Arild Andersen

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Arild Andersen
Background information
Birth name	Arild Andersen
Born	October 27, 1945 (1945-10-27) (age 62)
Origin	Lillestrøm, Norway
Genre(s)	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Bassist
Instrument(s)	Double bass
Label(s)	ECM Records
Associated acts	Jan Garbarek

Arild Andersen (born October 27, 1945) is a Norwegian bass player.

Born in Lillestrøm, Norway, he started out as a member of the Jan Garbarek Quartet (1967-1973), with Terje Rypdal and Jon Christensen. In the same period he also worked with the Norwegian singer Karin Krog and played in the rhythm section for visiting American musicians including Phil Woods, Dexter Gordon, Hampton Hawes, Johnny Griffin, Sonny Rollins, and Chick Corea. During this time, he also worked with Don Cherry, George Russell and Tomasz Stańko.

Andersen has recorded over a dozen albums for ECM Records as band leader and with Masqualero, and appeared on many others as side man.

[edit] Solo Discography

• "Clouds in my head"
• "Shimri"
• "Green shading into blue"
• "Lifelines"
• "A Molde Concert"
• "Sagn"
• "If you look far enough"
• "Hyperborean"
• "Achirana"
• "The Triangle"
• "Elektra"

[edit] External links

• Official Homepage