Kjetil Traavik Møster is a Norwegian jazz musician and composer, known from bands like The Core, Ultralyd, Brat, Zanussi 5, and performance with Chick Corea at Moldejazz 2000, later released on CD. He has also made his mark with experimental performances at the interface between electronic based fri-rock and jazz.
Career
Møster was born in Bergen and has played the accordion since he was six years old; he learned the cornet, bass and saxophone in subsequent years, and played the guitar in the rock band "Riper i lakken" since 13. After a year at Sund folkehøgskole, he attended the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium, where he established the trio "Möster", with Steinar Raknes and Tor Haugerud. He later joined the bassist Per Zanussi with "Zanussi 5". Møster also participated in Espen Aalberg's "The Core" on several occasions and records, as well as the bands "Gibrish" and "Brat". Møster performed at the Kongsberg Jazz Festival 2005, with Trondheim Jazz Orchestra on US tour in 2006, where he was awarded This year's Jazz talent. Performance on Nattjazz 2006 was awarded Nattjazz prisen. He leads his own band, K. M. Sextet, performing at the North Sea Jazz Festival and the Moldejazz 2006. The Sextet consists of members from the band MZN3 with Møster, Zanussi and Kjell Nordeson, in addition to the trio Morten J. Olsen, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and Anders Hana. Together with Maja S.K. Ratkje, Paal Nilssen-Love and Lasse Marhaug, he started the festival "All Ears" in 2002. He is also a member of the Norwegian electronic rock band Datarock, where he plays saxophone, percussion, keyboards and does some vocals. In the summer 2014, Møster visited festivals and toured with artists like Röyksopp/Robyn, Lars Vaular, Datarock and "Bushman's Revenge", and as bandleader and saxophonist released the albumInner Earth, album number two with the band "Møster!". This time he is joined by "Snah", guitarist and vocalist of Motorpsycho, Hans Magnus Ryan, bassist of Elephant9 and Bigbang, Nikolai Eilertsen, bass player in and ; and the ubiquitous drummer of Motorpsycho and Grand General, Kenneth Kapstad.
Honors
2003: Exxon Prize at Moldejazz, with The Core
2005: This year's international jazz talent, in New York
