Occupation(s) Drummer Name Espen Rud Genres Jazz | Instruments Drums and percussions Role Musician Record label Curling Legs | |
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Born 10 March 1977 (age 47)
Asker, Norway ( 1977-03-10 ) Labels Curling Legs
Odin Records Associated acts «Krabol»
«Rudlende»
«Fire fyrer» Albums Min Bul, Dobbeldans, Rudlende, Lovsamleren, Melancholy Delight, Ukjend By Similar People Rob Waring, Svein Finnerud, Lars Klevstrand, Steinar Ofsdal, Terje Rypdal | ||
Espen rud s er jeg blakk dessverre
Espen Rud (born 29 January 1948 in Asker, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (drums), composer and music arranger, and the son of the famous Norwegian author Nils Johan Rud (1908-93). He is known from numerous recordings and in collaboration with the likes of Karin Krog and Dexter Gordon, within Terje Rypdal's hard hitting trio Min Bul, or the strangely absurd musical theater of Svein Finnerud Trio.
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Career
Rud joined the fri jazz band Svein Finnerud Trio (1967–74), was educated at the Norges Musikkhogskole (1968), was percussionist within Pompel og Pilt (1969), was part of Min bul (1970) in trio with Terje Rypdal and Bjornar Andresen, and contributed on the Karin Krog album Some other spring (1970), where also Dexter Gordon and Kenny Drew contributed. He also played within the Ivar Antonsen Trio, and led his own Quartet together with Ivar Antonsen, Ditlef Eckhoff and Sture Janson, performing at Moldejazz in 1969.
In the 1980s he started an extensive collaboration with Rikskonsertene (1978–), lately with Hans Mathisen and Jens Fossum («Vi improviserer»). He participated within Chet Baker Quartet, on the release The improviser (1983) including Per Husby and Bjorn Kjellemyr, recorded at Club 7. He also led the band «Krabol» (1978–83), from which one can hear performances on his release Hotelsuite (1984), with the band including Rob Waring, Elin Rosseland, Tore Brunborg, Karin Krog and Vigleik Storaas. Rud was performing within New Cool Quartet (1980–89), and was awarded the Buddyprisen 1983.
In the 1990s, he was within a trio including Johannes Eick and Christian Wallumrod. He released the album Rudlende (1998) within his own Sextet «Rudlende», awarded Spellemannprisen 1998 in the class Jazz (Tore Brunborg, Nils Jansen, Vigleik Storaas, Frode Nymo, and Terje Gewelt). Rud was on the quartet releases by Ivar Antonsen, Terje Gewelt and Knut Riisnaes. Later he played with Staffan William-Olsson Trio, Magni Wentzel Sextet, and Halvard Kausland/Hans Mathisen.
On his latest solo album Dobbeldans (2011) he connects Jai Shankar's Indian tabla rhythms with Latin grooves, Rud's specialty, but also straight hard swing with a slight taste of Norwegian traditional folk music. For the album title Double Dance, there are a four double coverage. The three saxophonists Frode and Atle Nymo, and Jon Pal Inderberg are challenged for all they are worth, and with everything to play for, which means bass clarinet and baritone saxophone to the bottom, on top soprano, and with the tenor and alto saxophones in between.
Honors
Solo albums
As band leader
Collaborative works
With Karin Krog and Dexter Gordon
Songs
Ukjend By
Lovsamleren
Melancholy Delight
Retrospective Theme
Isle of Youth
Krokaanitrall / Water travelling
Spotted Catfish Blues
Piece for Dad
Song for Gaza
Sa er jeg blakk - dessverre / Flat broke - unfortunately
Revolusjonens Rost
Flaggene
Fr City
Vals meg Vals meg / Waltz me Waltz me
Floating in clouds
Jeg vet en deilig kvinne
A - disse kvinnene
Aase's Waltz
Kongen pa haugen
Soster Sne
En takefantasi / A foggy fantasy
Garp's lat
Sondag morgen Kram sno / Sunday Morning Wet Granular Snow
Trostungen
Charlie's lat
Han kom i natt i morket
Dobbeldans / Doubledance
Summer in September
Ei orlita rorsle
Venn
Nilsegutt
Per'en