Ole Amund Gjersvik

Ole Amund Gjersvik studied with Bjørn Ianke, Mathias Weber, Knut Erik Sundquist and Kåre Garnes; he had also studied with Marc Johnson, Bjørn and Terje Kjellemyr Venaas. He graduated from the Conservatory of Music in Bergen. Since the early 1980s Gjersvik worked as a freelance musician with Bob Mintzer ( Yellowjackets ) and Mick Ronson as well as with numerous musicians from the Norwegian jazz scene, as Dag Arnesen, Ketil Bjørnstad, Olav Dale, Charles and Kenneth Sivertsen Seglem. He also worked as a studio musician for many Norwegian television shows and worked for artists such as Neil Sedaka, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Christer Sjøgren, Sissel Kyrkjebø, Rune Larsen and Tor Endresen.

Ole Amund Gjersvik conducted two separate formations, the Ole Amund Gjersvik quartet with Jan Kåre Hystad ( saxophones, clarinet and flute), Morten Færestrand (guitar) and Stein Inge Braekhus (drums) and tango lineup combo tango.

Disco Graphical Notes

  • A Voice from the Past (ACR, 1990)
  • Appasionata Criminelle (ACR, 1991)
  • Around The Fountain (ACR, 1993)
  • Milonga Triste (ACR, 1998)
  • Milonga del angel (Combo Tango) (ACR, 2004)
  • Circus (ACR, 2006)
  • Live In Bergen (ACR, 2011)
  • Bass Improvisations (ACR, 2011)
  • Latin Collection ( 2013)

Swell

  • Richard Cook & Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings, 8th Edition, London, Penguin, 2006 ISBN 0-141-02327-9
  • Biography
  • Jazz bassist
  • Norwegian musicians
  • Born in 1963
  • Man
December 10 Marc Johnson (musician) Terje Venaas Richard Cook (journalist) Brian Morton (Scottish writer)
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