KJETIL MØSTER
Genres: Avant-Garde Jazz, Eclectic Fusion, Jazz Related Rock • Norway

KJETIL TRAAVIK MØSTER was born June 17, 1976 in Bergen. He played a number of instruments from tha age of six: accordeon, cornet, tuba, electric guitar, before settling with electric bass and saxophone at the age of 14. Played electric bass in different rock bands, the last one, Hesperus, being a hardcore-metal band playing a number of club gigs in and around Bergen. THE ALTO-SAXOPHONE was a subject of study at music high-school Langhaugen, with mainly classical teachers. Switched to tenor at the age of 18, and took a few lessons with KARL SEGLEM. After high school, Møster went to a jazz boarding school, and spent the next few years attempting to pass the audition at TRONDHEIM JAZZ CONCERVATORY, in which he succeeded in 1998. Studied with saxophonist JOHN PÅL INDERBERG, digging into the different jazz-traditions of the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s. Coltrane had already been main influence for a couple of years, and this read more...