The Kjetil Mulelid Trio released their debut album “Not Nearly Enough To Buy A House“ in late 2017 on Norway’s prestigious Rune Grammofon label, with its reputation for hand picking some of the best experimental electronic, jazz and improvised music from Scandinavia. Its artists have been heavily featured in magazines such as ‘The Wire’ and ‘Plan B’. Ineed, this piano trio consists of some of Norway’s most exciting young jazz musicians, whose members are heavily involved in projects such as Norwegian Grammy winners ‘Hegge’ and Grammy nominees ‘Megalodon Collective,’ among other projects stemming from creative milieu in the Jazz Department of the Trondheim Conservatory of Music. Here though, the focus is pared back to the classic acoustic piano trio featuring, predominantly, Mulelid’s beguiling compositions expertly balancing energetic, rhythmically complex and harmonically rich music with beautiful evocative melodies. While the trio incorporates that sense of calm, unhurried yet constantly unfolding sound world which is distinctively Scandinavian, Mulelid, in concert with bassist Bjørn Marius Hegge and drummer Andreas Winther, effortlessly conjure additional layers, tones and textures, based upon group improvisations, and informed, in large part, by each others diverse musical experiences.
„It took me several listens to fully realise just how magical this album is“ – Andy Hamilton, The Wire (UK)
“Mulelid leads his young trio in a program with a maturity that contradicts their age” – All About Jazz (US)
„Mulelid and his two equally young colleagues reveals timeless quality“ – Volkmar Mantei, Baby Blaue (DE)
”Rune Grammofon puts the list high and Kjetil Mulelid Trio is far away to tear – very far.” Tor Hammerø, (NO)
“Unbelievable that the musicians in the trio are all between 25 and 30″ – Dick Hovenga, Written in Music (NL)
„This trio is really speaking with its own voice and they left me with huge hunger for more.“ – G point audio (UK)
„Free improvisation and perfectly interlocked compositions give the proverbial handle every second.“ – Musikreviews (DE)
„As pretty and elegant as something Bill Evans trio might have performed at the Village Vanguard” -Ron Schepper, Textura (CA)
„We must commend this outstanding trio for its original exploration of the possibilities of the trio“ – Fritz Balwit, Audiophile Audition (US)