Eivind Opsvik


Eivind Opsvik is a Norwegian jazz musician and composer, the son of the Norwegian interior and furniture designer Peter Opsvik.

Career

Opsvik is a graduate of the Norwegian Academy of Music, and he made himself evident on the Oslo jazz scene from the early 1990s, before moving to New York in 1998, where has been living since. He is thoroughly involved in composing, recording, mixing and producing music, as he manages a studio in his basement, from where he is running the record label Loyal Label. His main projects are 'Overseas' and 'Opsvik & Jennings', besides his solo project.
'Overseas' is the name of his band that was formed in 2002 and includes Jacob Sacks, Tony Malaby, Kenny Wollesen and the most recent addition, Brandon Seabrook. Opsvik plays upright bass and writes all the music. Four records have been released, starting with Overseas, then Overseas II and third Overseas III. Overseas IV was recorded in the summer of 2011 and released in 2012.
Opsvik & Jennings is an experimental pop duo with tunesmith and guitarist Aaron Jennings, that have released three albums, Fløyel Files, Commuter Anthems and A Dream I Used to Remember.
Opsvik is currently working on a solo album in collaboration with photographer Michelle Arcila. He also performs with a plethora of other bands and musicians, like Tony Malaby's Paloma Recio, Nate Wooley Quintet, Jesse Stacken Trio, Skuli Sverrison's Seria, Two Miles A Day with a record featuring Jacob Sacks, Mat Maneri and Paul Motian, Jeff Davis Trio with Russ Lossing, Mary Halvorson's Reverse Blue, Rocket Engine, Plainville, Kris Davis Trio, Håkon Kornstad, David Binney with Brian Blade and Craig Taborn, Rocket Engine, Tone Collector, Jesse Harris' Cosmo, The Interaction of Non-Interaction with Ben Gerstein and Poor Pluto.

Discography

Solo albums

;Within 'Overseas' including Jacob Sacks & Tony Malaby
;Within 'Tone Collector' including Tony Malaby & Jeff Davis
;Within 'Opsvik & Jennings'
;Within Marvin Charles Trio including Ketil Gutvik
;Within 'Jacob Sacks/Eivind Opsvik/Mat Maneri/Paul Motian'
;Within Jostein Gulbrandsen Quartet
;Within 'Rocket Engine' including Eric Biondo, Mike Pride, Jonathan Goldberger, Aaron Jennings, Ben Gerstein, Jeff Davis & Kris Davis
;Within 'Jon Irabagon's Outright!'
;Within 'Nate Wooley Quintet' including Harris Eisenstadt, Josh Sinton & Matt Moran
;Within 'Nate Wooley Sextet' including Josh Sinton, Harris Eisenstadt, Dan Peck & Matt Moran
;With David Binney
;With Mary Halvorson
;With David Binney