Pat: Supergolden

Release date: March 27th, 2020

Supergolden is the name of Petter Asbjørnsen’s debut album featuring Kjetil Møster on saxophone and bass clarinet, and Øyvind Skarbø on drums.

Møster and Skarbø are prominent figures in the Norwegian jazz community, known from ensembles such as Zanussi 5, 1982, Skarbø Skulekorps, Møster! and the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra. Stints living in Bergen, Copenhagen, Berlin and New York informed Asbjørnsen’s work as a composer and performer in projects with Molecules and Erlend Skomsvoll, Thomas Dahl, Elias Stemseder, Emilio Gordoa, Dag Magnus Narvesen and Axel Dörner, and lead him to perform in settings ranging from symphony orchestra to piano trio. Supergolden marks his first independent release.

The trio “Pat” was created while Petter Asbjørnsen was living in Bergen. Here he became an important and versatile figure in the music community, simultaneously performing as a jazz musician and studying contemporary music and classical contrabass. Asbjørnsen authored all the compositions on the album, and they’ve been brought to life through Møster and Skarbø’s interpretation and elaboration of the compositional ideas. With each musician’s individual and strong artistic expression, “Pat” offers a raw, explosive, and dynamic experience that grabs the listeners attention from start to finish.

Supergolden is a strong addition to the rich free jazz tradition of Norway where compositions are used as a stepping stone for improvisation without locking the performers into one idiomatic expression.

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Musicians:

Kjetil Møster - Saxophone, bass clarinet

Petter Asbjørnsen - Double bass, compositions

Øyvind Skarbø - Drums

Photo: Ragnar Bøe

Album design: Kristoffer Møllegaard