Terje Rypdal is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 guitarist

Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...

 and composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

. Most of his music has been released on albums of the German record label ECM

ECM (record label)

ECM is a record label founded in Munich, Germany, in 1969 by Manfred Eicher. While ECM is best known for jazz music, the label has released a wide variety of recordings, and ECM's artists often refuse to acknowledge boundaries between genres...

. Rypdal has collaborated both as a guitarist and as a composer with other ECM artists such as Ketil Bjørnstad

Ketil Bjørnstad

Ketil Bjørnstad is a Norwegian pianist and composer. Initially trained as a classical pianist, Bjørnstad discovered jazz at an early age and has embraced the emergence of "European jazz"....

 and David Darling

David Darling (musician)

David Darling is an American cellist and composer. He won the Grammy award for Best New Age Album in 2010. He has performed and recorded with artists such as Bobby McFerrin and Spyro Gyra in addition to putting out several solo and small ensemble albums as well as albums of his...

. Over the years, he has been an important member in the Norwegian jazz community.

Starting out as a Hank Marvin

Hank Marvin

Hank Brian Marvin is an English guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist for The Shadows. The group, which primarily performed instrumentals, was formed as a backing band for vocalist Cliff Richard...

-influenced rock guitarist with The Vanguards

The Vanguards

The Vanguards were a rock band from Oslo, Norway that debuted in 1961. Although the band disbanded eight years later, members continued to reunite for appearances during the 1970s....

, Rypdal turned towards jazz

Jazz

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 in 1968 and joined Jan Garbarek

Jan Garbarek

Jan Garbarek is a Norwegian tenor and soprano saxophonist, active in the jazz, classical, and world music genres. Garbarek was born in Mysen, Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war Czesław Garbarek and a Norwegian farmer's daughter...

's group and later George Russell's sextet and orchestra. An important step towards international attention was his participation in the free jazz

Free jazz

Free jazz is an approach to jazz music that was first developed in the 1950s and 1960s. Though the music produced by free jazz pioneers varied widely, the common feature was a dissatisfaction with the limitations of bebop, hard bop, and modal jazz, which had developed in the 1940s and 1950s...

 festival in Baden-Baden

Baden-Baden

Baden-Baden is a spa town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the western foothills of the Black Forest, on the banks of the Oos River, in the region of Karlsruhe...

, Germany

Germany

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 in 1969, where he was part of a band led by Lester Bowie

Lester Bowie

Lester Bowie was an American jazz trumpet player and composer. He was a member of the AACM, and cofounded the Art Ensemble of Chicago.-Biography:...

. During his musical studies at Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

 university and conservatory, he led the orchestra of the Norwegian version of the musical

Musical theatre

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 Hair

Hair (musical)

Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is a rock musical with a book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot. A product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, several of its songs became anthems of the anti-Vietnam War peace movement...

. He has often been recorded on the ECM

ECM (record label)

ECM is a record label founded in Munich, Germany, in 1969 by Manfred Eicher. While ECM is best known for jazz music, the label has released a wide variety of recordings, and ECM's artists often refuse to acknowledge boundaries between genres...

 record label, both jazz-oriented material and classical compositions (some of which do not feature Rypdal's guitar).

His compositions "Last Nite" and "Mystery Man" were featured in the Michael Mann film Heat, and included on the soundtrack of the same name.

Personal

Terje Rypdal married the Norwegian singer Inger Lise Andersen/Rypdal

Inger Lise Rypdal

Inger Lise Rypdal is a Norwegian singer and actress in many different genres: pop, rock, theater, film, and musical.-History:Inger Lise Rypdal has been an artist since 1968...

 in 1969 and they had two children together: Daniel in 1970 and Marius in 1977. They were later divorced. Rypdal now (2011) lives in Tresfjord with Elin and their two children Ane Izabel (1988) and Jacob Terjesønn (1989).

As leader

• Bleak House (Polydor/Universal Norway 547 885-2) 1968
• Terje Rypdal
  Terje Rypdal (album)
  Terje Rypdal is the second album by Norwegian jazz guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in 1971 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.-Track listing:# "Keep It Like That - Tight" - 12:14# "Rainbow" - 7:05...
  
  (ECM 1016) 1971
• What Comes After
  What Comes After
  What Comes After is the third album by Norwegian jazz guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in 1973 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.-Track listing:# "Bend It" - 9:55# "Yearning" - 3:22...
  
  (ECM 1031) 1974
• Whenever I Seem to Be Far Away
  Whenever I Seem to Be Far Away
  Terje Rypdal is the second album by Norwegian jazz guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in 1974 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review awarded the album 2 stars.-Track listing:# "Silver Bird is Heading for the Sun" - 14:05...
  
  (ECM 1045) 1974
• Odyssey
  Odyssey (Terje Rypdal album)
  Odyssey is the fifth album by Norwegian jazz guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in 1975 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Michael P...
  
  (ECM 1067/8) 1975
• After the Rain
  After the Rain (Terje Rypdal album)
  After the Rain is an album by Norwegian jazz guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in 1976 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review awarded the album 4 stars.-Track listing:# "Autumn Breeze" - 4:36# "Air" - 4:28# "Now and Then" - 2:53...
  
  (ECM 1083) 1976
• Waves
  Waves (Terje Rypdal album)
  Waves is the seventh album by Norwegian jazz guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in 1977 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Michael P...
  
  (ECM 1110) 1978
• Terje Rypdal / Miroslav Vitous / Jack DeJohnette
  Terje Rypdal / Miroslav Vitous / Jack DeJohnette
  Terje Rypdal/Miroslave Vitous/Jack DeJohnette is an album by guitarist Terje Rypdal, bassist Miroslav Vitous and drummer Jack DeJohnette recorded in 1978 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:...
  
  (ECM, 1978) (ECM 1125) 1979
• Descendre
  Descendre
  Descendre is the ninth album by Norwegian jazz guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in 1979 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Michael P...
  
  (ECM 1144) 1980
• To Be Continued
  To Be Continued (Terje Rypdal album)
  To Be Continued is an album by guitarist Terje Rypdal, bassist Miroslav Vitous and drummer Jack DeJohnette recorded in 1981 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:...
  
  (ECM 1192) 1981
• Eos
  Eos (album)
  Eos is the eleventh album by Norwegian jazz guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in 1979 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Michael P...
  
  (with David Darling
  David Darling (musician)
  David Darling is an American cellist and composer. He won the Grammy award for Best New Age Album in 2010. He has performed and recorded with artists such as Bobby McFerrin and Spyro Gyra in addition to putting out several solo and small ensemble albums as well as albums of his...
  
  ) (ECM 1263) 1984
• Chaser
  Chaser (album)
  Chaser is an album by guitarist Terje Rypdal with bassist Bjørn Kjellemyr and drummer Audun Kleive recorded in 1985 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Michael P...
  
  (ECM 1303) 1985
• Blue
  Blue (Terje Rypdal album)
  Blue is an album by guitarist Terje Rypdal and The Chasers, bassist Bjørn Kjellemyr and drummer Audun Kleive, recorded in 1985 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:...
  
  (ECM 1346) 1987
• The Singles Collection
  The Singles Collection (Terje Rypdal album)
  The Singles Collection is an album by guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in 1988 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Michael P...
  
  (ECM 1383) 1989
• Undisonus
  Undisonus
  Undisonus is an album of contemporary classical music by guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in 1986 and 1987 and released on the ECM label in 1990.-Reception:...
  
  (ECM 1389) 1990
• Q.E.D.
  Q.E.D. (album)
  Q.E.D. is an album of contemporary classical music by guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in 1991 and released on the ECM label in 1993.-Reception:...
  
  (ECM 1474) 1991
• If Mountains Could Sing
  If Mountains Could Sing
  If Mountains Could Sing is an album by guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in 1994 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.-Track listing:# "The Return of Per Ulv" - 5:03 # "It's in the Air" - 4:04...
  
  (ECM 1554) 1995
• Skywards
  Skywards (album)
  Skywards is an album by guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in 1996 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 3 stars stating "Skywards is Rypdal's most openly schizophrenic yet satisfyingly ambitious work in many years".-Track listing:# "Skywards" -...
  
  (ECM 1608) 1997
• Rypdal & Tekrø (RCA 74321 242962) 1997
• Rypdal/Tekrø II 1997
• Double Concerto / 5th Symphony (ECM 1567) 2000
• Lux Aeterna
  Lux Aeterna (Terje Rypdal album)
  Lux Aeterna is an album by guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in 2000 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating "There is nothing remotely cold about this work; it is warm and dark and stunning in its stark presentation that is so...
  
  (ECM 1818) 2002
• Selected Recordings (Volume VII of ECM's :rarum series) (rarum 8007) 2002
• Vossabrygg
  Vossabrygg
  Vossabrygg is a live album by guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in 2003 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "Vossabrygg is the latest adventure in a stunning, unraveling labyrinth, created by a master explorer".-Track listing:#...
  
  (ECM 1984) 2006
• Crime Scene (ECM 2041) 2010

As sideman

With Ketil Bjørnstad

Ketil Bjørnstad

Ketil Bjørnstad is a Norwegian pianist and composer. Initially trained as a classical pianist, Bjørnstad discovered jazz at an early age and has embraced the emergence of "European jazz"....

• Water Stories
  Water Stories (Ketil Bjørnstad album)
  Water Stories is an album by Norwegian pianist Ketil Bjørnstad recorded in 1993 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.-Track listing:# "Glacial Reconstruction" - 6:58# "Levels and Degrees" - 7:19...
  
  (ECM, 1993)
• The Sea
  The Sea (Ketil Bjørnstad album)
  -Track listing:# "I" - 6:58# "II" - 7:28# "III" - 4:40# "IV" - 8:49# "V" - 6:39# "VI" - 9:19# "VII" - 5:15# "VIII" - 2:39# "IX" - 5:47# "X" - 4:31# "XI" - 7:26# "XII" - 3:39*Recorded at Rainbow Studio in Oslo, Norway in September 1994-Personnel:...
  
  (ECM, 1995)
• The Sea II
  The Sea II
  -Track listing:# "Laila" - 5:26# "Outward Bound" - 4:52# "Brand" - 5:46# "The Mother" - 4:24# "Song for a Planet" - 4:04# "Consequences" - 6:28# "Agnes" - 4:26# "Mime" - 4:22# "December" - 3:18...
  
  (ECM, 1998)
• Life in Leipzig
  Life in Leipzig
  Life in Leipzig is a live album by Norwegian pianist Ketil Bjørnstad and guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in 2005 and released on the ECM label in 2008.-Reception:...
  
  (ECM, 2008)

With Lester Bowie

Lester Bowie

Lester Bowie was an American jazz trumpet player and composer. He was a member of the AACM, and cofounded the Art Ensemble of Chicago.-Biography:...

• Gittin' to Know Y'All
  Gittin' to Know Y'All
  -Track listing:# "Gittin' to Know Y'All " - 23:35# "Gittin' to Know Y'All " - 8:25# "Ved Soerevatn" - 5:00# "For My Two J.B.'s" - 1:06...
  
  (BSF, 1969)

With Michael Galasso

Michael Galasso

Michael John Galasso was an American composer, violinist, and music director.-Film Scores:...

• High Lines
  High Lines
  High Lines is an album by American composer and violinist Michael Galasso recorded between 2002 and 2004 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Richard S...
  
  (ECM, 2005)

With Jan Garbarek

Jan Garbarek

Jan Garbarek is a Norwegian tenor and soprano saxophonist, active in the jazz, classical, and world music genres. Garbarek was born in Mysen, Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war Czesław Garbarek and a Norwegian farmer's daughter...

• Esoteric Circle
  Esoteric Circle
  Esoteric Circle is the debut album by Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek, originally released under the band name "The Esoteric Circle" on Bob Thiele's Flying Dutchman label but re-issued under his name on the Freedom imprint, performed by Garbarek with Terje Rypdal, Arild Andersen and Jon...
  
  (1969) (Freedom FCD 41031)
• Afric Pepperbird
  Afric Pepperbird
  Afric Pepperbird is the second album by Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek and his first released on the ECM label performed by Garbarek's quartet featuring Terje Rypdal, Arild Andersen and Jon Christensen...
  
  (1970) (ECM 1007)
• Sart
  Sart (album)
  Sart is the third album by Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek, his second released on the ECM label, and is performed by Garbarek's quintet featuring Bobo Stenson, Terje Rypdal, Arild Andersen and Jon Christensen...
  
  (1971) (ECM 1015)

with George Russell

• The Essence of George Russell
  The Essence of George Russell
  The Essence of George Russell is an album by George Russell originally released on the Norwegian Sonet label in 1971, and subsequently remastered and released on the Italian Black Saint label in 1983, featuring performances by Russell with Stanton Davis, Jan Garbarek, Terje Rypdal, Arild Andersen,...
  
  
• Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature
  Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature
  Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature is a work by jazz arranger George Russell originally written in 1968 and first recorded in concert in Norway on April 28, 1969 and released on the Flying Dutchman label...
  
  (1969)
• Trip to Prillarguri
  Trip to Prillarguri
  Trip to Prillarguri is a live album by George Russell originally recorded in 1970 and subsequently released on the Italian Soul Note label in 1982, featuring a performance by Russell with Stanton Davis, Jan Garbarek, Terje Rypdal, Arild Andersen, and Jon Christensen...
  
  (Soul Note 121029-2) 1970
• Listen to the Silence (Soul Note 121024-2) 1971

With Tomasz Stańko

Tomasz Stanko

Tomasz Stańko is a Polish trumpeter, composer and improviser. Often recording for ECM, Stańko is strongly associated with free jazz and the avant-garde....

• Litania: Music of Krzysztof Komeda
  Litania: Music of Krzysztof Komeda
  Litania: Music of Krzysztof Komeda is an album by Polish jazz trumpeter and composer Tomasz Stańko featuring compositions by Krzysztof Komeda recorded in 1997 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:...
  
  (ECM, 1997)

With John Surman

John Surman

John Douglas Surman is an English jazz saxophone, bass clarinet and synthesizer player, and composer of free jazz and modal jazz, often using themes from folk music as a basis...

• Nordic Quartet
  Nordic Quartet
  Nordic Quartet is an album by English saxophonist John Surman featuring Karin Krog, Terje Rypdal and Vigleik Storaas recorded in 1994 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:...
  
  (ECM, 1994)

With Edward Vesala

Edward Vesala

Edward Vesala , born Martti Vesala, was a Finnish avant-garde jazz composer, bandleader and drummer....

• Satu
  Satu
  Satu is an album by Finnish avant-garde jazz composer, bandleader and drummer Edward Vesala recorded in 1976 and released on the ECM label in 1977.-Reception:The Allmusic review awarded the album 2 stars.-Track listing:# "Satu" - 14:37...
  
  (ECM, 1977)

With Others

• Hjemme igjen(The Vanguards), 1965
• Phnooole(The Vanguards), 1966
• Get Dreamy (The Dream) (Polydor 842 972-2) 1967
  • Dream (The Dream) (Hans Marius Stormoen, Tom Karlsen, Christian Reim, Terje Rypdal)(Karusell 2915 066)
• Briskeby Blues (Jan Erik Vold) (Philips 834 711-2) 1969
• Min Bul (Min Bul) (Polydor 2382003) 1970
• Hav (Jan Erik Vold) (Philips 6507 002) 1971
• Actions (Krzystof Penderecki / Don Cherry & The New Eternal Rhythm Orchestra Live in Donaueschingen) (Wergo SM 1010; Philips 6305153; on CD as Transparency TRANS00081971) 1971
• New Violin Summit (Jean-Luc Ponty
  Jean-Luc Ponty
  Jean-Luc Ponty is a French virtuoso violinist and jazz composer.- Early years:Ponty was born into a family of classical musicians on 29 September 1942 in Avranches, France. His father taught violin, his mother taught piano...
  
  , Don "Sugarcane" Harris, Michał Urbaniak, Nipso Brantner, Wolfgang Dauner
  Wolfgang Dauner
  Wolfgang Dauner is a German jazz fusion pianist, composer and keyboardist born in Stuttgart, Germany, probably best known for his work in the United Jazz and Rock Ensemble and with musicians such as Hans Koller, Albert Mangelsdorff, Volker Kriegel or Ack van Rooyen...
  
  , Neville Whitehead
  Neville Whitehead (bassist)
  Neville Whitehead is a New Zealand bassist and luthier who was an active member of the British jazz fusion community in the 1970s.Whitehead played at times in Keith Tippett's sextet in the late 1960s, including alongside Elton Dean. He appears on The Keith Tippett Group's Dedicated To You, But You...
  
  , Robert Wyatt
  Robert Wyatt
  Robert Wyatt is an English musician, and founding member of the influential Canterbury scene band Soft Machine, with a long and distinguished solo career...
  
  ) (MPS 3321285-8/MPS 88025-2/MPS2222720-0 - released on CD as Euro Series 468036 504) 1971
• Popofoni (Krog, Garbarek, Rypdal, et al.) (Sonet SLP 1421,2) 1971
• Real Rock 'N' Roll (Per "Elvis" Granberg & The New Jordal Swingers) (Philips 6317013) 1973
• Morning Glory (John Surman) (Future Music FMRCD-13 L495) 1973
• New Jazz Festival - Hamburg 1975 (Various Artists) 1975
• The Hapless Child (Michael Mantler / Edward Gorey) (Watt/4) 1976
• No Time for Time (Pal Thowsen / Jon Christensen) (Zarepta ZA 34005/Sonet SLP1437) 1976
• Samse Tak! (Egil "Bop" Johansen) (Four Leaf FLC 5013) 1976
• Bruksdikt for Deg og Meg (Carl Frederik Prytz) (Polydor 2920 172) 1977
• Three Day Moon (Barre Phillips) (ECM 1123) 1978
• Apecalypso Nå (Lars Mjøen
  Lars Mjøen
  Lars Mjøen is a Norwegian comedian, actor,singer, screenwriter, director, editor and author. He is best known as a member of the comedy trio KLM, alongside Trond Kirkvaag and Knut Lystad....
  
   & Knut Lystad
  Knut Lystad
  Knut Ove Lystad is a Norwegian actor,singer , translator ,screenwriter, comedian and occasional director, best known from the comedy trio KLM alongside Trond Kirkvaag and Lars Mjøen....
  
  ) (label info?) 1980
• Norsk Rock's Gyldne År (The Vanguards) (SONET SLP 1458) 1980
• Bratislava Jazz Days 1985 (Opus Czechoslovakia 9115 1810-11, two-LP set) 1985
• Comanchero (The Vanguards) (Polydor 831 208-1) 1986
• Nice Guys (Hungry John & The Blue Shadows) (Norwegian label?) 1987
• Natt Jazz 20 Ar (Various Artists) (Grappa Records GRCD 103) 1988
• Contemporary Music for Big Band (Sandvika Storband) (SSCD 002) 1990
• Twang!!! (The Vanguards) (DLP 33043/Triola TRCD 06) 1990
• Vegmerker (Trondhjems Studentersangforening) (Pro Musica PP9022) 1990
• Mnaomai, Mnomai (Heinz Reber) (ECM 1378) 1991
• Unplugged: Mozart and Rypdal (Hans Petter Bonden) (MTG-CD 21111) 1993
• Deep Harmony (Tomra Brass Band) 1994
• Come Together: Guitar Tribute To The Beatles, Vol. 2 (Various Artists) 1995
• Bitt (Audun Kleive) (Polygram 5365832) 1997
• Meridians (Torbjørn Sunde) (ACT 9263-2) 1997
• Road Song (Knut Mikalsen's Bopalong Quintet) (Villa Records AS VRCD 005) 1997
• Dawn Of A New Century (Secret Garden) (Mercury Records 538 838-2) 1999
• Snøfreser'n/FBI (Øystein Sunde) (Spinner Records GTIS 704 - CD single) 1999
• Kartā (Stockhausen/Andersen/Héral/Rypdal) (ECM 1704) 2000
• Song....Tread Lightly (Palle Mikkelborg) (Sony Denmark CK 91439) 2000
• Navigations (Kyberia) (Simax Classics PSC 1212) 2000
• Open The Door Softly (Helen Davis) (EXLCD 30079, EXLIBRIS) 2000
• Sonata / Nimbus (Birgitte Stærnes) (MTG Record Company; A Corda) 2002
• Magica Lanterna (Ronni Le Tekrø) 2002
• Kahlil Gibran's "The Prophet" 2003
• Vanguards Special (The Vanguards 1963-2003) (The Vanguards) (Tylden & Co. GTACD8191/2) 2003

External links

• Terje Rypdal on ECM Records