eivind Aarset dopo una iniziale gavetta si �� fatto notare dal grosso pubblico verso la fine degli anni '90, con la partecipazione a due album pubblicati da ECM, Small Labyrinths del ...

The Most Exciting Jazz albums since 1969: 2006-2009

by Robert Middleton
November 13, 2023

If there were one word to describe these six thrilling albums, it would be “atmospheric." Each of them settles into its own unique and memorable soundscape. Stylistically, they are all very different, but if you listen closely to them, you'll quickly grasp their musical and emotional messages. They'll transport you to their rarefied worlds with their ...

Johan Lindstrom & Norrbotten Big Band: Johan Lindstrom & Norrbotten Big Band

by Vincenzo Roggero
October 2, 2023

Continua a sfornare grandi album Moserobie, etichetta creata da Jonas Kullhammar sassofonista e illuminato agitatore musicale svedese. Perch�� di un grande album questo Johan Lindstrom & Norrbotten Big Band si tratta. Non il classico schema solista-orchestra ma un organismo proteiforme, sorprendente, che si scompone, si assottiglia, si nasconde, esplode, si rilassa, creatura dadaista che solletica i ...

Vossa Jazz Going Strong and Poetic at 50

by Josef Woodard
April 12, 2023

Vossa Jazz Voss, Norway March 31-April 2, 2023 Origin stories in the still-young-ish wild frontier of jazz festival culture can be fascinating case studies in feisty pioneer spirit. Take the Western Norwegian Vossa Jazz Festival, an important stop in the storied Norwegian festival circuit, which celebrated its ripe old 50th birthday this ...

Radka Toneff, Steve Dobrogosz: Fairytales

by Angelo Leonardi
September 26, 2022

L'album jazz norvegese pi�� importante della storia torna sul mercato nel quarantennale della sua pubblicazione. Il giudizio �� stato espresso in un referendum del 2011 che ha coinvolto i musicisti del paese scandinavo ed �� risultato in linea con le scelte del pubblico: Fairytales �� tuttora il pi�� venduto album jazz norvegese. Per ...