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).
The OK World project started as a wish by Norwegian jazz musician and composer Bugge Wesseltoft to establish a global music ensemble in 2011. Wesseltoft recruited musicians with various experience and hailing from countries as diverse as India, Lebanon, Spain, Norway and Mozambique. He is the main composer of OK World, and gets his inspiration from the continents of Europe, Asia and Africa. Sharing the philosophy about music is an universal language, the musicians of OK world have a common goal: To show that music is a strong expression that can be understood and enjoyed by everyone.
As a group, the members of OK world have travelled to places like Dhaka, Beirut, Dehli, Mumbai and Maputo. They have developed to become more than a worldwide musical ensemble -- stating sustainability to be...
published: 17 Sep 2013
Bugge Wesseltoft con su "Ok World Ensemble"
La Mar de Músicas 2014
published: 30 Jul 2014
My World Is Ok
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My World Is Ok · Bugge Wesseltoft · Josemi Carmona · Shrikant Shriram · Vivek Rajagopalan · Khaled Yassin · Amade Cossa · Maryam Saleh · Georges Nehme
Ok World
℗ 2014 Jazzland Recordings
Released on: 2014-11-20
Producer: Bugge Wesseltoft
Music Publisher: Copyright Control
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Bugges Wesseltofts OK World is this years opening concert at Oslo Konserthus on 29th of October 2013. Hel Bugge and OK World to make this project even better. Feel free to share and participate. Send the video to [email protected]. For more info: http://www.osloworld.no
published: 02 Oct 2013
Bugge Wesseltoft - Mawwal
Bugge Wesseltoft: OK World
feat. Josemi (ES) -- Khaled (LB) -- Shri (IN) -- Bugge (NO) -- Vivek (IN) -- Amade (MZ)
published: 18 Apr 2014
OK World Ensemble Master Class
Barcelona
published: 09 Nov 2013
Bugge Wesseltoft - Sharanagati
Bugge Wesseltoft: OK World
feat. Josemi (ES) -- Khaled (LB) -- Shri (IN) -- Bugge (NO) -- Vivek (IN) -- Amade (MZ)
published: 18 Apr 2014
My World is OK - Oslo World Music Office
The Oslo World Music Festival's office
Oslo, Norway Take your stand and participate in this world-wide project.
Send your video to [email protected] and take part in the OK WORLD!
The OK World project started as a wish by Norwegian jazz musician and composer Bugge Wesseltoft to establish a global music ensemble in 2011. Wesseltoft recruit...
The OK World project started as a wish by Norwegian jazz musician and composer Bugge Wesseltoft to establish a global music ensemble in 2011. Wesseltoft recruited musicians with various experience and hailing from countries as diverse as India, Lebanon, Spain, Norway and Mozambique. He is the main composer of OK World, and gets his inspiration from the continents of Europe, Asia and Africa. Sharing the philosophy about music is an universal language, the musicians of OK world have a common goal: To show that music is a strong expression that can be understood and enjoyed by everyone.
As a group, the members of OK world have travelled to places like Dhaka, Beirut, Dehli, Mumbai and Maputo. They have developed to become more than a worldwide musical ensemble -- stating sustainability to be a major driving force. As part of their performances, they have contributed to build workshops, educate musicians, develop young talents and strengthen local musical communities. Nevertheless, they never stop developing their own music, and their groovy epics are guaranteed to reach out to an ever-growing audience in 2013.
OK World will release an album this year, and are picked out to open the 20th Oslo World Music Festival on 29 October at Oslo Concert Hall -- after which they will head out on a Norwegian and European tour.
OK World ensemble:
Bugge Wesseltoft (Norge) -- composer and piano
Shrikant Shriram (India/UK) -- bass, flute and tabla
Vivek Rajagopalan (India) -- mrindigam
Khaled Yassine (Libanon) -- percussion
Amade Cossa (Mosambik) -- percussion
Josemi Carmona (Spania) -- flamenco guitar George Nehme (Libanon) -- vocal
After the opening concert OK World will go on tour:
31st of Oktober: Blå Grotte Fredrikstad
1st of November Union Scene, Drammen
2nd of November: Sandnes Kulturhus, Sandnes
5th of November: Cologne
6th of November: Belgrad
8th of November: Barcelona
9th of November: Madrid
The OK World project started as a wish by Norwegian jazz musician and composer Bugge Wesseltoft to establish a global music ensemble in 2011. Wesseltoft recruited musicians with various experience and hailing from countries as diverse as India, Lebanon, Spain, Norway and Mozambique. He is the main composer of OK World, and gets his inspiration from the continents of Europe, Asia and Africa. Sharing the philosophy about music is an universal language, the musicians of OK world have a common goal: To show that music is a strong expression that can be understood and enjoyed by everyone.
As a group, the members of OK world have travelled to places like Dhaka, Beirut, Dehli, Mumbai and Maputo. They have developed to become more than a worldwide musical ensemble -- stating sustainability to be a major driving force. As part of their performances, they have contributed to build workshops, educate musicians, develop young talents and strengthen local musical communities. Nevertheless, they never stop developing their own music, and their groovy epics are guaranteed to reach out to an ever-growing audience in 2013.
OK World will release an album this year, and are picked out to open the 20th Oslo World Music Festival on 29 October at Oslo Concert Hall -- after which they will head out on a Norwegian and European tour.
OK World ensemble:
Bugge Wesseltoft (Norge) -- composer and piano
Shrikant Shriram (India/UK) -- bass, flute and tabla
Vivek Rajagopalan (India) -- mrindigam
Khaled Yassine (Libanon) -- percussion
Amade Cossa (Mosambik) -- percussion
Josemi Carmona (Spania) -- flamenco guitar George Nehme (Libanon) -- vocal
After the opening concert OK World will go on tour:
31st of Oktober: Blå Grotte Fredrikstad
1st of November Union Scene, Drammen
2nd of November: Sandnes Kulturhus, Sandnes
5th of November: Cologne
6th of November: Belgrad
8th of November: Barcelona
9th of November: Madrid
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
My World Is Ok · Bugge Wesseltoft · Josemi Carmona · Shrikant Shriram · Vivek Rajagopalan · Khaled Yassin · Amad...
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
My World Is Ok · Bugge Wesseltoft · Josemi Carmona · Shrikant Shriram · Vivek Rajagopalan · Khaled Yassin · Amade Cossa · Maryam Saleh · Georges Nehme
Ok World
℗ 2014 Jazzland Recordings
Released on: 2014-11-20
Producer: Bugge Wesseltoft
Music Publisher: Copyright Control
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
My World Is Ok · Bugge Wesseltoft · Josemi Carmona · Shrikant Shriram · Vivek Rajagopalan · Khaled Yassin · Amade Cossa · Maryam Saleh · Georges Nehme
Ok World
℗ 2014 Jazzland Recordings
Released on: 2014-11-20
Producer: Bugge Wesseltoft
Music Publisher: Copyright Control
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Bugges Wesseltofts OK World is this years opening concert at Oslo Konserthus on 29th of October 2013. Hel Bugge and OK World to make this project even better. F...
Bugges Wesseltofts OK World is this years opening concert at Oslo Konserthus on 29th of October 2013. Hel Bugge and OK World to make this project even better. Feel free to share and participate. Send the video to [email protected]. For more info: http://www.osloworld.no
Bugges Wesseltofts OK World is this years opening concert at Oslo Konserthus on 29th of October 2013. Hel Bugge and OK World to make this project even better. Feel free to share and participate. Send the video to [email protected]. For more info: http://www.osloworld.no
The Oslo World Music Festival's office
Oslo, Norway Take your stand and participate in this world-wide project.
Send your video to [email protected] and tak...
The Oslo World Music Festival's office
Oslo, Norway Take your stand and participate in this world-wide project.
Send your video to [email protected] and take part in the OK WORLD!
The Oslo World Music Festival's office
Oslo, Norway Take your stand and participate in this world-wide project.
Send your video to [email protected] and take part in the OK WORLD!
The OK World project started as a wish by Norwegian jazz musician and composer Bugge Wesseltoft to establish a global music ensemble in 2011. Wesseltoft recruited musicians with various experience and hailing from countries as diverse as India, Lebanon, Spain, Norway and Mozambique. He is the main composer of OK World, and gets his inspiration from the continents of Europe, Asia and Africa. Sharing the philosophy about music is an universal language, the musicians of OK world have a common goal: To show that music is a strong expression that can be understood and enjoyed by everyone.
As a group, the members of OK world have travelled to places like Dhaka, Beirut, Dehli, Mumbai and Maputo. They have developed to become more than a worldwide musical ensemble -- stating sustainability to be a major driving force. As part of their performances, they have contributed to build workshops, educate musicians, develop young talents and strengthen local musical communities. Nevertheless, they never stop developing their own music, and their groovy epics are guaranteed to reach out to an ever-growing audience in 2013.
OK World will release an album this year, and are picked out to open the 20th Oslo World Music Festival on 29 October at Oslo Concert Hall -- after which they will head out on a Norwegian and European tour.
OK World ensemble:
Bugge Wesseltoft (Norge) -- composer and piano
Shrikant Shriram (India/UK) -- bass, flute and tabla
Vivek Rajagopalan (India) -- mrindigam
Khaled Yassine (Libanon) -- percussion
Amade Cossa (Mosambik) -- percussion
Josemi Carmona (Spania) -- flamenco guitar George Nehme (Libanon) -- vocal
After the opening concert OK World will go on tour:
31st of Oktober: Blå Grotte Fredrikstad
1st of November Union Scene, Drammen
2nd of November: Sandnes Kulturhus, Sandnes
5th of November: Cologne
6th of November: Belgrad
8th of November: Barcelona
9th of November: Madrid
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
My World Is Ok · Bugge Wesseltoft · Josemi Carmona · Shrikant Shriram · Vivek Rajagopalan · Khaled Yassin · Amade Cossa · Maryam Saleh · Georges Nehme
Ok World
℗ 2014 Jazzland Recordings
Released on: 2014-11-20
Producer: Bugge Wesseltoft
Music Publisher: Copyright Control
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Bugges Wesseltofts OK World is this years opening concert at Oslo Konserthus on 29th of October 2013. Hel Bugge and OK World to make this project even better. Feel free to share and participate. Send the video to [email protected]. For more info: http://www.osloworld.no
The Oslo World Music Festival's office
Oslo, Norway Take your stand and participate in this world-wide project.
Send your video to [email protected] and take part in the OK WORLD!
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).