Author: espenbergpiano
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Seamus Blake & Espen Berg
I just started a collaboration with the fantastic sax player and composer Seamus Blake. Here’s a recording from Rainbow Studio of us playing freely improvised. This is from a session with the quintet BRIDGES together with Hayden Powell, Jesper Bodilsen and Anders Thorén. The following day we headed to Trondheim…
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Release March 16!

My newest album, “Bølge”, will finally be available in the whole wild world Friday March 16 on Odin Records! It will be released both as CD and 2LP, and also on all digital platforms. The CD has arrived already and will be available on our imminent concerts, and the LP…
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EBT European Tour 2018

We’re releasing our latest album “Bølge” on Odin Records, March 16. It will be available both as CD and LP. This release will be followed by 12 concerts in Norway, Greece and Estonia. We’re really looking forward to this tour and our album release! Big thanks to the Norwegian Embassy…
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Espen Berg Trio – live in Lofoten videos

Summer 2017, we flew to Lofoten together with video artist André Løyning to create a few spectacular live videos. These are made entirely on site, with actual sound recording (6 channels only), piano tuning at location (a bit short on time, bare with me on that), and with some amazing…
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EBT – Live in Lofoten – “Climbing”
We only had ONE SHOT, one take, before the sun set. The weather on this side of Lofoten was perfect – no wind and totally clear. A long working day had come to an end, and we were really happy with the recording outside Henningsvær, but I had this location…
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EBT: New video from Lofoten
ENJOY our new video from Ballstad, Lofoten. Big thanks to one-man-movie-maker André Løyning. This song, “MAETRIX”, is originally a part of my commissioned work to the fabulous Trondheim Jazz Orchestra – which will be touring Norway next week!
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Espen Berg Trio, live video from Lofoten
As the first in a series of videos, here’s “XIII” from our upcoming album as a live recording from the beautiful islands Lofoten in Norway: We have also made a brand new Facebook page for the trio: www.facebook.com/espenbergtrio. Please like and share!
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Duo concert with Seamus Blake

A few days ago I had the honor of playing a duo concert with the fantastic musician and good friend Seamus Blake. Here’s a short clip: I really hope we can do this again sometime, and I look forward to continue playing with Seamus in the quintet BRIDGES going on…
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Espen Berg & TJO – success at Molde Int’l Jazz Festival

I had a fantastic week at Molde Jazz Festival, working with some of the greatest musicians from this part of the world – absolutely nailing my music, in addition to being awesome persons. The premiere of “MAETRIX” was a huge success, described as “a work for the eternity” and receiving…
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EBT & Silje Nergaard – JAPAN TOUR 2017

I september slipper Espen Berg Trio sin andre plate, «Bølge», på det japanske plateselskapet Blue Gleam. Plateslippet markeres med en lanseringsturné i Japan i november, der låtskriver og vokalist Silje Nergaard er med som gjesteartist. Sammen gjør de seks konserter på denne turneen: 22. nov TAMA CITY COMBINED CULTURAL CENTER,…