Terje Gewelt

Alumnus Of Berklee College Of Music And Student Of Jaco Pastorius And Dave Holland Bassist Terje Gewelt Has Recorded Some 70 CDs With Scandinavian European And American Artists Including Billy Cobham Tommy Smith Misha Alperin Michael Schrieve And For Labels Such As RCA CBS Blue Note And ECM. He Has Toured Extensively With Billy Cobham Tommy Smith And Misha Alperin. From Wikipedia He Was Raised In Larvik A Small Town On The Southeastern Coast Of Norway. He Started Playing Guitar At The Age Of 10 Switched To Electric Bass At 14 And Added Acoustic Bass At 17.
From 1979-81 He Studied Privately With The Internationally Recognized Norwegian Bassist Arild Andersen And Played In Local Jazz And Fusion Groups With Among Others The Great Norwegian Keyboardist Atle Bakken. In 1981 Terje Went To The USA To Study Bass At The Bass Institute Of Technology In Los Angeles. He Studied Electric Bass With Jeff Berlin And Acoustic Bass With Bob Magnuson And Played In Jazz Clubs Around LA With Guitarist Les Wise.
In 1982 He Moved Back To Oslo And Spent A Year Playing With Many Of The Best Norwegian Jazz Musicians. In 1983 Terje Returned To The States Enrolling At The Berklee College Of Music In Boston. While At Berklee He Met And Played With Many Young And Talented Musicians From Around The World Including Saxophonists Tommy Smith And Donny McCaslin And Pianists Christian Jacob Danilo Perez And Laszlo Gardony. He Also Took Private Lessons With The Legendary Bassist Jaco Pastorius In New York. Terje Co-Founded The Acoustic Jazz Quartet Forward Motion With Saxophonist Tommy Smith And Released The Recording "Progressions". He Was Also A Member Of The American Jazz / World Music Group Full Circle Playing On Their First Two Recordings For CBS Sony.
In 1988 Terje Was Invited To California To Work With Santana Drummer Michael Shrieve Resulting In The Recording Stiletto On RCA Novus Which Also Featured Mark Isham On Trumpet And Andy Summers And David Torn On Guitars. After 7 Years In The USA Terje Moved Back To Norway In 1989 Soon Becoming A First Call Bassist On The Creative Norwegian Jazz Scene.
In 1995 He Got A Call To Join Billy Cobham's Group. Terje Played Acoustic Bass On Two Cobham CDs Nordic 1998 And Off Color 1999 On Eagle Records.
In 1997 He Started Playing With Russian Pianist Misha Alperin Recording Two CDs North Story And First Impression Featuring John Surman On ECM. In 1998 He Started The Record Label Resonant Music. Terje Has Released Eight CDs As A Leader All On Resonant Music. As A Sideman He Has Played Bass On More Than 100 Jazz Recordings Including Recordings By Billy Cobham Michael Shrieve Misha Alperin Dag Arnesen Roy Powell Staffan William-Olsson And Ahmad Mansour. Terje Is Well Known For Over-Dubbing Multiple Basses In Some Of His Recordings. Selected Discography As Leader
1999 Hide And Seek Resonant Music Feat. Billy Cobham
2002 Duality Resonant Music 2003 Interplay Resonant Music Duo With Christian Jacob
2004 Small World Resonant Music 2005 Hope Resonant Music Duo With Christian Jacob
2007 If Time Stood Still Resonant Music Trio With Kenneth Ekornes & Bjørn Klakegg
2009 Oslo Resonant Music Trio With Enrico Pieranunzi & Anders Kjellberg
2010 Azure Resonant Music 2011 Selected Works Resonant Music 2012 Spindrift Resonant Music 2013 Steppingstone Resonant Music Collaborations
With Misha Alperin
1986 North Story ECM Records Feat. Arkady Shilkloper
1986 First Impression ECM Records Feat. John Surman
With Michael Shrieve
1989 Stiletto RCA Novus With Knut Værnes
1992 Admission For Guitars And Basses Curling Legs Duo
With Dag Arnesen Trio
1994 Movin' Taurus Records Including Svein Christiansen
2004 Time Enough Taurus Records Including Pål Thowsen
2007 Norwegian Song Resonant Music 2008 Norwegian Song 2 Resonant Music With Ahmad Mansour Trio
1995 Tumbleweed Gorgone Productions With Petter Wettre Quartet
1996 Pig Virus Curling Legs With Billy Cobham
1998 Nordic Eagle Records 1999 Off Color Eagle Records With Roy Powell Trio
2003 Solace Nagel Heyer Records Including Jarle Vespestad read less