Role Musician | Name Carl Iversen Instruments Upright bass | |
Albums Jazz for Men, Nonsentration, Standards Similar People Jon Eberson, Audun Kleive, Morten Halle, Tore Brunborg, Jon Balke | ||
Occupation(s) Musician and composer | ||
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Carl Morten Iversen (born 1 May 1948 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (upright bass), and the son of jazz violinist Arild Iversen (1920–65). He is known from numerous recordings and has long been central to the Oslo Jazz scene.
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- Lars Klevstrand NOR Folk Rock 1974 Sjmannsvise
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Lars Klevstrand [NOR, Folk Rock 1974] Sjømannsvise
Career
Iversen began playing as an accompanist for folk singers from 1965, among others he played with Lars Klevstrand at Moldejazz Festival in 1968 and 1973, attended an album with Lillebjørn Nilsen in 1974, and got into jazz in 1970. He studied jazz in the United States until 1972, and when returning he played in a variety of bands from 1973, including with the Balke brothers, Jon Balke Quartet and Ditlef Eckhoff Quintet 1973–74, Magni Wentzel Quintet 1974–76 and 1979–84 with the album Sofies plass (1983), Guttorm Guttormsen Quartet 1974–80 with the albums Soturnudi (1975) and Albufeira (1979).
Iversen was president/chairman of the "Norwegian Jazz Forum" 1972–75, leader of "Foreningen norske jazzmusikere", editor of "Jazznytt", and Awarded Buddyprisen 1988. With guitarist Jon Eberson he has released duoalbums Jazz for men (2001), Standards (2003) and Levende på Fyret (2006), and recently he has recorded with Magni Wentzel Sekstett Live (2009).