Be Am

In the 25 years since Norwegian pianist, composer and producer Bugge Wesseltoft founded Jazzland Recordings, he has engaged in numerous group projects and collaborations such as New Conception of Jazz, duos with the likes of Sidsel Endresen, Henning Kraggerud and Henrik Schwarz, one-off projects such as Trialogue, Bugge and Friends, and OKWorld! And of course, the super-trio Rymden.

However, it is in his solo material that we can glimpse the true soul behind the effervescent and mercurial mind of one of the most in uential and important Norwegian musicians of an entire generation. On Be Am, Wesseltoft has allowed his creative impulses to wander where they may - no preset rules to govern the composition and production, no obligations to (not) use electronics, not even a will to be totally alone. This is pure playing and composition, where the music speaks freely by whatever means it will.