Eivind Opsvik

[Image:Eivind-Opsvik_DSC02648.jpg|thumb|right|260px|Eivind Opsvik performing with Nate Wooley Quintet at Aarhus Jazzfestival, Denmark 2016]
Eivind Opsvik is a Norwegian jazz musician and composer, the son of the Norwegian interior and furniture designer Peter Opsvik.

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Career

Opsvik is a graduate of the Norwegian Academy of Music. He made himself evident on the Oslo jazz scene from the early 1990s, before moving to New York in 1998, where he has been living since. He is thoroughly involved in composing, recording, mixing and producing music, as he manages a studio and record label in his basement. 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

2003: Overseas, feat. Craig Taborn, Wells Hanley, Gerald Cleaver, Jeff Davis, Dan Weiss, Loren Stillman & Jason Rigby
2005: Overseas II, feat. Kenny Wollesen, Jeff Davis, Craig Taborn, Loren Stillman
2008: Overseas III, feat. Kenny Wollesen, Larry Campbell & Jeff Davis
2012: Overseas IV, feat. Kenny Wollesen & Brandon Seabrook
2017: Overseas V, feat. Kenny Wollesen & Brandon Seabrook