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Born in Oslo, October 5th 1970; grew up in rural Hurdal, Akershus. Currently residing at Enerhaugen, in the eastern part of central Oslo.
Released his debut solo album "Changing Places" with his trio on ECM 2003, with subsequent releases "The Ground" (2005); "Being There" (2007) and "Restored, Returned" (2009/2010). The trio and ensemble has toured extensively, and has a growing audience in the USA, the UK, Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Australia, Japan and Norway. Tord also plays with a wide variety of major Scandinavian jazz musicians (cf. The Music), and composes music for most of his projects.
CDs
with Tord Gustavsen Trio and Ensemble:
"Changing Places" with Tord Gustavsen Trio (January 2003)
"The Ground" with Tord Gustavsen Trio (January 2005)
"Being There" with Tord Gustavsen Trio (March 2007)
"Restored, Returned" with Tord Gustavsen Ensemble (October 2009/March 2010)
with other projects:
"aire & angels" with the duo aire & angels (January 1999)
"Port of Call" with Silje Nergaard (March 2000)
"First Meeting" with the Nymark Collective (August 2000)
"Indigodalen" with Carl Petter Opsahl (June 2001)
"At First Light" with Silje Nergaard (October 2001)
"Contemporary Tradition" with Nymark Collective (May 2002)
"aire & angels II" with the duo aire & angels (September 2002)
"Nightwatch" with Silje Nergaard (October 2003)
"Krybberom" with the choir SKRUK and Palestinian singer Rim Banna (November 2003)
"Sommerlandet" with the choir SKRUK, singer Torunn Sævik and actor Cecilie Jørstad (September 2004)
"Humans and Places" with Ulrich Drechsler Quartet (May 2006)
"Dype stille sterke milde" with Nymark Collective and SKRUK (October 2006)
"Bessie Smith Revisited - Live in Concert" with Nymark Collective and Kristin Asbjørnsen (January 2008)
"Sorgen og gleden" with Solveig Slettahjell, Maria Solheim, Sondre Bratland and others (March 2008)
"Love, the Blues" with Carl Petter Opsahl (October 2008)
"Natt i Betlehem" with Solveig Slettahjell (November 2008)
"The Night Shines Like the Day" with Kristin Asbjørnsen (May 2009)
"I vinens speil" with SKRUK and Mahsa Vahdat (August 2010)
Higher education: 1) Cand.mag. degree in humanist and social studies from the University of Oslo, 2) Three years of higher level jazz training – jazz piano, theory and history at the Conservatory of Music in Trondheim, Norway, and 3) Cand.philol. in musicology (cf. The Theory) from the University of Oslo.
Was guest teacher of jazz piano and theory at the University of Oslo, Norway 1998-2002.