2005
January
Monday 31st
10pm at 55bar (55 Christopher Street)
Bill Mchenry - tenor sax, Russ Johnson - trumpet, RJ Miller -
drums, Eivind Opsvik -bass
february
Tuesday
1st, Freddy's (Brooklyn): Jackson Moore's Infinite Justice
Jackson Moore - alto sax, Nate Wooley - trp, Shelley Burgon -
harp, Chris Dingman - vibraphone, Mike Pride - drums, Eivind Opsvik - bass
Thursday 3rd, Zanzibar Blue, Philadelphia: Triphazard
Sunday 6th,
CBGB's (313 Bowery NYC): Jackson Moore's Infinite Justice
Jackson Moore - alto sax, Nate Wooley - trp, Shelley Burgon -
harp, Chris Dingman - vibraphone, Mike Pride - drums, Eivind Opsvik - bass
Tuesday 8th, Bowery Poetry Club: Kim Myhr Group
Wednesday
9th, 6pm at the 55bar (55 Christopher street, NYC): Kris
Davis Group
Kris Davis - piano, Jason Rigby - saxophones/clarinets, Eivind Opsvik - bass,
Jeff Davis - drums
Saturday
12th, 8pm, BPM in Williamsburg (237 Kent Ave): Raoul Bjorkenheim Trio
Raoul Bjorkenheim - guitar, Lukas Ligeti - drums, Eivind Opsvik - bass
Thursday
17th, 8pm at Elixir (95 W Broadway): Gerstein/Opsvik
Ben Gerstein
- trombone, Eivind Opsvik - bass
Friday 25th,
8.30pm at Cornelia
Street Cafe: Marc Mommaas Global Motion
Marc Mommaas
- tenor sax, Nikolaj Hess - pinao, Tony Moreno - drums, Eivind Opsvik - bass
Sunday 27th, 6pm at the Norwegian Seaman's Church, NYC: Performance for the King and Queen of Norway: "Variations on a Theme"
march
Tuesday 8th, 10pm at Zebulon,
Williamsburg: Kenny
Wollesen & The Jonathons
Jonathan Finlayson, Rob Burger, Jonathan Haffner ++
Friday 11th,
10pm at 55Bar, 55 Christopher Street, NYC: Kenny Wollesen & The Jonathons
Jonathan Finlayson, Rob Burger, Jonathan Haffner++
Sunday 13th,
7pm at
Barbes (Brooklyn)
NYC: Deidre
Rodman & THE ALPHABET LOUNGE BIG BAND
Deidre Rodman - piano/vox, Roy Nathanson - alto/soprano saxes/vox, Curtis Fowlkes
- trombone/vox
Russ Johnson - trumpet, Ohad Talmor - tenor sax, Jay Rodriguez -bari sax, Sam
Bardfeld - violin, Gerald Cleaver - drums, Eivind Opsvik - bass
Tuesday
15th at Galapagos
(70 N 6th, Williamsburg, NYC): Triphazard
Trippel Bill with Andre
La Fosse and Sarge
Wednesday
16th at CB's Gallery(313
Bowery, NYC): Triphazard
Trippel Bill with Andre La Fosse and Sarge
19th-22nd: Seattle, Recording with Dave Binney, Bill Frisell, Craig Taborn, Kenny Wollesen
Sunday 27th,
CBGB's (313 Bowery NYC): Ben Gerstein Collective
Ben Gerstein
- trombone, Dave Binney - sampler, Jacob Garchick - computer, Jacob Sacks -
keyboard, Thomas Morgan & Eivind Opsvik - bass, Dan
Weiss
- drums
Monday 28th
, 10pm at Zebulon,
Williamsburg NYC: Eivind Opsvik OVERSEAS
Tony Malaby - saxophones, Jacob Sacks - fender rhodes, Jeff Davis
- drums, Eivind Opsvik -bass and compositions
Tuesday
29th, 10pm at Zebulon,
Williamsburg: Kenny Wollesen & The Jonathons
Jonathan Finlayson, Rob Burger, Jonathan Haffner ++
april
Tuesday 5th, 6pm at Kavehaz (37 W 26th street NYC): Mike Baggetta Band
Thursday
7th, 8pm at Elixir (95 W Broadway): Gerstein/Opsvik
Ben Gerstein
- trombone, Eivind Opsvik - bass
Friday 8th,
8pm at the Armenian Church, Manhattan: Tigran Martikyan
Tigran Martikyan - piano/compositions, Loren Stillman - alto sax, Jeff Davis
- drums, Eivind Opsvik - bass
Sunday 10th, 7pm at Barbes (Brooklyn) NYC: Deidre Rodman & THE ALPHABET LOUNGE BIG BAND
in
Italy with Nicolas Masson Quartet
Nicolas
Masson - tenor saxophone and compositions, Russ Johnson - trumpet, Mark
Ferber - drums, Eivind Opsvik - bass
Wednesday 13th: Milano, c/o Gheroartè
Thursday 14th: Trento – Grand Hotel Boscolo Jazz Network Club
Friday 15th: Massa Lombarda (RA) - Crossroads Festival
Saturday 16th: Roma - Alexander Platz Club
Sunday 17th: Santa
Maria di Sala (VE) – Ubi Jazz.
Tour
& Recording in Scotland
Graeme Stephen - guitar, Stuart
Ritchie - drums, Eivind Opsvik - bass
Thursday 21st: Henry's, Edinburgh
Friday 22nd: Aberdeen
Saturday 23rd: Henry's, Edinburgh
Sunday 24th: Glasgow
Monday 25th & Tuesday 26th: Recording Studio (Edinburgh)
Friday 29th
10pm Anthology
Film Archives, NYC: Jackson Moore's Infinite Justice
Jackson Moore - alto sax, Shelley Burgon - harp, Tommy Crane
- drums, E.O. - bass
may
Sunday 1st 8pm at The Spark (Manhattan): Brian McWharter's Bliggedy Blam
Tuesday
3rd at Detour (349 E 13th st): Kris Davis Group
Kris Davis - piano, Jason Rigby - saxophones, Jeff Davis - drums, E.O. - bass
Tuesday
10th, Bowery Poetry Club, NYC: Jackson
Moore
Jackson Moore - alto sax, Shelley Burgon - harp, Tommy Crane
- drums, E.O. - bass
Wednesday
18th, 10pm at the 55bar (55 Christopher street, NYC): Bobby Previte/Dave Binney
Dave Binney - alto
sax, Adam Rogers - guitar, Craig Taborn - keyboards, Bobby
Previte - drums, Eivind Opsvik - bass,
CD
RELEASE CONCERT FOR OVERSEAS II (Fresh Sound Records)
Wednesday 25th,
10pm at 55Bar, 55 Christopher
Street, NYC: Eivind Opsvik OVERSEAS
Tony Malaby - tenor saxophone, Jacob Sacks - fender rhodes, Craig
Taborn - organ, Kenny Wollesen - drums, Eivind Opsvik - bass and compositions
Thursday
26th, 11pm at 169 Bar (169 E Broadway): Metal meets the Avant-Garde
Mike Pride - vocals & casio, Andrew D'Angelo - woodwinds,
Jon Goldberger and Aaron Jennings - guitar>distortion box>amp, Jeff Davis
- drums, Eivind Opsvik - fender bass
We will be performing melodies from the Black Sabbath Songbook
Sunday 29th,
6pm-8pm at the Bowery Poetry Club, NYC: Gersoritz
Viklellan
Ben Gerstein - trombone, Jonathan Moritz - tenor sax, John McLellan
- drums, E.O. - bass
double bill with Weiss/Sacks/Morgan
Monday 30th
9pm at Detour (349 E13th): Jostein Gulbrandsen Quintet
Jostein Gulbrandsen - guitar, Mika Pohjola - piano, Jon Irabagon - sax, Jeff
Davis - drums, E.O.- bass
june
CD
RELEASE CONCERT FOR OVERSEAS II (Fresh
Sound Records)
Wednesday
1st, 10pm at Barbes
(376 9th Street, Brooklyn, NY): Eivind Opsvik OVERSEAS
Tony Malaby - tenor saxophone, Jacob Sacks - piano and wurlitzer,
Jeff Davis - drums, Eivind Opsvik - bass and compositions
Sunday 5th,
8pm at Radio Perfecto (Ave B btw 11th & 12th st, NYC): Rossman's Sugar Free
Jonathan Rossman - alto sax, RJ Miller - drums, E.O. - bass
Tuesday
7th, 9:30pm at Kavehaz, NYC: Jackson
Moore
Jackson Moore - alto sax, Shelley Burgon - harp, Tommy Crane
- drums, E.O. - bass
Wednesday
8th 10pm at CBGB's (313 Bowery NYC): Ben Gerstein Collective
Ben Gerstein
- trombone, Dave Binney - sampler, Jacob Garchick - computer, Jacob Sacks -
keyboard, Thomas Morgan & Eivind Opsvik - bass, Dan
Weiss - drums
Thursday
9th, 9pm - 11pm
Friday 10th, midnight - late at nublu:
Kornstad/Opsvik
Håkon
Kornstad - tenor sax, Jonathan Finlayson - trumpet, RJ Miller - drums, Eivind
Opsvik - bass
Sunday 12th,
8pm at Radio Perfecto (Ave B btw 11th & 12th st, NYC): Rossman's Sugar Free
Jonathan Rossman - alto sax, Robert Stillman - tenor sax, RJ
Miller - drums, E.O. - bass
Thursday
16th, Cornelia
Street Cafe, NYC: Tone Collector
CD
RELEASE PARTY
Tony Malaby - tenor sax, Jeff Davis - drumset, Eivind Opsvik
- bass
Friday 17th,
Rochester International Jazz Festival
, NY: Eivind Opsvik OVERSEAS
Loren Stillman - alto sax, Jacob Sacks - fender rhodes, Jeff
Davis - drums, Eivind Opsvik - bass and compositions
Monday 27th,
9pm at Niagra (Ave A and 6th street): Jackson
Moore Group
Jackson Moore - alto sax, Shelley Burgon - harp, Tommy Crane
- drums, E.O. - bass
july
Friday 1st, 8pm at Kavehaz (37 W 26th street NYC): Mike Baggetta Band
Monday 4th
at Nublu (62 Avenue C, NYC): Kenny Wollesen & The Jonathons
Jonathan Finlayson, Jonathan Haffner +++
Wednesday
6th, 6pm at Scandinavia House (58 Park Avenue btw. 37th and 38th St.)
Eivind Opsvik OVERSEAS
Tony Malaby - tenor saxophone, Jacob Sacks - piano, Gerald Cleaver
- drums, Eivind Opsvik - bass and compositions
Thursday
7th, 9:30pm at Kavehaz, NYC: Jackson
Moore
Jackson Moore - alto sax, Mike Pinto - vibraphone, Tommy Crane
- drums, E.O. - bass
Monday 11th, 8pm at Fyret, Oslo, Norway: Ketil Gutvik - Eivind Opsvik
In Iceland
with Sunna Gunnlaugs Trio
Sunna Gunnlaugs - piano and compositions,
Scott McLemore - drums, E.O. - bass
21st: Listasumar, Akureyri
22nd: Gamli Bærinn, My´vatn
23rd: Jomfrúin, Reykjavik
24th: Pravda, Reykjavik
25th & 26th: Recording
Iceland
with guitarist Simon Jermyn, free improvised music
20th: Cafe Culture, Reykjavik
Simon Jermyn - guitar, Erik Qvick - drums, Joel Palsson - tenor sax, E.O. -
bass
26th: Frikirkjan, Reykjavik
Simon Jermyn - guitar, Kippi Kaninus
- laptop, E.O. - bass
august
Tuesday
2nd at Blå (Oslo, N) Free Impro Concert Series: Gutvik
Ukentlig
Øyvind Brække / Eivind Opsvik / Andreas Bye / Ketil
Gutvik
september
Thursday
1st, 9PM at Greenwich Village Bistro (Carmine Street, NY): Terry McManus Trio
Terry McManus - guitar, Tyshawn Sorey - drums, Eivind Opsvik
- bass
Wednesday
7th 9PM at Barbes,
Brooklyn: The Kris Davis Quartet
Tony Malaby - saxophone, Jeff Davis - drums, Kris Davis - piano,
Eivind Opsvik - bass
Monday 12th
8PM at Caravan of Dreams (E 6th, btw 1st and Avenue A): Todd Neufeldt Trio
Tuesday
13th 9PM at Detour (349 E13th): The Kris Davis Quartet
Tony Malaby-saxophone, Jeff Davis-drums, Kris Davis-piano, Eivind
Opsvik-bass
Saturday
17th, 6pm at Kavehaz, NYC: Kenny Wessel
Kenny Wessel - guitar, Lou Grassi - drums, E.O. - bass
Tuesday
20th 8PM at Zebulon , Williamsburg,
NYC: Raoul Bjorkenheim Trio
Raoul Bjorkenheim - guitar, Take Toriyama - drums, Eivind Opsvik
- bass
Thursday
22nd 11PM at the C-Note, NYC: Mike Baggetta Band
The Kris
Davis Quartet in Canada
Tony Malaby - saxophone, Kris Davis - piano, Jeff Davis - drums, Eivind Opsvik
- bass
28th: Humber College performance, Toronto
29th: 12-2PM Clinic Array Music, Toronto
october
Tuesday
4th, 10pm at Bowery Poetry Club, NYC: Loren
Stillman
Loren Stillman - alto sax, Ben Monder - guitar, Ted Poor - drums, Eivind Opsvik
- bass
Wednesday
5th, 9:30pm at Kavehaz, NYC: Jackson
Moore
Jackson Moore - alto sax, Mike Pinto - vibraphone, Tommy Crane
- drums, E.O. - bass
Wednesday
12th at Barbes,
Brooklyn: Tony Malaby's Paloma Recio
Tony Malaby - sax,
Ben Monder - guitar, Michael Rodriguez - trumpet, Rodney Green -drums, Eivind
Opsvik - bass
Saturday
15th at Cornelia
Street Cafe, NYC: Tony Malaby's Paloma Recio
Tony Malaby - sax,
Ben Monder - guitar, Michael Rodriguez - trumpet, Rodney Green -drums, Eivind
Opsvik - bass
Sunday 16th
, 10pm at Zebulon,
Williamsburg NYC: Eivind Opsvik OVERSEAS
Tony Malaby - saxophones, Jacob Sacks - fender rhodes, Jeffrey
Michael Davis - drums, Eivind Opsvik -bass and compositions
Monday 17th
11pm at Nublu (62 Avenue C, NYC): Kenny Wollesen & The Jonathons
Jonathan Finlayson, Jonathan Haffner +++
The
Kris Davis Quartet on the West Coast:
Chris Speed - saxophone and clarinet, Kris Davis-piano, Jeff Davis-drums, Eivind
Opsvik-bass
21st: Vancouver Jazz Festival concert series at the Norman Rothstein Theater
22nd & 23rd: Earshot Jazz Festival at Tula's - Seattle, WA
25th: Portland State University concert series / Clinic to follow
Saturday
29th at Sta
Opp Jazz, Bergen, Norway: Trippel Bass
Mats Eilertsen, Per
Zanussi, Eivind Opsvik - double bass
november
Sunday 6th
at Spasi Bar, Oslo, Norway: A Night of Improvised Music With
Ketil Gutvik - guitar, Øyvind Brekke - trombone, Andreas Bye - drums,
Eivind Opsvik - bass
Tuesday
8th , 10pm at Koze Lounge, 676 Fifth Ave, Brooklyn: Tone Collector
with special guest Ben Gerstein
Tony Malaby - saxophones, Ben
Gerstein - trombone, Jeff Davis - drums, E.O. - bass
Wednesday
9th, 10pm at Bowery Poetry Club, NYC: Jackson
Moore
Jackson Moore - alto sax, Mike Pinto - vibraphone, Tommy Crane
- drums, E.O. - bass
Sunday 13th 8PM at Caravan of Dreams (E 6th, btw 1st and Avenue A): Todd Neufeldt Trio
Monday 14th 11PM at the C-Note, NYC: Mike Baggetta Band
Sunday 20th,
10pm 9pm at 55Bar, 55 Christopher
Street, NYC: Scott DuBois Quintet
Jason Rigby/Loren Stillman - saxophones, Scott Dubois - guitar,
Mark Ferber - drums, E.O. - bass
Tuesday
22nd at Bowery Poetry Club, NYC:
Pete Robbins' Centric
Pete Robbins, Sam Sadigursky - sax, Ryan Blotnick, Mike Gamble
- guitar, Dan Weiss - drums, E.O. - bass
Saturday 26th 8PM at Caravan of Dreams (E 6th, btw 1st and Avenue A): Todd Neufeldt Trio
Sunday 27th 8PM at Louis 649 (649 E 9th street): Todd Neufeldt Trio
Monday 28th
at Zebulon,
NYC: Tony Malaby's Paloma Recio
Tony Malaby - sax,
Ben Monder - guitar, Michael Rodriguez - trumpet, Nasheet Waits - drums, Eivind
Opsvik - bass
Tuesday
29th, 10pm at 55Bar, 55
Christopher Street, NYC: Dave Binney's Out of Balance
Dave Binney - alto saxophone, Adam Rogers - guitar, Kenny Wollesen
- drums, E.O. - electric bass
Wednesday
30th at Barbes,
Brooklyn: Eivind Opsvik OVERSEAS
Tony Malaby - sax,
Jacob Sacks - piano, Gerald Cleaver - drums, Eivind Opsvik - bass and compositions
december
Sunday 4th,
9:30pm at 55Bar, 55 Christopher
Street, NYC: Eivind Opsvik OVERSEAS
Tony Malaby - tenor saxophone, Jacob Sacks - fender rhodes, Kenny
Wollesen - drums, Eivind Opsvik - bass and compositions
Monday 5th,
10pm at Nublu (62 Avenue
C): Bjorkenheim 3
Raoul
Bjorkenheim - guitar, Jeffrey Davis - drums, Eivind Opsvik - bass
Thursday
8th, 9PM at Tea Lounge (Brooklyn): Jonathan Moritz' Amalgam
Jonathan Moritz - tenor sax, Goldberger - guitar, Take Toriyama
- drums, E.O. - electric bass
Sunday 18th
at Peter Opsvik Studio, Oslo, Norway
X-mas special: An Enchanted Evening of Improvised Music With
1st set: Ketil Gutvik - guitar, Øyvind Brekke - trombone, Andreas Bye
- drums, Eivind Opsvik - bass
2nd set: Else Olsen - prepared piano, Sigrun Eng - cello
Refreshments will be served