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{{short description|Norwegian jazz musician (born 1964)}}
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| name = Bugge Wesseltoft
| image = Bugge Wesseltoft Cosmopolite (213414).jpg
| alt = Bugge Wesseltoft wearing a light checkered shirt, sitting behind a piano, grinning broadly and looking left of camera
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| caption = Wesseltoft in 2016
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| birth_name = Jens Christian Bugge Wesseltoft
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| birth_name = Jens Christian Bugge Wesseltoft
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1964|2|1}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1964|2|1}}
| birth_place = [[Porsgrunn]], [[Telemark]], Norway
| birth_place = [[Porsgrunn]], Norway
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| instruments = {{hlist|Piano|keyboards|[[electronic instruments]]|percussion}}
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| genre = {{hlist|[[Jazz]]|[[nu jazz]]|[[electronica]]}}
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| occupations = {{hlist|Musician|composer|music producer}}
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
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| instrument = Piano, keyboards, [[electronic instruments]], percussion
| genre = [[Jazz]], [[nu jazz]], [[electronica]]
| label = {{hlist|[[Jazzland Recordings|Jazzland]]|[[ECM Records|ECM]]}}
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| occupation = Musician, composer, music producer
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| label = [[Jazzland Recordings]]<br />[[ECM Records]]
| associated_acts = New Conception of Jazz
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'''Jens Christian Bugge Wesseltoft''' (born 1 February 1964) is a Norwegian [[jazz]] musician, pianist, composer and producer, son of the jazz guitarist [[Erik Wesseltoft]].<ref name=nbl>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Bugge Wesseltoft Extended Biography |first=Tore |last=Halvorsen |language=Norwegian |url=http://nbl.snl.no/Bugge_Wesseltoft/utdypning |encyclopedia=[[Norsk Biografisk Leksikon]] |publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]] |date=13 February 2009 |accessdate=2013-10-08}}</ref>
'''Jens Christian Bugge Wesseltoft''' (born 1 February 1964) is a Norwegian [[jazz]] pianist, composer, and producer, son of jazz guitarist [[Erik Wesseltoft]].<ref name=nbl>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Bugge Wesseltoft Extended Biography |first=Tore |last=Halvorsen |language=no |url=http://nbl.snl.no/Bugge_Wesseltoft/utdypning |encyclopedia=[[Norsk Biografisk Leksikon]] |publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]] |date=13 February 2009 |access-date=8 October 2013}}</ref>


== Career ==
==Career==
{{BLP sources section|date=August 2022}}
[[File:Bugge-wesseltoft.jpg|thumb|240px|left|Bugge Wesseltoft (with [[John Scofield]]) at [[Moers Festival]] 2006, Germany.]]
[[File:DJ Bugge Wesseltoft at the 2016 Nattjazz.jpg|thumb|260px|DJ Bugge at the 2016 [[Nattjazz]] <br/>in [[Bergen, Norway]].]]
[[File:Bugge-wesseltoft.jpg|thumb|240px|left|Bugge Wesseltoft (with [[John Scofield]]) at [[Moers Festival]] 2006, Germany]]
[[File:DJ Bugge Wesseltoft at the 2016 Nattjazz.jpg|thumb|260px|DJ Bugge at [[Nattjazz]] 2016<br />in [[Bergen]], Norway]]
Wesseltoft was born in [[Porsgrunn]]. After high school in [[Skien]], where he was involved in the school brass band and dance orchestras, he became a professional musician in 1983 only 19 years old. By the age of 16, he joined a [[punk rock]] band, but the influence of the jazz guitarist father, stalked on him. After moving to his father in [[Oslo]] (1984), it was mostly music with roots in jazz that mattered, although he also worked as a back-up musician and producer for the pop and rock elite in Norway. He had originally intended to study music, but the gigs were too many, and therefore he never got any further formal musical education. Towards the end of the 1980s Bugge Wesseltoft was involved in a variety of pop, rock and jazz bands like the "U and Z", "Et Cetera" and most important the [[Oslo Groove Company]], and he was recognised as a coming musical genius with a great talent for the piano.{{Citation needed|date=March 2019}} This led to collaborations within the [[Knut Riisnæs|Knut Riisnæs Quartet]] in 1989, and he was soon after contacted by [[Arild Andersen]] to join in on the commissioned work for Vossajazz - released on the album ''Sagn'' (1990) - and the follow up ''Arv'' (1993), and [[Jan Garbarek]] for his ''Molde Canticle'' (1990), a commission from the [[Moldejazz]], released on the album ''[[I Took Up the Runes]]'' (1990).<ref name=nbl/>


In 1989, Wesseltoft collaborated with the [[Knut Riisnæs|Knut Riisnæs Quartet]] and was soon after contacted by [[Arild Andersen]] to join in on commissioned work for Vossajazz—released on the album ''Sagn'' (1990)—and the follow-up ''Arv'' (1993).{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}} He worked with [[Jan Garbarek]] on his ''Molde Canticle'', a commission from [[Moldejazz]], released on the 1990 album ''[[I Took Up the Runes]]''.<ref name=nbl/>
Bugge Wesseltoft had a great impact on the Norwegian Jazz scene at the beginning of the 1990s, while going through a transition from Nordic jazz traditions exemplified by the [[ECM Records|ECM]] label to a style sometimes referred to as "future jazz" or [[nu jazz]]. There after he toured extensively on the international Jazz scenes, performing both jazz and rock concerts to live audiences, and on a series of recordings on his own [[Jazzland Recordings|Jazzland]] label. Bugge Wesseltoft collaborated with a series artists in this period, like the guitarists [[Terje Rypdal]] and [[Jon Eberson]], and in the mid-1990s he toured and recorded the album ''Billy Cobham presents Nordic – Off Color'' (1999) together with [[Billy Cobham]]. For many years he collaborated with the experimental jazz vocalist [[Sidsel Endresen]], and was in the lineup for her commissioned work at the [[Moldejazz]] in 1993, which was released on the album ''Exile'' (1994). His own commissioned work ''A Little War Story'' for the [[Vossajazz]] was also performed in 1993. Bugge Wesseltoft formed his own band the 'New Conception of Jazz' in 1995, and their first album ''New Conception of Jazz'' (1996), was awarded a Spellemannprisen in 1996.<ref name=allaboutjazz>{{cite web |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=32082#.UlQPo9K-2m4 |title=Bugge Wesseltoft: ''New Conception of Jazz Box'' Review |first=John |last=Kelman |publisher=[[All About Jazz]] |date=2009-03-04 |accessdate=2013-10-08}}</ref>


Wesseltoft had an impact on the Norwegian jazz scene at the beginning of the 1990s while going through a transition from Nordic jazz traditions, exemplified by the [[ECM Records|ECM]] label, to a style sometimes referred to as "future jazz" or [[nu jazz]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}} Thereafter, he toured extensively on the international jazz scene, performing both jazz and rock concerts, and on a series of recordings on his own [[Jazzland Recordings|Jazzland]] label.{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}} He collaborated with a series of artists in this period, such as guitarists [[Terje Rypdal]] and [[Jon Eberson]], and in the mid-1990s, he toured and recorded the album ''Billy Cobham presents Nordic – Off Color'', released in 1999, together with [[Billy Cobham]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}} For many years, he also collaborated with experimental jazz vocalist [[Sidsel Endresen]] and was in the lineup for her commissioned work at Moldejazz in 1993, which was released on the album ''Exile'' a year later.{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}} His own commissioned work ''A Little War Story'' for [[Vossajazz]] was also performed in 1993.{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}}
During the 1990s the music of Bugge Wesseltoft found an audience on the Norwegian techno and dance music scenes. The connection with the club world led to the 2000 release of Jazzland Remixed, which enhanced his reputation even more with the younger audience.{{Citation needed|date=March 2019}} Firmly committed to electronic music, he completely eschews acoustic forms and is just as adamant that he will not be tied by genre boundaries, bringing hip-hop and other contemporary dance music forms into his concept of contemporary jazz. On the album ''Sharing'' (1998) many were taken by surprise by his extensive use of club DJ's and scratchers.<ref name=allaboutjazz/>


Wesseltoft formed his own band, New Conception of Jazz, in 1995, and their first album, ''New Conception of Jazz'', was awarded a Spellemannprisen in 1996, the same year it was released.<ref name=allaboutjazz>{{cite web |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=32082#.UlQPo9K-2m4 |title=Bugge Wesseltoft: ''New Conception of Jazz Box'' Review |first=John |last=Kelman |publisher=[[All About Jazz]] |date=4 March 2009 |access-date=8 October 2013}}</ref>
The track "Existence" could be heard in Philippe Harel's movie ''Extension du domaine de la lutte'', an adaptation of Michel Houellebecq's 1994 novel.


Firmly committed to electronic music, Wesseltoft completely eschews acoustic forms and is just as adamant that he will not be tied by genre boundaries, bringing hip hop and other contemporary dance music forms into his concept of contemporary jazz.{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}} On the album ''Sharing'' (1998), many listeners were taken by surprise by his extensive use of club DJs and scratchers.<ref name=allaboutjazz/>
John Kellman of the ''[[All About Jazz]]'' magazine recognized '''Bugge Wesseltoft Solo''' appearance at The Punkt Festival, Kristiansand, Norway, September 2013, as one of his 25 "Best Live Shows of 2013".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=46073&&width=1366#.UqyELtLuKSo |title=John Kelman's Best Live Shows of 2013 |first=John |last=Kelman |publisher=[[All About Jazz]] |date=13 December 2013 |accessdate=2013-12-14}}</ref>


His track "Existence" can be heard in Philippe Harel's movie ''Extension du domaine de la lutte'', an adaptation of Michel Houellebecq's 1994 novel.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}
== Honors ==
*1996: [[Smugetprisen]]
*1996: [[Spellemannprisen]] in the class Jazz, for the album ''New Conception of Jazz''
*1997: [[Kongsberg Jazz Award]]
*1998: [[Spellemannprisen]] together with [[Sidsel Endresen]] in the class Jazz, for the album ''Duplex Ride''
*1999: [[Gammleng-prisen]] in the class ''Jazz''
*2002: [[Spellemannprisen]] in Open class, for the album ''Out here, In there''
*2004: [[Buddyprisen]], awarded by The Norwegian Jazz Forum<ref name=nbl/>


After working with [[Dan Berglund]] on his 2014 album ''Trialogue'', Wesseltoft founded the jazz trio [[Rymden]], adding [[Magnus Öström]] on drums.{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}} They had their first appearance at the [[Nattjazz Festival]] in Bergen in 2017.{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}} According to Wesseltoft, they began work on a debut album after this successful performance.{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}} Further appearances followed in 2017 and 2018, and in 2019, Rymden recorded their first album, ''Reflections & Odysseys''.
== Discography ==
* ''[[It's Snowing on My Piano]]'' (ACT, 1997)
* ''New Conception of Jazz'' (Jazzland/Sonet, 1997)
* ''Sharing'' (Jazzland/EmArcy, 1998)
* ''New Conception of Jazz: Moving'' (Jazzland/EmArcy, 2001)
* ''New Conception of Jazz Live'' (Jazzland, 2003)
* ''New Conception of Jazz: Film Ing'' (Jazzland, 2004)
* ''IM'' (Jazzland, 2007)
* ''New Conceptions of Jazz'' (Jazzland, 2008)
* ''Duo'' (Jazzland, 2011)
* ''Songs'' (Jazzland, 2011)
* ''Last Spring'' (ACT, 2012)
* ''Trialogue'' (Jazzland, 2014)
* ''OK World'' (Jazzland, 2014)
* ''Bugge & Friends'' (Jazzland, 2015)
* ''Everybody Loves Angels'' (ACT, 2017)
* ''Bugge Wesseltoft & Prins Thomas'' (Smalltown Supersound, 2018)


John Kellman of ''[[All About Jazz]]'' magazine noted Wesseltoft's solo performance at The Punkt Festival, Kristiansand, Norway, as one of his 25 "Best Live Shows of 2013".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=46073&&width=1366#.UqyELtLuKSo |title=John Kelman's Best Live Shows of 2013 |first=John |last=Kelman |publisher=[[All About Jazz]] |date=13 December 2013 |access-date=14 December 2013}}</ref>
===As sideman===

==Honors==
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* [[Smugetprisen]] (1996)
* [[Spellemannprisen]] in the jazz category, for the album ''New Conception of Jazz'' (1996)
* [[Kongsberg Jazz Award]] (1997)
* Spellemannprisen, together with [[Sidsel Endresen]], in the jazz category, for the album ''Duplex Ride'' (1998)
* [[Gammleng-prisen]] in the jazz category (1999)
* Spellemannprisen in the open category, for the album ''Out here. In there.'' (2002)
* [[Buddyprisen]], awarded by The Norwegian Jazz Forum<ref name=nbl/> (2004)

==Selected discography==
===Solo===
* ''[[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)

===With Rymden===
* ''Reflections & Odysseys'' (2019)
* ''Space Sailors'' (2020)
* ''Live In Umeå’' (2020 – From a live performance at the Umeå Jazz Festival in October 2019)

===Collaborations===
'''With [[Finn Coren]]'''
'''With [[Finn Coren]]'''
* ''The Blake Project: Spring'' (Bard, 1997)
* ''The Blake Project: Spring'' (1997)
* ''The Blake Project: Spring: The Appendix'' (Bard, 1998)
* ''The Blake Project: Spring: The Appendix'' (1998)
* ''Lovecloud'' (Bard, 1999)
* ''Lovecloud'' (1999)


'''With [[Jan Eggum]]'''
'''With [[Jan Eggum]]'''
* ''Dacapo'' (Sigma Music, 1990)
* ''Dacapo'' (1990)
* ''Underveis'' (Grappa, 1991)
* ''Underveis'' (1991)
* ''Nesten Ikke Tilstede'' (Grappa, 1993)
* ''Nesten Ikke Tilstede'' (1993)
* ''Deilig'' (Grappa, 1999)
* ''Deilig'' (1999)
* ''Kjaerlighet & AErlighet 2'' (Grappa, 2011)
* ''Kjaerlighet & AErlighet 2'' (2011)


'''With [[Bjorn Eidsvag]]'''
'''With [[Bjorn Eidsvag]]'''
* ''Til Alle Tider'' (Norsk, 1992)
* ''Til Alle Tider'' (1992)
* ''Landet Lenger Bak'' (Norsk, 1995)
* ''Landet Lenger Bak'' (1995)
* ''Rundt Neste Sving'' (Petroleum, 2010)
* ''Rundt Neste Sving'' (2010)


'''With [[Sidsel Endresen]]'''
'''With [[Sidsel Endresen]]'''
* ''Exile'' (ECM, 1994)
* ''Exile'' (1994)
* ''Nightsong'' (Curling Legs, 1994)
* ''Nightsong'' (1994)
* ''Duplex Ride'' (ACT/Curling Legs, 1998)
* ''Duplex Ride'' (1998)
* ''Undertow'' (Jazzland/EmArcy, 2000)
* ''Undertow'' (2000)
* ''Out Here. In There.'' (Jazzland, 2002)
* ''Out Here. In There.'' (2002)


'''With [[Laurent Garnier]]'''
'''With [[Laurent Garnier]]'''
* ''The Cloud Making Machine'' (F/PIAS, 2004)
* ''The Cloud Making Machine'' (2004)
* ''The Cloud Making Machine Reworks'' (F/PIAS, 2005)
* ''The Cloud Making Machine Reworks'' (2005)
* ''Retrospective'' (F/PIAS, 2006)
* ''Retrospective'' (2006)
* ''Public Outburst'' (F/PIAS, 2007)
* ''Public Outburst'' (2007)


'''With [[Knut Reiersrud]]'''
'''With [[Knut Reiersrud]]'''
* ''Soul of a Man'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 1998)
* ''Soul of a Man'' (1998)
* ''Sub'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 1999)
* ''Sub'' (1999)
* ''Gitar'' (Jazzland, 2009)
* ''Gitar'' (2009)


'''With [[Oystein Sunde]]'''
'''With [[Oystein Sunde]]'''
* ''Du Ma'kke Komme Her Og Komme Her'' (Spinner, 1994)
* ''Du Ma'kke Komme Her Og Komme Her'' (1994)
* ''Sann Er'e Bare'' (Spinner, 2005)
* ''Sann Er'e Bare'' (2005)
* ''Bestefar'' (Spinner, 2016)
* ''Bestefar'' (2016)


'''With [[Vamp (band)|Vamp]]'''
'''With [[Vamp (band)|Vamp]]'''
* ''Godmorgen, Soster'' (Major Selskapet, 1993)
* ''Godmorgen, Soster'' (1993)
* ''Horisonter'' (Major Selskapet, 1994)
* ''Horisonter'' (1994)
* ''13 Humler'' (Major Selskapet, 1996)
* ''13 Humler'' (1996)
* ''Flua Pa Veggen'' (MajorStudio, 1998)
* ''Flua Pa Veggen'' (1998)
* ''St. Mandag'' (MajorStudio, 2008)
* ''St. Mandag'' (2008)


'''With others'''
'''With others'''
* [[Eivind Aarset]], ''Electronique Noire'' (Jazzland/EmArcy, 1998)
* [[Dollie de Luxe]], ''Which Witch'' (1987)
* [[Arild Andersen]], ''Sagn'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 1990)
* [[Hanne Krogh]], ''Hanne'' (1989)
* Arild Andersen, ''Arv'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 1994)
* [[Arild Andersen]], ''Sagn'' (1990)
* [[Maj Britt Andersen]], ''Rippel Rappel'' (Grappa, 1994)
* [[Olav Stedje]], ''Ei Gave Til Deg'' (1990)
* [[Baba Zula]], ''Gecekondu'' (Doublemoon, 2010)
* [[Jan Garbarek]], ''I Took Up the Runes'' (1990)
* [[Beady Belle]], ''Closer'' (Jazzland, 2005)
* [[Lava (band)|Lava]], ''The Rhythm of Love'' (1990)
* Beady Belle, ''On My Own'' (Jazzland, 2016)
* [[Jorn Hoel]], ''Kjaerlighetens Teater'' (1991)
* [[Kirsten Braten Berg]], ''Syng Du Mi Royst'' (Grappa, 2001)
* [[Eero Koivistoinen]], ''Altered Things'' (1992)
* [[Tore Brunborg]], ''Tid'' (1993)
* [[Mari Boine]], ''Eight Seasons: Gavcci Jahkejuogu'' (Lean/EmArcy/Universal 2002)
* [[Kenneth Sivertsen (musician)|Kenneth Sivertsen]], ''Remembering North'' (1993)
* [[Knut Buen]], ''Tonebod'' (Nyrenning, 2008)
* [[Tore Brunborg]], ''Tid'' (Curling Legs, 1993)
* [[The Monroes (Norwegian band)|The Monroes]], ''Long Way Home'' (1993)
* Tore Brunborg, ''Gravity'' (Vossa Jazz, 2003)
* [[Kjetil Saunes]], ''Lystyv'' (1993)
* [[Knut Vaernes]], ''Roneo'' (1993)
* [[Katia Cardenal]], ''Canta Alf Proysen: Navegas Por Las Costas'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 1999)
* [[Billy Cobham]], ''Nordic'' (Eagle, 1996)
* Arild Andersen, ''Arv'' (1994)
* [[Dance with a Stranger (band)|Dance with a Stranger]], ''Look What You've Done'' (Norsk, 1994)
* [[Maj Britt Andersen]], ''Rippel Rappel'' (1994)
* [[Dance with a Stranger (band)|Dance with a Stranger]], ''Look What You've Done'' (1994)
* [[Lars Danielsson]], ''Melange Bleu'' (ACT, 2006)
* [[Rick Danko]], ''Ridin' on the Blinds'' (1994)
* [[Rick Danko]], ''Ridin' On the Blinds'' (Grappa, 1994)
* [[Dennis Gonzalez]], ''Welcome to Us'' (1994)
* [[Di Derre]], ''Gym'' (Sonet, 1996)
* [[Jens Wendelboe]], ''Big Crazy Energy Band Vol. 2'' (1994)
* [[Dollie de Luxe]], ''Which Witch'' (Notabene, 1987)
* [[Anne Grete Preus]], ''Millimeter'' (1994)
* [[Lisa Dillan]], ''Change of Habit'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 2015)
* [[Marilyn Mazur]], ''Circular Chant'' (1995)
* [[Jon Eberson]], ''Thirteen Rounds'' (Curling Legs, 1997)
* Knut Vaernes, ''Jacques Tati'' (1995)
* [[Di Derre]], ''Gym'' (1996)
* Jon Eberson, ''Dreams That Went Astray'' (EmArcy/Jazzland, 2001)
* [[Torun Eriksen]], ''Glittercard'' (Jazzland/Universal, 2004)
* [[Billy Cobham]], ''Nordic'' (1996)
* [[Bendik Hofseth]], ''Planets, Rivers and...Ikea'' (1996)
* Torun Eriksen, ''Prayers & Observations'' (Jazzland, 2005)
* [[Jan Garbarek]], ''I Took Up the Runes'' (ECM, 1990)
* [[Tim Scott (guitarist)|Tim Scott]], ''Everywhere I've Been'' (1996)
* [[Unni Wilhelmsen]], ''To Whom It May Concern'' (1996)
* Jan Garbarek, ''Rites'' (ECM, 1998)
* [[Gilberto Gil]], ''O Sol De Oslo'' (Blue Jackel, 1998)
* [[Jon Eberson]], ''Thirteen Rounds'' (1997)
* [[Gitarkameratene]], ''Typisk Norsk'' (Grappa, 2010)
* [[Marlui Miranda]], ''2 IHU Kewere: Rezar'' (1997)
* [[Dennis Gonzalez]], ''Welcome to Us'' (GOWI 1994)
* Unni Wilhelmsen, ''Definitely Me'' (1997)
* [[Aslak Hartberg]], ''The Dancer'' (Oslo, 2013)
* [[Audun Kleive]], ''Bitt'' (1997)
* [[Jorn Hoel]], ''Kjaerlighetens Teater'' (Polydor, 1991)
* [[Eivind Aarset]], ''Electronique Noire'' (1998)
* [[Bendik Hofseth]], ''Planets, Rivers and...Ikea'' (Verve Forecast, 1996)
* [[Bertine Zetlitz]], ''Morbid Latenight Show'' (1998)
* [[Tore Johansen]], ''Earth Stills'' (Inner Ear, 2015)
* [[Torbjorn Sunde]], ''Meridians'' (1998)
* [[Bengt-Arne Wallin]], ''The Birth and Re-Birth of Swedish Folk Jazz'' (1998)
* [[Joyce (singer)|Joyce]], ''Just a Little Bit Crazy'' (Far Out, 2003)
* Jan Garbarek, ''Rites'' (1998)
* [[Eero Koivistoinen]], ''Altered Things'' (Timeless, 1992)
* [[Audun Kleive]], ''Bitt'' (Jazzland/EmArcy,)
* [[Gilberto Gil]], ''O Sol De Oslo'' (1998)
* [[Katia Cardenal]], ''Canta Alf Proysen: Navegas Por Las Costas'' (1999)
* [[Hanne Krogh]], ''Hanne'' (Sonet, 1989)
* [[Michael Krohn]], ''Sovnlose Netter'' (Drabant Music, 2018)
* [[Lars Lillo-Stenberg]], ''Oslo,'' (2000)
* [[Eva Kruse]], ''In Water'' (Redhorn, 2014)
* [[Kirsten Bråten Berg]], ''Syng Du Mi Royst'' (2001)
* Jon Eberson, ''Dreams That Went Astray'' (2001)
* [[Ola Kvernberg]], ''Night//Driver'' (Jazzland, 2006)
* [[Mari Boine]], ''Eight Seasons: Gavcci Jahkejuogu'' (2002)
* [[Nils Landgren (musician)|Nils Landgren]], ''Christmas With My Friends'' (ACT, 2007)
* Tore Brunborg, ''Gravity'' (2003)
* [[Lava (band)|Lava]], ''The Rhythm of Love'' (Mercury, 1990)
* [[Lars Lillo-Stenberg]], ''Oslo,'' (Sonet, 2000)
* [[Joyce (singer)|Joyce]], ''Just a Little Bit Crazy'' (2003)
* [[Susanne Lundeng]], ''Mot'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 2011)
* [[Dhafer Youssef]], ''Digital Prophecy'' (2003)
* [[Mike Mainieri]], ''Northern Lights'' (NYC, 2006)
* [[Torun Eriksen]], ''Glittercard'' (2004)
* [[Marilyn Mazur]], ''Circular Chant'' (Storyville, 1995)
* [[Erik Wesseltoft]], ''Con Amor'' (2004)
* [[Marlui Miranda]], ''2 IHU Kewere: Rezar'' (ACT, 1997)
* [[Beady Belle]], ''Closer'' (2005)
* [[Nils Petter Molvaer]], ''Remakes'' (Par/Sula, 2005)
* Torun Eriksen, ''Prayers & Observations'' (2005)
* [[The Monroes (Norwegian band)|The Monroes]], ''Long Way Home'' (EMI/BMG, 1993)
* [[Nils Petter Molvaer]], ''Remakes'' (2005)
* [[Mungolian Jet Set]], ''Beauty Came to Us in Stone'' (Jazzland, 2006)
* [[Lars Danielsson]], ''Melange Bleu'' (2006)
* [[Caecilie Norby]], ''Arabesque'' (ACT, 2010)
* [[Ola Kvernberg]], ''Night Driver'' (2006)
* [[Ost & Kjex]], ''Cajun Lunch'' (Diynamic Music, 2010)
* [[Mike Mainieri]], ''Northern Lights'' (2006)
* [[Mungolian Jet Set]], ''Beauty Came to Us in Stone'' (2006)
* Ost & Kjex, ''Freedom Wig'' (Diynamic Music, 2015)
* [[Anne Grete Preus]], ''Millimeter'' (WEA, 1994)
* [[Terje Rypdal]], ''Vossabrygg'' (2006)
* [[Malika Makouf Rasmussen]], ''Cairo'' (Rapid 2006)
* [[Malika Makouf Rasmussen]], ''Cairo'' (2006)
* [[Nils Landgren (musician)|Nils Landgren]], ''Christmas with My Friends'' (2007)
* [[radio.string.quartet.vienna]], ''In Between Silence'' (Jazzland, 2017)
* [[Terje Rypdal]], ''Vossabrygg'' (ECM, 2006)
* [[Knut Buen]], ''Tonebod'' (2008)
* [[Kjetil Saunes]], ''Lystyv'' (Norsk, 1993)
* [[Baba Zula]], ''Gecekondu'' (2010)
* [[Henrik Schwarz]], ''Scripted Orkestra'' (7k!, 2018)
* [[Gitarkameratene]], ''Typisk Norsk'' (2010)
* [[Caecilie Norby]], ''Arabesque'' (2010)
* Henrik Schwarz, ''In Spite of Everything'' (Sunday Music/Between Buttons, 2020)
* [[Tim Scott (guitarist)|Tim Scott]], ''Everywhere I've Been'' (Waterfall, 1996)
* [[Ost & Kjex]], ''Cajun Lunch'' (2010)
* [[Paolo Vinaccia]], ''Very Much Alive'' (2010)
* [[Kenneth Sivertsen (musician)|Kenneth Sivertsen]], ''Remembering North'' (NORCD 1993)
* [[Susanne Lundeng]], ''Mot'' (2011)
* [[Solveig Slettahjell]], ''Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic I Norwegian Woods'' (ACT, 2014)
* [[Olav Stedje]], ''Ei Gave Til Deg'' (Slager, 1990)
* [[Henrik Schwarz]], ''Duo'' (2011)
* [[Torbjorn Sunde]], ''Meridians'' (ACT, 1998)
* [[Wax Poetic]], ''On a Ride'' (2012)
* [[Prins Thomas]], ''Ambitions'' (Smalltown Supersound, 2019)
* [[Aslak Hartberg]], ''The Dancer'' (2013)
* Erik Wesseltoft, ''To Someone I Knew'' (2013)
* Prins Thomas, ''Bugge Wesseltoft Versions'' (Horisontal Mambo, 2016)
* [[Knut Vaernes]], ''Roneo'' (Curling Legs, 1993)
* [[Eva Kruse]], ''In Water'' (2014)
* [[Solveig Slettahjell]], ''Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic I Norwegian Woods'' (2014)
* Knut Vaernes, ''Jacques Tati'' (Curling Legs, 1995)
* Henrik Schwarz, Dan Berglund, ''Trialogue'' (2014)
* [[Paolo Vinaccia]], ''Very Much Alive'' (Jazzland, 2010)
* [[Bengt-Arne Wallin]], ''The Birth and Re-Birth of Swedish Folk Jazz'' (ACT, 1998)
* [[Lisa Dillan]], ''Change of Habit'' (2015)
* [[Wax Poetic]], ''On a Ride'' (Nublu, 2012)
* [[Tore Johansen]], ''Earth Stills'' (2015)
* Ost & Kjex, ''Freedom Wig'' (2015)
* [[Jens Wendelboe]], ''Big Crazy Energy Band Vol. 2'' (NOPA/NRK, 1994)
* [[Erik Wesseltoft]], ''Con Amor'' (Normann, 2004)
* Beady Belle, ''On My Own'' (2016)
* Erik Wesseltoft, ''To Someone I Knew'' (Normann, 2013)
* [[Prins Thomas]], ''Bugge Wesseltoft Versions'' (2016)
* [[radio.string.quartet.vienna]], ''In Between Silence'' (2017)
* [[Unni Wilhelmsen]], ''Definitely Me'' (Mercury, 1997)
* [[Michael Krohn]], ''Sovnlose Netter'' (2018)
* Unni Wilhelmsen, ''To Whom It May Concern'' (Mercury, 1996)
* Henrik Schwarz, ''Scripted Orkestra'' (2018)
* [[Dhafer Youssef]], ''Digital Prophecy'' (Justin Time/(Enja, 2003)
* Prins Thomas, ''Ambitions'' (2019)
* [[Bertine Zetlitz]], ''Morbid Latenight Show'' (Parlophone, 1998)
* Henrik Schwarz, "In Spite of Everything" (single – 2020)
* Henrik Schwarz, ''Duo II'' (2022)


== See also ==
==References==
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* [[Nu jazz]]
* [[Ingrid Lukas]]

== References ==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{Official website|http://buggesroom.com|Bugge Wesseltoft}} – official site
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040402092130/http://www.jazzlandrec.com/bugge_bio.html Bugge Wesseltoft] biography at [[Jazzland Recordings]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040402092130/http://www.jazzlandrec.com/bugge_bio.html Bugge Wesseltoft] biography at [[Jazzland Recordings]]
*[http://www.wesseltoft.de Bugge Wesseltoft] – fan site
* [http://www.wesseltoft.de Bugge Wesseltoft] – fan site
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*[http://www.gubemusic.com/artist_2 Bugge Wesseltoft] on Gube Music
* [http://www.gubemusic.com/artist_2 Bugge Wesseltoft] on Gube Music
*[http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/lectures/henrik-schwarz-and-bugge-wesseltoft-the-drama-knob Bugge Wesseltoft & Henrik Schwarz] – RBMA lecture
* [http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/lectures/henrik-schwarz-and-bugge-wesseltoft-the-drama-knob Bugge Wesseltoft & Henrik Schwarz] – RBMA lecture


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Bugge Wesseltoft
Bugge Wesseltoft wearing a light checkered shirt, sitting behind a piano, grinning broadly and looking left of camera
Wesseltoft in 2016
Background information
Birth nameJens Christian Bugge Wesseltoft
Born (1964-02-01) 1 February 1964 (age 60)
Porsgrunn, Norway
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • composer
  • music producer
Instruments
Labels

Jens Christian Bugge Wesseltoft (born 1 February 1964) is a Norwegian jazz pianist, composer, and producer, son of jazz guitarist Erik Wesseltoft.[1]

Career

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Bugge Wesseltoft (with John Scofield) at Moers Festival 2006, Germany
DJ Bugge at Nattjazz 2016
in Bergen, Norway

In 1989, Wesseltoft collaborated with the Knut Riisnæs Quartet and was soon after contacted by Arild Andersen to join in on commissioned work for Vossajazz—released on the album Sagn (1990)—and the follow-up Arv (1993).[citation needed] He worked with Jan Garbarek on his Molde Canticle, a commission from Moldejazz, released on the 1990 album I Took Up the Runes.[1]

Wesseltoft had an impact on the Norwegian jazz scene at the beginning of the 1990s while going through a transition from Nordic jazz traditions, exemplified by the ECM label, to a style sometimes referred to as "future jazz" or nu jazz.[citation needed] Thereafter, he toured extensively on the international jazz scene, performing both jazz and rock concerts, and on a series of recordings on his own Jazzland label.[citation needed] He collaborated with a series of artists in this period, such as guitarists Terje Rypdal and Jon Eberson, and in the mid-1990s, he toured and recorded the album Billy Cobham presents Nordic – Off Color, released in 1999, together with Billy Cobham.[citation needed] For many years, he also collaborated with experimental jazz vocalist Sidsel Endresen and was in the lineup for her commissioned work at Moldejazz in 1993, which was released on the album Exile a year later.[citation needed] His own commissioned work A Little War Story for Vossajazz was also performed in 1993.[citation needed]

Wesseltoft formed his own band, New Conception of Jazz, in 1995, and their first album, New Conception of Jazz, was awarded a Spellemannprisen in 1996, the same year it was released.[2]

Firmly committed to electronic music, Wesseltoft completely eschews acoustic forms and is just as adamant that he will not be tied by genre boundaries, bringing hip hop and other contemporary dance music forms into his concept of contemporary jazz.[citation needed] On the album Sharing (1998), many listeners were taken by surprise by his extensive use of club DJs and scratchers.[2]

His track "Existence" can be heard in Philippe Harel's movie Extension du domaine de la lutte, an adaptation of Michel Houellebecq's 1994 novel.[citation needed]

After working with Dan Berglund on his 2014 album Trialogue, Wesseltoft founded the jazz trio Rymden, adding Magnus Öström on drums.[citation needed] They had their first appearance at the Nattjazz Festival in Bergen in 2017.[citation needed] According to Wesseltoft, they began work on a debut album after this successful performance.[citation needed] Further appearances followed in 2017 and 2018, and in 2019, Rymden recorded their first album, Reflections & Odysseys.

John Kellman of All About Jazz magazine noted Wesseltoft's solo performance at The Punkt Festival, Kristiansand, Norway, as one of his 25 "Best Live Shows of 2013".[3]

Honors

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Selected discography

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Solo

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  • 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)

With Rymden

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  • Reflections & Odysseys (2019)
  • Space Sailors (2020)
  • Live In Umeå’' (2020 – From a live performance at the Umeå Jazz Festival in October 2019)

Collaborations

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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 others

References

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  1. ^ a b c Halvorsen, Tore (13 February 2009). "Bugge Wesseltoft Extended Biography". Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  2. ^ a b Kelman, John (4 March 2009). "Bugge Wesseltoft: New Conception of Jazz Box Review". All About Jazz. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  3. ^ Kelman, John (13 December 2013). "John Kelman's Best Live Shows of 2013". All About Jazz. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
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Awards
Preceded by Recipient of the Jazz Spellemannprisen
1996 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Recipient of the Kongsberg Jazz Award
1997 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Recipient of the Open class Spellemannprisen
1998 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Recipient of the Jazz Gammleng-prisen
1999 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Recipient of the Open class Spellemannprisen
2002 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Recipient of the Buddyprisen
2004 		Succeeded by
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