DIDRIK INGVALDSEN TRIO (Jazz)
Didrik Ingvaldsen has pursued a career as a jazz musician, composer and educator since 1984.
Born and raised Norway, Didrik Ingvaldsen has compiled credentials that span the work of music, from conservatory
studies at Juilliard to participation in the NYC downtown jazz scene,
lecturing at the Leeds College of music, UK, and teaching brass music in Tanzania and Faroe Islands.
Didrik Ingvaldsen has performed with many musicians and ensembles including Prague Music Performance Orchestra,
Vestnorsk Jazz Ensemble, Stavanger Kitchen Orchestra, Bergen Big Band, UMO Big Band, Inbal Pinto Dance Company,
Ulrich Gumpert Workshop Band, Günter „Baby“ Sommer’s Sister & Brotherhood, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Evan
Parker, Anthony Braxton, Roscoe Mitchell, Frode Gjerstad, Jon Balke, Andy Sheppard, Philip Catherine, John Scofield,
Paal Nilssen-Love a.o.
His own major band projects are POCKET CORNER and NOCZ QUARTET, EXTENDED CORNER and DIDRIK
INGVALDSEN ORHESTRA (CZ).
He has released sixteen CD’s of his own compositions with small and large ensembles.
His latest publication is the book “Jazz Bridges” that contains about 70 of his compositions.
Didrik Ingvaldsen is a fabulous trumpeter who sounds like a cross between Don Cherry and Don Ellis.”
Steve Loewy, All Music Guide
Jan Roder studierte Musik in Hannover. Er begann seine Karriere als Rockmusiker. Im Rahmen eines Schüleraustauschs
verbrachte er mit 17 ein Jahr in Brasilien, wo er in verschiedenen Clubs und Bars Bossa Nova und Heavy Metal spielte.[1]
1995 kam er nach Berlin, wo er mit Musikern wie Ulrich Gumpert, Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, Manfred Schoof, Uschi
Brüning, Joachim Kühn, Aki Takase, Gunter Hampel, Mircea Tiberian und Axel Dörner Tourneen und Konzerte spielte.
Als Nachfolger von Joachim Dette bildet er mit Axel Dörner, Rudi Mahall und Uli Jenneßen die Band Die Enttäuschung,
die neben eigenen Stücken gemeinsam mit Alexander von Schlippenbach das Gesamtwerk von Thelonious Monk aufführte
(das Quartett erweiterte sich zwischen 2017 und 2021 mit Christof Thewes zum Quintett).
Mit Björn Lücker und Henrik Walsdorff bildet er die Gruppe The Most. Daneben wirkte er im Caciula Trio (mit Maurice
de Martin und Ben Abarbanel-Wolff) und der Gruppe JR 3, dem Silke Eberhard Quartett, der Spielvereinigung Kreuzberg
und dem Zoran Terzić Trio mit und tritt als Duopartner von Maria Răducanu auf. Mit Thomas Borgmann und Willi Kellers
bildet er das Trio Keys & Screws. Außerdem spielt Roder seit 2010 in einem, sehr stark von Improvisation und Freiheit der
einzelnen Künstler getriebenen, Avantgarde-Jazz-Trio (Trio Brom) zusammen mit Christian Marien und Alexander
Beierbach.[2] Er arbeitete auch mit Stephen Gauci und Joe Hertenstein (Soundlift Berlin-New York) sowie mit Anna Kaluza
(Jack, 2024).
Dag Magnus Narvesen, born in 1983, is a drummer, percussionist and composer who is mainly working in the field of
improvised and contemporary music.
Emerging from the diverse and renowned jazz scene of Norway, leading bands like Sasquatch, co-leading Kitchen
Orchestra and as a member of Gunhild Seim’s Time Jungle, his current musical endeavors feature his highly acclaimed
octet DAMANA, Schlippenbach/Narvesen Duo, Dag Magnus Narvesen kvintett, Harri Sjöström’s MOVE quintet and Up
and Out, Didrik Ingvaldsen Orchestra and Aki Takase’s Japanic, to name a few. In working with these and other bands,
especially some tied to the Berlin scene, he has acquired a reputation as a highly skilled drummer and a trusted musical
collaborator.
Narvesen has a very strong compositional foundation in his improvisational work, and with resolute sensitivity, he
soulfully brings both melodic and harmonic qualities to his dynamic drum playing. At the core of his musical approach lies
a strong emphasis on active, intent listening, an energetic and generous style of playing and finding creative solutions for a
pure collective expression.
Didrik Ingvaldsen – tp, Jan Roder – b, Dag Magnus Narvesen – dr