Jon Eberson

Jon Eberson
Jon Eberson
	Jon Eberson performing at Kongsbergfestivalen in 2019
Background information
Birth name	Jon Arild Eberson
Born	6 January 1953; Oslo, Norway
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Guitar
Associated acts	Jazzpønk Ensemblet, Radka Toneff Quintet
Website	jonebersongroup.no

Jon Arild Eberson (born 6 January 1953) is a Norwegian jazz guitarist and composer, the son of jazz guitarist Leif Eberson (1925–1970), and the father of keyboardist Marte Maaland Eberson. He was a member of the bands Moose Loose (1973–77), Radka Toneff Quintet (1975–80), and Blow Out (1977–78).

Career

Eberson had his debut recording as a guitarist on Ketil Bjørnstad's debut album Åpning (1972). In 1980 he formed the Jon Eberson Group, supported by vocalist and lyricist Sidsel Endresen. The group attracted attention with Jive Talking (1981), which was awarded the Spellemannprisen, and City Visions (1984), but disbanded in 1986. The following year he released the Eberson Pigs and Poetry with Endresen, and he has continued to be noticed in a variety of contexts like the Jazzpunkensemblet.[1][2]

He released the album Dreams That Went Astray (2001), closely followed by the album Jazz for Men, with bassist Carl Morten Iversen, and the album Mind the Gap, with bassist Bjørnar Andresen and drummer Paal Nilssen-Love. Eberson, who is Associate Professor of guitar at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, was awarded the Norwegian Buddy Prize for 2001.[1][2]

In 2006 he collaborated with Per Zanussi and Torstein Lofthus on the album Bring It On.[3]

In 2013 he celebrated his sixtieth anniversary with a performance at the Oslo Jazzfestival, presenting his band Eberson Funk Ensemble. The band consists of drummer Pål Thowsen, bassist Sigurd Hole, saxophonist Kim-Erik Pedersen, and his keyboardist daughter, Marte Maaland Eberson.[4] both jazz graduates from the Norwegian Academy of Music. Eberson was a teacher at the Norwegian Academy of Music until 2019.

Awards and honors

Spellemannprisen for the album Jive Talking, with Sidsel Endresen, category jazz rock, 1981
Buddyprisen, 2001

Discography

Thirteen Rounds (Curling Legs, 1997)
Mind the Gap (Curling Legs, 2001)
Jazz for Men (Curling Legs, 2001)
Standards with Carl Morten Iversen (Curling Legs, 2003)
Bring It On (Jazzaway, 2006)

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References

Halvorsen, Tore. "Jon Eberson Biography". Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2012-11-14.
"Jon Eberson Biography". Cosmopolite.no.
"Gode trioer, ujevn hyllest", Dagbladet, 27 September 2006. Retrieved 30 September 2018
Wicklund, Erling (2013-08-20). "Ebers holder koken: 70-talls funken lever - det sørger gitarist Jon Eberson for!" (in Norwegian). NRK Jazz. Retrieved 2013-10-09.

External links

Jon Eberson Biography by Johs Bergh on Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian)

Awards
Preceded by Sidsel Endresen	Recipient of the Buddyprisen 2001	Succeeded by Nils Petter Molvær

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[nbl-1] Halvorsen, Tore. "Jon Eberson Biography". Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2012-11-14.

[cosmopolite-2] "Jon Eberson Biography". Cosmopolite.no.

[3] "Gode trioer, ujevn hyllest", Dagbladet, 27 September 2006. Retrieved 30 September 2018

[4] Wicklund, Erling (2013-08-20). "Ebers holder koken: 70-talls funken lever - det sørger gitarist Jon Eberson for!" (in Norwegian). NRK Jazz. Retrieved 2013-10-09.