Espen Berg Trio
Espen Berg – piano and compositions
Bárður Reinert Poulsen – bass
Simon Olderskog Albertsen – drums
Solo piano
Espen’s debut album as a solo pianist, Noctilucent (2012), was declared one of the most beautiful releases of 2012 by AllAboutJazz.com, placing it in their top-ten year’s end list. Acres of Blue was released in 2014, and in 2022 Espen released his first fully improvised and live-recorded concert, The Trondheim Concert (NXN Recordings) which received some pretty spectacular reviews: What we have here, is quite possibly one of the finest improvised solo piano performances I have had the pleasure of listening to in the last decade or so – Mike Gates, UK Vibe, 5 stars. Stuart Nicholson at Jazzwise awarded four stars and an Editor’s Choice: Impressive stuff – the future of the spontaneously-improvised solo concert is in safe hands.
Water Fabric
Espen Berg – piano and compositions
Hayden Powell – trumpet
Harpreet Bansal – violin
Ellie Mäkelä – viola
Joakim Munkner – cello
Per Oddvar Johansen – drums
Espen wrote this commissioned work for Trondheim Jazz Festival, in collaboration with Maijazz Stavanger and Oslo Jazz Festival. The sextet Water Fabric was premiered at Dokkhuset, Trondheim in May 2022, and have also performed at the festivals in Stavanger and Oslo, and at Jammin’Juan in Juan-les-Pins (FR). The album was recorded in January 2023 in Rainbow Studios, Oslo, and released on Nov 24th 2023.
Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Espen Berg
Espen Berg – piano and compositions
Kirsti Huke – vocal
Eirik Hegdal – saxophones
Hanna Paulsberg – tenor saxophone
Sissel Vera Pettersen – alto sax. and vocals
Hildegunn Øiseth – trumpet
Hayden Powell – trumpet
Daniel Herskedal – tuba and bass trumpet
Ola Kvernberg/Adrian Waade – violin, Marianne Badouin Lie – cello
Mattias Ståhl/Rob Waring – vibraphone
Ole Morten Vågan – double bass
Hans Hulbækmo – drums
Tomas Järmyr – drums
Tor Breivik – sound design
Espen was awarded JazZtipendiatet in 2016, and put together a 14-piece orchestra to premiere his commissioned work MAETRIX at Molde Int’l Jazz Festival 2017. TJO & Espen Berg has played several concerts in Scandinavia, and an album is scheduled for early 2024.
As a sideman:
Silje Nergaard & Espen Berg
The duo has released the album Japanese Blue on Sony Music Gmbh in 2020, and is touring regularly in Norway, Germany, Netherlands and UK.
A Tonic For the Troops
Magnus Bakken – tenor saxophone
Espen Berg – piano
Ellen Brekken – bass and compositions
Magnus Sefaniussen Eide – drums
Hildegunn Øiseth Quartet
Hildegunn Øiseth – trumpet, vocals, electronics
Espen Berg – piano
Magne Thormodsæter – bass
Per Oddvar Johansen – drums
Hildegunn Øiseth Quartet is touring regularly in Norway and Europe.
Bridges feat. Seamus Blake
Seamus Blake – tenor saxophone
Hayde Powell – trumpet
Espen Berg – piano
Jesper Bodilsen – bass
Anders Thorén – drums
Multiverse
Anders Lønne Grønseth – saxophones and clarinets
Hayde Powell – trumpet
Espen Berg – piano
Audun Ellingsen – bass
Einar Scheving – drums
Trondheim Jazz Orchestra and Marius Neset
Marius Neset – saxophones, composition // Eirik Hegdal – saxophones // Peter Fuglsang – alto saxophone, flute // Hanna Paulsberg – tenor saxophone // Erik Eilertsen – trumpet // Eivind Lønning – trumpet // Erik Johannesen – trombone // Daniel Herskedal – tuba // Jovan Pavlovic – accordeon // Espen Berg – piano // Petter Eldh – bass // Gard Nilsen – drums
TJO and Marius Neset has been touring in Norway and Europe, and released the CD “Lion” on the German label ACT in 2014, which was awarded the Norwegian Grammy, “Spellemann-prisen”.
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