Highly respected amongst his peers within the vibrant Nordic jazz community,
Nils Petter Molvaer is an accomplished trumpet player, composer and arranger.
Molvaer's playing is heavily influenced by the early 1980s Miles Davis school
but is refreshingly updated. His unusual style, often featuring electronic
treatments on a muted trumpet, contains elements of jazz, rock and electronic
influences against a back drop of hip-hop beats. Molvaer began his career as a
jazz musician playing in the acclaimed Norwegian jazz quintet Masquelero
alongside bassist Arild Andersen, drummer John C...