Biography
1 February 1964, Porsgrunn, Norway. Bringing a thoroughly contemporary sound to the piano and keyboards, Wesseltoft made a huge impact in his homeland at the beginning of the 90s. Since then, he has toured internationally, working in both jazz and rock contexts. In the early 90s he was a member of Arild Andersen’s band, and played on Jan Garbarek’s ‘Molde Canticle’, a commission from the Molde Jazz Festival. With both of these artists, he blended in well with the post-modern concepts of ECM Records. Other artists with whom he worked in these years were guitarists Terje Rypdal and Jon Eberson, and singer Sidsel Endresen. With the latter, he was on her commissioned project for the Molde Jazz Festival, which was recorded for ECM Records. His own commissioned work, A Little War Story, was performed at the 1993 Vossa Jazz Festival. In 1995, Wesseltoft formed his own band, New Conception Of Jazz, and the Jazzland record label, the first album from...
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