Places And Other Stories S-E-A

• 1 Autumn Rain 07:04
• 2 Passing Time 05:44
• 3 Laura In Limbo 05:09
• 4 6 Weeks 07:57
• 5 Mountains 05:37
• 6 The Twist 05:47
• 7 Letter from Erik 04:48
• 8 Deserts 07:39
• 9 Walk Of Grief 05:55
• 10 Friday Night Fuzz 04:56
• 11 Ut av Tiden (Out of Time) 05:50
• Total Runtime 01:06:26

Info for Places And Other Stories

In 2017 I wrote Autumn Rain, and for the first time in years I felt that I could ask musicians to try things out with me. I knew Terje and Tine from before, and I had a feeling that they could contribute to develop my songs and the sound of the new trio. What I didn´t know was that they knew each other very well and had played together for years! Both said yes, and we started to rehearse together in 2019.

Tine and Terje are very gifted musicians with a lot of experience, and it didn´t take long to develop a strong feeling of belonging inside our new world of songs and shared musicianship. As a composer, I draw inspiration from all kinds of music, so the task was to find the songs that in different ways sounded like they belonged together. Many songs were thrown in the bin, but some stuck with us. The songs we kept comprise “Places and other stories”. (Bjørn Bolstad Skjelbred, September 2025)

Bjørn Bolstad Skjelbred, piano
Tine Asmundsen, bass
Terje Engen, drums

Recorded November 26 & 27, 2024 by Vidar Lunden at Musikkloftet, Asker, Norway
Mixed December 28, 2024 & January 11, 2025 by Vidar Lunden at Musikkloftet
Mastered January 15 & 16, 2025 by Vidar Lunden at Musikkloftet
Produced by Vidar Lunden and Bjørn Bolstad Skjelbred
Executive producer Odd Gjelsnes

Bjørn Bolstad Skjelbred
(b.1970 - Norway) has a varied and broadly spectered musical background. He is active as a composer, arranger, improviser and teacher, with experience from several genres and musical environments. Skjelbred´s list of works contains more than 70 titles, where music for other arts and music for young musicians are largely present. Skjelbreds music has been performed in several european countries, USA and Canada in addition to the nordic countries. Collaborations with musicians, ensembles and artists are very important to Skjelbred, and many of his works are results from these collaborations. Among his collaborators are Norwegian percussionist Eirik Raude, The Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Swedish ensemble The Pearls before Swine Experience, The London Schubert Players, accordionist Rocco Jerry (US), the renowned Norwegian vocal group Nordic Voices and the Danish flutist Marianne Leth. Collaborations with Norwegian groups of actors like "The chosen Ones", "FaktaMorgana" and "Fabula Rasa" have resulted in several productions for the stage, which have been shown in several of the scandinavian countries. The latest production "Istialia", was shown for a month at the National Theathre in Oslo, autumn 2011. He is also involved in the jazz/pop/rock music scene as an arranger, songwriter and musician, and released the CD 'urban songs' with the quartet Urban Visions in 2005. Skjelbred teach composition, theory and improvisation, and has been a teacher at The Norwegian Academy of Music and Oslo Community School of Music and Culture.

Skjelbred finished his Diploma (Masters degree) in Composition at the Norwegian State Academy of Music in 2006, with composers Asbjørn Schaathun and Bjørn H Kruse as his tutors. He has also taken private lessons with the Italian composer Luca Francesconi. Skjelbred was vice president of the board of the Norwegian Composers Society between 2013 and 2016.

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