Terje Rypdal

Terje Rypdal

Terje Rypdal, moers festival 2010
Background information
Born (1947-08-23) 23 August 1947
Oslo
Origin Norway
Genres Jazz, rock, third stream, contemporary music
Occupation(s) Musician, band leader, composer
Instruments Guitar
Labels ECM Records
Website kvalitetsartister.no/rypdal-tekro

Terje Rypdal (born 23 August 1947) is a Norwegian guitarist and composer. Most of his music has been released on albums of the German record label ECM. Rypdal has collaborated both as a guitarist and as a composer with other ECM artists such as Ketil Bjørnstad and David Darling. Over the years, he has been an important member in the Norwegian jazz community, and has also given show concerts with guitarists Ronni Le Tekrø and Mads Eriksen as "N3".[1]

Career

Terje Rypdal in Warsaw in 2005

Rypdal was born in Oslo, the son of a composer and orchestra leader. He studied classical piano and trumpet as a child, and then taught himself to play guitar as he entered his teens. Starting out as a Hank Marvin-influenced rock guitarist with The Vanguards, Rypdal turned towards jazz in 1968 and joined Jan Garbarek's group and later George Russell's sextet and orchestra. An important step towards international attention was his participation in the free jazz festival in Baden-Baden, Germany, in 1969, where he was part of a band led by Lester Bowie. During his musical studies at Oslo university and conservatory, he led the orchestra of the Norwegian version of the musical Hair. He has often been recorded on the ECM record label, both jazz-oriented material and classical compositions (some of which do not feature Rypdal's guitar).[2]

His compositions "Last Nite" and "Mystery Man" were featured in the Michael Mann film Heat, and included on the soundtrack of the same name.[3]

Personal

Rypdal was married (1969–1985) to the Norwegian singer Inger Lise Andersen/Rypdal, and they had two children, the auditor Daniel (1970) and the electronica musician Marius (1977). Rypdal was married again in 1988 to Elin Kristin Bergei (born 28 May 1955). They have two children Ane Izabel (1988) and the guitarist Jakob Rypdal (1989). They (as of 2013) live in Tresfjord.

Discography

References

  1. ↑ "Norwegian 3- Supergitaristar til Øvre Årdal" (in Norwegian). Porten.no.
  2. ↑ Cleveland, Barry (30 January 2014). "Norwegian Legend Terje Rypdal". Guitar Player Magazine. Retrieved 2014-12-30.
  3. ↑ "Terje Rypdal". IMDB. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
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Awards
Preceded by
No Special award		 Recipient of the Spellemannprisen Special award
1981 		Succeeded by
Jan Erik Kongshaug
Preceded by
Jon Balke		 Recipient of the Buddyprisen
1985 		Succeeded by
Thorgeir Stubø
Preceded by
Bjørn Alterhaug		 Recipient of the Jazz Gammleng-prisen
1990 		Succeeded by
Kristian Bergheim
Preceded by
No Open class award		 Recipient of the Spellemannprisen Open class
1995 		Succeeded by
Mari Boine
Preceded by
No Open class award		 Recipient of the Spellemannprisen Honorary award
2005 		Succeeded by
Åge Aleksandersen,
Bjørn Eidsvåg & Sissel Kyrkjebø
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