Eivind Austad

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Eivind Austad is a piano/keyboard player living in Bergen, Norway. He has got a bachelor´s degree in jazz performance from the jazz department (Jazzlinja) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim (NTNU) and a Master´s degree in Music teaching from Bergen University College (Hib).

He has been working as a freelance musician since the mid 1990´s and has worked in a variety of different musical settings with many well known artists. His main jazz projects are his own trio, Eivind Austad Trio and the jazz quartet Living Space, fronted by the great saxophone player Kjetil Møster.

A list of other freelance projects he is doing includes work with the multi-artist Ole Hamre, different kinds of theater work, band gigs in all genres and accompanist work as an accompanist for singers and choirs. A more extensive list can be found in the CV.

Eivind is also a long time faculty member of The Grieg Academy, where he is working as Assistant Professor in jazz piano, ear training, arranging/composition, jazz history and ensemble.

Eivind Austad: That Feeling

Read "That Feeling" reviewed by Friedrich Kunzmann

by Friedrich Kunzmann
January 19, 2021

Presenting an equal amount of originals and covers/standards, Norwegian pianist Eivind Austad's New Orleans Trio channels The Big Easy's musical spirit through gospel-tinged ruminations, extended blues forms and a healthy portion of New Orleans shuffle on the collaboration's debut effort. Following only a year after Austad's sophomore outing Northbound (Losen Records, 2019) saw the light of day, That Feeling takes up the geographical connectivity of its predecessor, but this time around moves to the music to Louisiana along the Mississippi ...