Jens Christian Bugge Wesseltoft (born 1 February 1964) is a Norwegian jazz musician, pianist, composer and producer, son of the jazz guitarist Erik Wesseltoft.
Career
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. This led to collaborations within the 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).
Bugge Wesseltoft - New Conception of Jazz Live (2003)
Jazzland Recordings :
Bugge Wesseltoft - keyboards
Ingebrigt - Flat bass
Anders Engen - drums
Per Martinsen - dj, samples
Paolo Vinaccia - effects, percussion
Jonas Lönna - dj, sounds
Marius Reksjø - bass
Wetle Holte - drums
Richard Gensollen - percussion, electronic rhythms
John Scofield - guitar, sounds
01. Live in Amiens (April 2000) | 0:00.00 | 11.13
02. Live in Cologne (April 2000) | 11:13 | 10.16
03. Sharing Live in Paris (June 2001) | 21:29 | 9.01
04. Lone Live in Paris (June 2001) | 30:30 | 11.23
05. Live at Blaa (December 2002) | 41:54 | 20.46
06. Feel Good (February 2000) | 1:02:38 | 7.10
07. Existence (February 2000) | 1:09:50 | 6.50
published: 05 Oct 2017
Bugge Wesseltoft - Yellow is the colour -
Painting music...peace & love to bugge and his moving music
published: 18 Dec 2007
Bugge Wesseltoft – Songs (2012 - Album)
Tracklist:
[00:00] 1. Darn That Dream
Written-By – Van Heusen
[07:58] 2. My Foolish Heart
Written By – Washington/Young
[13:16] 3. How High The Moon
Written-By – Morgan Lewis
[20:00] 4. Moon River
Written-By – Henry Mancini
[25:52] 5. Chicken Feathers
Written-By – Steve Kuhn
[32:48] 6. Lament
Written-By – J.J. Johnson
[38:14] 7. We'll Be Together Again
Written By – Fischer/Laine
[43:18] 8. Like Someone In Love
Written-By – Van Heusen, Burke
[50:25] 9. Giant Steps
Written-By – John Coltrane
Credits:
Copyright (c) – Jazzland Recordings
Design – Rune Mortensen
Mixed By, Mastered By – Atle Aamodt
Photography By – Egil Hansen
Piano [Uncredited] – Bugge Wesseltoft
published: 15 Nov 2019
Bugge Wesseltoft, Dhafer Youssef, Erik Truffaz - live 2004
Jazz a Vienne 2004
Bugge Wesseltoft - keyboards
Dhafer Youssef - vocals, oud, percussion
Jonas Lonna - DJ
Ole Morten Vaagan - bass
Andreas Bye - drums
Rikard Gensollen - percussion
+ Erik Truffaz - trumpet ( on last track )
Frick - 0:00
He Is ? - 7:07
Sunday - 18:33
Trio ( improvisation ) - 27:20
Film Ing. - 31:54
Oh Ye ( feat Erik Truffaz ) - 43:15
+ special guest Erik Truffaz - trumpet
Bugge Wesseltoft - New Conception of Jazz Live (2003)
Jazzland Recordings :
Bugge Wesseltoft - keyboards
Ingebrigt - Flat bass
Anders Engen - drums
Per Martins...
Bugge Wesseltoft - New Conception of Jazz Live (2003)
Jazzland Recordings :
Bugge Wesseltoft - keyboards
Ingebrigt - Flat bass
Anders Engen - drums
Per Martinsen - dj, samples
Paolo Vinaccia - effects, percussion
Jonas Lönna - dj, sounds
Marius Reksjø - bass
Wetle Holte - drums
Richard Gensollen - percussion, electronic rhythms
John Scofield - guitar, sounds
01. Live in Amiens (April 2000) | 0:00.00 | 11.13
02. Live in Cologne (April 2000) | 11:13 | 10.16
03. Sharing Live in Paris (June 2001) | 21:29 | 9.01
04. Lone Live in Paris (June 2001) | 30:30 | 11.23
05. Live at Blaa (December 2002) | 41:54 | 20.46
06. Feel Good (February 2000) | 1:02:38 | 7.10
07. Existence (February 2000) | 1:09:50 | 6.50
Tracklist:
[00:00] 1. Darn That Dream
Written-By – Van Heusen
[07:58] 2. My Foolish Heart
Written By – Washington/Young
[13:16] 3. How High The M...
Tracklist:
[00:00] 1. Darn That Dream
Written-By – Van Heusen
[07:58] 2. My Foolish Heart
Written By – Washington/Young
[13:16] 3. How High The Moon
Written-By – Morgan Lewis
[20:00] 4. Moon River
Written-By – Henry Mancini
[25:52] 5. Chicken Feathers
Written-By – Steve Kuhn
[32:48] 6. Lament
Written-By – J.J. Johnson
[38:14] 7. We'll Be Together Again
Written By – Fischer/Laine
[43:18] 8. Like Someone In Love
Written-By – Van Heusen, Burke
[50:25] 9. Giant Steps
Written-By – John Coltrane
Credits:
Copyright (c) – Jazzland Recordings
Design – Rune Mortensen
Mixed By, Mastered By – Atle Aamodt
Photography By – Egil Hansen
Piano [Uncredited] – Bugge Wesseltoft
Tracklist:
[00:00] 1. Darn That Dream
Written-By – Van Heusen
[07:58] 2. My Foolish Heart
Written By – Washington/Young
[13:16] 3. How High The Moon
Written-By – Morgan Lewis
[20:00] 4. Moon River
Written-By – Henry Mancini
[25:52] 5. Chicken Feathers
Written-By – Steve Kuhn
[32:48] 6. Lament
Written-By – J.J. Johnson
[38:14] 7. We'll Be Together Again
Written By – Fischer/Laine
[43:18] 8. Like Someone In Love
Written-By – Van Heusen, Burke
[50:25] 9. Giant Steps
Written-By – John Coltrane
Credits:
Copyright (c) – Jazzland Recordings
Design – Rune Mortensen
Mixed By, Mastered By – Atle Aamodt
Photography By – Egil Hansen
Piano [Uncredited] – Bugge Wesseltoft
Jazz a Vienne 2004
Bugge Wesseltoft - keyboards
Dhafer Youssef - vocals, oud, percussion
Jonas Lonna - DJ
Ole Morten Vaagan - bass
Andreas Bye - drums
Rikard G...
Jazz a Vienne 2004
Bugge Wesseltoft - keyboards
Dhafer Youssef - vocals, oud, percussion
Jonas Lonna - DJ
Ole Morten Vaagan - bass
Andreas Bye - drums
Rikard Gensollen - percussion
+ Erik Truffaz - trumpet ( on last track )
Frick - 0:00
He Is ? - 7:07
Sunday - 18:33
Trio ( improvisation ) - 27:20
Film Ing. - 31:54
Oh Ye ( feat Erik Truffaz ) - 43:15
+ special guest Erik Truffaz - trumpet
Jazz a Vienne 2004
Bugge Wesseltoft - keyboards
Dhafer Youssef - vocals, oud, percussion
Jonas Lonna - DJ
Ole Morten Vaagan - bass
Andreas Bye - drums
Rikard Gensollen - percussion
+ Erik Truffaz - trumpet ( on last track )
Frick - 0:00
He Is ? - 7:07
Sunday - 18:33
Trio ( improvisation ) - 27:20
Film Ing. - 31:54
Oh Ye ( feat Erik Truffaz ) - 43:15
+ special guest Erik Truffaz - trumpet
Tracklist:
[00:00] 1. Darn That Dream
Written-By – Van Heusen
[07:58] 2. My Foolish Heart
Written By – Washington/Young
[13:16] 3. How High The Moon
Written-By – Morgan Lewis
[20:00] 4. Moon River
Written-By – Henry Mancini
[25:52] 5. Chicken Feathers
Written-By – Steve Kuhn
[32:48] 6. Lament
Written-By – J.J. Johnson
[38:14] 7. We'll Be Together Again
Written By – Fischer/Laine
[43:18] 8. Like Someone In Love
Written-By – Van Heusen, Burke
[50:25] 9. Giant Steps
Written-By – John Coltrane
Credits:
Copyright (c) – Jazzland Recordings
Design – Rune Mortensen
Mixed By, Mastered By – Atle Aamodt
Photography By – Egil Hansen
Piano [Uncredited] – Bugge Wesseltoft
Jazz a Vienne 2004
Bugge Wesseltoft - keyboards
Dhafer Youssef - vocals, oud, percussion
Jonas Lonna - DJ
Ole Morten Vaagan - bass
Andreas Bye - drums
Rikard Gensollen - percussion
+ Erik Truffaz - trumpet ( on last track )
Frick - 0:00
He Is ? - 7:07
Sunday - 18:33
Trio ( improvisation ) - 27:20
Film Ing. - 31:54
Oh Ye ( feat Erik Truffaz ) - 43:15
+ special guest Erik Truffaz - trumpet
Jens Christian Bugge Wesseltoft (born 1 February 1964) is a Norwegian jazz musician, pianist, composer and producer, son of the jazz guitarist Erik Wesseltoft.
Career
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. This led to collaborations within the 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).
I clamored for love today The notes are all broke I wrapped all the pages ‘round And made me a home I opened my mouth today The teeth and the nose I ran my hand ‘cross the scales Here’s what I wrote… It’s my piano It’s my piano It’s my piano, so You leave it all alone It’s my piano It’s my piano, so It’s my piano You leave it all alone (x2) I couldn’t come up today I fell in a hole Everything’s brown today Even my gold My wrist is full holding it And you I behold I want to be on with it And weep and grow old… It’s my piano It’s my piano It’s my piano, so You leave it all alone It’s my piano It’s my piano, so It’s my piano