Terje Rypdal (born 23 August 1947) is a Norwegian guitarist and composer.
Career
Rypdal was born in Oslo, Norway, the son of a composer and orchestra leader.
He studied classical piano and trumpet as a child, and then taught himself to play guitar as he entered his teens.
Starting out as a
Hank Marvin-influenced rock guitarist with
The Vanguards, Rypdal turned towards
jazz in 1968 and joined
Jan Garbarek's group and later George Russell's sextet and orchestra.
An important step towards international attention was his participation in the
free jazz festival in
Baden-Baden, Germany, in 1969, where he was part of a band led by
Lester Bowie.
During his musical studies at
Oslo university and conservatory, he led the orchestra of the Norwegian version of the musical
Hair. He has often been recorded on the ECM record label, both jazz-oriented material and classical compositions (some of which do not feature Rypdal's guitar).
His compositions "Last Nite" and "Mystery Man" were featured in the Michael Mann film Heat, and included on the soundtrack of the same name.
File:Terje Rypdal 2005.jpg|Terje Rypdal in Warsaw, 2005
File:Terje Rypdal + Elephant9@51. Heineken Jazzaldia (28766660972).jpg|Rypdal in the Basque Country, 2016
Personal life
Rypdal was married (1969–1985) to the Norwegian singer Inger Lise Andersen/Rypdal, and they had two children, the auditor Daniel (1970) and the electronica musician
Marius Rypdal (1977). Rypdal was married again in 1988 to Elin Kristin Bergei (born 28 May 1955). They have two children Ane Izabel (1988) and the guitarist Jakob Rypdal (1989). They (as of 2013) live in Tresfjord.
Discography
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