Tord Gustavsen is on a constant search for a fresh and radically stripped-down honest beauty in music. The band works to explore, integrate and serve a holy trinity of emotional intensity, elegance, and mediative musical breathing. Tord has released eight albums under his own name in trio, quartet and quintet formats.

In 2024, the new album by Tord Gustavsen Trio ‘Seeing’ is released on ECM Records, featuring Steinar Raknes on bass and Jarle Vespestad on drums. The trio will do extensive touring during 2024—’25, including concerts at Montreal and Québec Jazz Festivals, London Jazz Festival, and a number of other concert halls, churches, and clubs in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, UK, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Romania, Bulgaria, as well as in their native Norway.

Listen to the album here.

Selected reviews of the last couple of albums:

«Impressive collection.» (Jazzwise – Editor’s Choice)

«Graceful» (The Guardian)

«a poetic performance with technically astonishing skills .. One feels lighter when losing ourselves in the melodies, chords, and rhythms of Seeing, a work filled with outstanding musicianship, restraint, and openness» (Jazztrail)

«Internasjonal mesterpianist» (Dagens Næringsliv)

«Det er en sann kunst å spille substans inn i transparente ballader og få musikalsk vemod til å stå til troende. Vi er heldige som har utøvere som klarer det. Som får det til å dirre så finstemt at musikken kan ta bolig i deg.» (Aftenposten)

«.. en stor og vakker høytidsstund» (Dagsavisen)

«For en trio! Urvakkert og høyst personlig.» (Nettavisen)

«quietly beguiling release. .. there’s an artistry to Gustavsen’s composition, a skill in their execution, and a warmth to their spirit that keeps the listener engaged» (London Jazz News)

«‘Opening’ ist ein humanistisches Statement .. Zwölf musikalische Perlen mit großer hymnischer Kraft. (NDR Rundfunk – Album der Woche)