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Espen Eriksen Trio

The jazz world is not short on piano trios, but it´s not every day that one comes across a new trio with a personal musical language. Espen Eriksen Trio plays highly melodical and lyrical instrumentals with elements from Scandinavian folk and melancholia and shades of the deep woods. It´s definitely jazz, but their less is more approach is in contrast to most of their contemporaries, with structures almost like pop songs and with a strong focus on melodies and short solos. It´s fair to place them in a tradition with Tord Gustavsen Trio and the late Esbjörn Svensson Trio, but without really sounding like any of them.

Lars Tormod Jenset

Born: January 17, 1978

Espen Eriksen Trio with Andy Sheppard: As Good As It Gets

by John Eyles
October 21, 2023

The Espen Eriksen Trio--Eriksen on piano, Lars Tormod Jenset on bass, and Andreas Bye on drums-- was formed in 2007 and their debut album, You Had Me at Goodbye, was released in 2010 on Rune Grammofon where they have remained ever since. In 2016 British saxophonist Andy Sheppard was invited to guest with the trio when ...

Espen Eriksen Trio featuring Andy Sheppard: In The Mountains

by John Eyles
June 11, 2022

Formed in 2007, with personnel which has remained unchanged since, the Espen Eriksen Trio released its first Rune Grammofon album, You Had Me At Goodbye, in 2010. Since then, they have regularly released albums on the label, the most recent being End of Summer (2020). Prior to the current release, their only album which did not ...

Espen Eriksen Trio: End Of Summer

by Gareth Thompson
September 17, 2020

Any album recorded during the lockdown of 2020 will doubtless be scrutinised for cryptic references. As such, End Of Summer as a title might hint at something deeper (or darker) than mere seasonal flux. But amidst so much global turmoil, the Espen Eriksen Trio has held its nerve and created another poignant opus. Tranquility at the ...

Espen Eriksen Trio with Andy Sheppard: Perfectly Unhappy

by John Eyles
June 4, 2018

The Norwegian Espen Eriksen Trio was formed in 2007 and its personnel has remained unchanged ever since, across three previous album releases on Rune Grammofon. Such stability has allowed pianist Espen Eriksen, bassist Lars Tormod Jenset and drummer Andreas Bye to bond together and develop the particular chemistry that a successful trio needs, without having to ...

What Took You So Long

By Espen Eriksen Trio

Label: Rune Grammofon
Released: 2012
Track listing: All Good Things; Third Stop; On the Sea; Fall; We Don't Need Another Hero; Passing By; Could It Be Magic; Dusk of Dawn; Komeda; Oslo.

What Took You So Long/You Had Me At Goodbye

By Espen Eriksen Trio

Label: Atterklang
Released: 2012

Espen Eriksen Trio: What Took You So Long

by John Kelman
May 18, 2012

When Rune Grammofon first introduced In the Country with This Was the Pace of My Heartbeat, it touted the young Norwegian trio's 2005 debut as the label's first “jazz record." This is true, perhaps, using a broader definition that may rankle dogmatists more aligned with the American tradition; but over the course of the next seven ...

You Had Me At Goodbye

By Espen Eriksen Trio

Label: Atterklang
Released: 2010