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Møster!
12+ albums
jazzfree jazzexperimentalimprovisationnorwegian
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MØSTER! is the brainchild of Kjetil Traavik MØSTER, a jazz (primarily) musician, composer and multi-instrumentalist (with tenor, soprano and baritone saxophones, clarinet and bass clarinet as his main instruments), hailing from Bergen, Norway. After getting training in accordion and cornet from the age of six, while also playing tuba and electric guitar at an early age, MØSTER was, from the age of 14, schooled on bass, and later also on saxophone, which was his main instrument in his studies at the Trondheim Jazz Conservatory, where he founded his first trio, MÖSTER, and later joined bassist Per ZANUSSI's ZANUSSI FIVE. In 2005 he appeared at the Kongsberg Jazz Festival for the first time, and after touring the US with TRONDHEIM JAZZ ORCHESTRA in 2006 he was voted 'International Young Jazz Talent of the Year' by the organisations IJFO and IAJE. MØSTER has throughout his career played music of various genres and styles, and been part of several bands and projects, including electro-rockers DATAROCK (permanent member) and glam rockers KING MIDAS, as well as touring with Norwegian rapper Lars VAULAR and the Nordic electronica/pop collaboration of RÖYKSOPP & ROBYN. He has never been out of the jazz loop for too long though. Over the years he's been a member of a myriad of jazz and jazz-rock outfits, including THE CORE, TRINITY, GIBRISH, BRAT, MZN3, and his own K.M. SEXTET, which is based on MZN3 (MØSTER, ZANUSSI, and Swedish drummer Kjell NORDESON), but also includes drummer M
