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Moers Festival Interviews: Møster!

by Martin Longley
April 11, 2020

During his recent visit to the Borealis festival of experimental music in Bergen, your scribe met up with reedsman Kjetil Møster, who also happens to be on the directors board of that mighty fine weekender. In just under two months, he'll be bringing his long-running self-named quintet Møster! to the Moers Festival in Germany (29th May-1st June), by which time the lockdowns will surely be concluded.Møster was born in Bergen, and has lately returned to his home city, ...

Extended Analysis

Moster!: Edvard Lygre Moster

by John Kelman
May 13, 2013

He may be flying somewhat beneath the radar internationally, but in Norway, saxophonist Kjetil Møster has a vibrant career that ranges from the acoustic post-John Coltrane group The Core--whose Office Essentials (Jazzland, 2008) made clear that the American tradition is a touchstone, at least to some, in the country's distinctive jazz scene--to ongoing work with the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra on albums including the renowned ensemble's collaboration with pianist Chick Corea, Live in Molde (MNJ, 2005). What neither of these acoustic ...