Gard Nilssen

Gard Nilssen (born 24 June 1983 in Skien, Norway) is a Norwegian Jazz musician (drums) and composer, and member of the bands Bushman's Revenge and Puma.

Nilssen was educated on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (2003). He was voted this year's young jazz musicians in 2006 with the group Puma. Otherwise Nilssen is very active in bands like Bushman´s Revenge, Lord Kelvin, and Heidi Skjerve Kvintett.

Nilssen was chosen to represent Norway in the artist development program Take Five, a music developer program promoted by the London-based concert promoter Serious.

• This year's young jazz musicians 2006, with the band Puma by Rikskonsertene and Norsk Jazzforum

Solo albums

• 2015: Firehouse (Clean Feed Records)

Band releases

• 2007: Isolationism (Bolage Records)
• 2008: Discotheque Bitpunching (Bolage Records)
• 2009: Fist Full of Knuckles (Knuckleman Records), with Lasse Marhaug
• 2010: Half Nelson Courtship (Rune Grammofon)

• 2007: Cowboy Music (Jazzaway Records)
• 2009: You Lost Me At Hello (Rune Grammofon)
• 2010: Jitterbug (Rune Grammofon)
• 2012: A Little Bit Of Big Bonanza (Rune Grammofon)
• 2012: Never Mind The Botox (Rune Grammofon)
• 2013: Electric Komle – Live! (Rune Grammofon)
• 2016: Jazz, Fritt Etter Hukommelsen (Rune Grammofon)
• 2016: Bushman's Fire (Rune Grammofon), live LP with Kjetil Møster and David Wallumrød

• 2009: Dances In The Smoke (Jazzland Recordings)
• 2011: Radio Has No Future (Gigafon Records)

• 2011: Resection (Bolage Records)
• 2012: Göteborg (Gigafon Records)

Collaborations

• 2007: Silent Sunday (Magica Records)

• 2010: Vol 1 (Øra Fonogram)
• 2011: Vol 2 (Øra Fonogram), sextet including additional Mattias Ståhl and Ola Kvernberg

• 2011: Scent Of Soil (Hubro Music)

• 2013: I Concentrate On You (Grappa)

• 2016: The Rose Window (Deutsche Media Productions), live at Theater Gütersloh