Bugge Wesseltoft facts for kids
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Bugge Wesseltoft
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| Birth name | Jens Christian Bugge Wesseltoft |
| Born | 1 February 1964 Porsgrunn, Norway |
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Jens Christian Bugge Wesseltoft (born on February 1, 1964) is a talented Norwegian jazz musician. He is a pianist, a composer who writes music, and a producer who helps create albums. His father, Erik Wesseltoft, was also a jazz guitarist. Bugge Wesseltoft is known for mixing traditional jazz with electronic music, creating a unique sound.
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Bugge Wesseltoft's Music Journey
Bugge Wesseltoft started his music career in the late 1980s. He worked with many other musicians, like the Knut Riisnæs Quartet and Arild Andersen. He also collaborated with famous saxophonist Jan Garbarek on a special music project for the Moldejazz festival.
Changing the Sound of Jazz
In the early 1990s, Bugge Wesseltoft helped change the jazz music scene in Norway. He moved away from the older, traditional Nordic jazz style. Instead, he started playing a new style often called "future jazz" or nu jazz. This new style blends jazz with electronic music and other modern sounds.
After this change, he traveled a lot, performing jazz and rock concerts around the world. He also released many recordings on his own music label, called Jazzland. He worked with many artists during this time, including guitarists Terje Rypdal and Jon Eberson. He even toured and recorded with the famous drummer Billy Cobham. For many years, he also worked with the experimental jazz singer Sidsel Endresen.
Starting His Own Band
In 1995, Bugge Wesseltoft created his own band, which he called "New Conception of Jazz." Their first album, also named New Conception of Jazz, won a special music award called the Spellemannprisen in 1996.
He really loves electronic music and isn't afraid to mix different music styles. He brings in sounds from hip hop and other dance music into his jazz. For example, on his 1998 album Sharing, he surprised many listeners by using club DJs and "scratchers" (people who make sounds by moving records back and forth on a turntable).
One of his songs, "Existence," was even featured in a movie called Extension du domaine de la lutte.
Forming the Trio Rymden
In 2014, Bugge Wesseltoft worked with Dan Berglund on an album called Trialogue. After this, Bugge Wesseltoft decided to form a new jazz trio called Rymden. He added Magnus Öström on drums to the group.
Rymden played their first show at the Nattjazz Festival in Bergen in 2017. Their performance was a big success! After that, they started working on their first album. They continued to perform in 2017 and 2018, and in 2019, Rymden released their first album, Reflections & Odysseys.
A music critic named John Kellman from All About Jazz magazine even listed Bugge Wesseltoft's solo performance at The Punkt Festival in Norway as one of his "Best Live Shows of 2013."
Awards and Recognitions
Bugge Wesseltoft has received many awards for his music:
- Smugetprisen (1996)
- Spellemannprisen in the jazz category, for his album New Conception of Jazz (1996)
- Kongsberg Jazz Award (1997)
- Spellemannprisen, with Sidsel Endresen, in the jazz category, for their album Duplex Ride (1998)
- Gammleng-prisen in the jazz category (1999)
- Spellemannprisen in the open category, for his album Out here. In there. (2002)
- Buddyprisen, which is a special award given by The Norwegian Jazz Forum (2004)
Selected Music Albums
Here are some of the albums Bugge Wesseltoft has released:
Solo Albums
- It's Snowing on My Piano (1997)
- New Conception of Jazz (1997)
- Sharing (1998)
- New Conception of Jazz: Moving (2001)
- New Conception of Jazz Live (2003)
- New Conception of Jazz: Film Ing (2004)
- IM (2007)
- New Conceptions of Jazz (2008)
- Songs (2011)
- Last Spring (2012)
- Trialogue (2014)
- OK World (2014)
- Bugge & Friends (2015)
- Everybody Loves Angels (2017)
- Bugge Wesseltoft & Prins Thomas (2018)
- Be Am (2022)
Albums with Rymden
- Reflections & Odysseys (2019)
- Space Sailors (2020)
- Live In Umeå’' (2020 – recorded live at the Umeå Jazz Festival in October 2019)
Albums with Other Artists
Bugge Wesseltoft has worked on many albums with other musicians. Here are some of them:
- With Finn Coren: The Blake Project: Spring (1997), The Blake Project: Spring: The Appendix (1998), Lovecloud (1999)
- With Jan Eggum: Dacapo (1990), Underveis (1991), Nesten Ikke Tilstede (1993), Deilig (1999), Kjaerlighet & AErlighet 2 (2011)
- With Bjorn Eidsvag: Til Alle Tider (1992), Landet Lenger Bak (1995), Rundt Neste Sving (2010)
- With Sidsel Endresen: Exile (1994), Nightsong (1994), Duplex Ride (1998), Undertow (2000), Out Here. In There. (2002)
- With Laurent Garnier: The Cloud Making Machine (2004), The Cloud Making Machine Reworks (2005), Retrospective (2006), Public Outburst (2007)
- With Knut Reiersrud: Soul of a Man (1998), Sub (1999), Gitar (2009)
- With Oystein Sunde: Du Ma'kke Komme Her Og Komme Her (1994), Sann Er'e Bare (2005), Bestefar (2016)
- With Vamp: Godmorgen, Soster (1993), Horisonter (1994), 13 Humler (1996), Flua Pa Veggen (1998), St. Mandag (2008)
- With Arild Andersen: Sagn (1990), Arv (1994)
- With Jan Garbarek: I Took Up the Runes (1990), Rites (1998)
- With Billy Cobham: Nordic (1996)
- With Nils Petter Molvaer: Remakes (2005)
- With Terje Rypdal: Vossabrygg (2006)
- With Henrik Schwarz: Duo (2011), Duo II (2022)
- With Prins Thomas: Bugge Wesseltoft Versions (2016), Ambitions (2019)
See also
In Spanish: Bugge Wesseltoft para niños
