groups and projects

 

   
 

Eivind Opsvik OVERSEAS
Tony Malaby - tenor saxophone
Jacob Sacks - piano (rhodes/wurlitzer/farfisa organ)
Kenny Wollesen - drums
Eivind Opsvik - bass and compositions

occasionally with:
Larry Campbell - pedal steel guitar

Jeff Davis - drums
Craig Taborn - organ/keys
Gerald Cleaver - drums
listen

 

Sacks/Opsvik/Maneri/Motian
Jacob Sacks - piano
Mat Maneri - viola
Paul Motian - drums
E.O - bass

"Two Miles a Day" recorded in november 2005,
available on Loyal Label

 

Kornstad/Opsvik
Haakon Kornstad - tenor sax
Russ Johnson - trumpet
RJ Miller - drums
E.O - upright bass
one of the leading musicians on the blossoming european
avant-garde/electronica scene, tenor saxophonist haakon
kornstad (wibutee, tri-dim) teams up with fellow norwegian
opsvik and new yorkers johnson and miller for some unpretentious
jazz music; originals, obscure melodies from the 40's and more
listen

 

Dave Binney's Out of Airplanes
Dave Binney - alto sax
Bill Frisell - guitar
Craig Taborn - keyboards
Kenny Wollesen - drums
E.O - electric and upright bass

 

Kris Davis Quartet
Kris Davis - piano and compositions
Tony Malaby - tenor saxophone
Jeff Davis - drums
E.O - bass

 

Jesse Stacken Trio
Jesse Stacken - piano
Jeff Davis - drums
E.O. - upright bass

 

Jackson Moore
Jakson Moore - alto sax & compositions
Eric McPherson - drums
E.O - upright bass

 

Jeff Davis Band
Jeff Davis - drums and compositions
Tony Barba - saxophones
Kirk Knuffke - trumpet
Jonathan Goldberger - guitar
Kris Davis- piano
E.O - upright bass

 

Jeremy Udden's Plainville
Jeremy Udden - saxophones
Brandon Seabrook - banjo/guitar
Pete Rende - pump organ/piano/accordion
RJ Miller - drums
E.O - upright bass
Plainville Music is folk and alt-country influenced jazz music.
All written by Udden and inspired by the town he grew up in.

 

Jostein Gulbrandsen Quartet
Jostein Gulbrandsen - guitar
Jon Irabagon - saxophones
Jeff Davis - drums
E.O - upright bass

 

Bjørkenheim 3
Raoul Bjørkenheim - guitar
Jeff Davis - drums
E.O - basses

 

TrippelBass
Mats Eilertsen - upright bass
Per Zanussi - upright bass
Eivind Opsvik - upright bass
occasionally with Arve Henriksen - trumpet/voice

 

Opsvik & Jennings
Aaron Jennings - electric and acoustic guitars, lapsteel, banjo, samplers,
software, vocals, concertina, electronics and more
Eivind Opsvik - upright bass, electric bass, drums, keyboards, theremin,
pump organ, vocals, software, percussion, tape loops and more

studio and live collaboration with guitarist/sound manipulator
Aaron Jennings involving various instruments, electronics
and other sound producing sources. A dreamy experimental pop orchestra.
Debut cd released on NCM East in late 2005
"Commuter Anthems" released on Rune Grammofon spring 2007
listen



Tone Collector
Tony Malaby - tenor sax
Jeff Davis - drums
E.O - upright bass

Mostly free improvising trio,

debut cd released on jazzaway records in 2005
listen



The Up
Jonathan Moritz - tenor sax
John McLellan - drums
Ben Gerstein - trombone
E.O. - bass
cd available >>

 

Ben Gerstein Collective
Ben Gerstein - trombone. melodica
Jacob Sacks - piano, melodica
Jacob Garchik - computer, accordion
Dan Weiss - drums
Thomas Morgan & E.O - bass

free improvising ensemble that has existed for 7 years
listen

 

Opstein
Ben Gerstein - trombone
Eivind Opsvik - upright bass

 

Rocket Engine
Eric Biondo - vocals, trumpet
Mike Pride - vocals, organ, drums
Aaron Jennings - guitar
Jonathan Goldberger - guitar
Jeffrey Michael Davis - drums, organ
E.O. - bass, lapsteel
Ben Gerstein - trombone
Kris Davis - Organ

interpretations of Black Sabbath compositions,
trying to find the missing link between
early heavy metal and free jazz.
CD out on Loyal Label September 2007

 

Tony Malaby's Paloma Recio
Tony Malaby - sax
Ben Monder - guitar
Nasheet Waits - drums
E.O - upright bass

 

Harris Eisenstadt's Canada Day
Harris Eisenstadt - drums
Chris Dingman - vibraphone
Matt Bauder - tenor sax
Nate Wooley - trumpet
E.O. - upright bass

 

Nicolas Masson Quartet
Nicolas Masson - tenor saxophone, compositions
Russ Johnson - trumpet
Gerald Cleaver or Mark Ferber - drums
E.O - upright bass
group led by swiss tenor player Masson
featuring his unique compositions

 

Jon Irabagon's Outright!!!
Russ Johnson - trumpet
Jon Irabagon - saxophones and compositions
Kris Davis - piano
Jeff Davis - drums
E.O - upright bass

 

Sam Sadigursky's Words Project
Monika Heidemann - voice
Becca Stevens - voice
Sam Sadigursky - woodwinds and compositions
Pete Rende - piano, pump organ
Tommy Crane - drums
E.O - bass
"The Words Project is that rare anomaly: a jazz-and-poetry
record that sounds utterly natural and convincing.
this is not a clutch of beat recitations,
but rather a collection of impressive song settings
featuring verse by Sylvia Plath, Czeslaw Milosz and Paul Auster"
Time Out NY