Carl Morten Iversen

Carl Morten Iversen (1 May 1948 – 19 October 2023) was a Norwegian jazz musician (upright bass), and the son of jazz violinist Arild Iversen (1920–65). He was known from numerous recordings and had long been central to the Oslo Jazz scene.

Career Iversen – known as CMI among friends – was born in Oslo, and began playing as an accompanist for folk singers from 1965. Among others, he played with Lars Klevstrand at Moldejazz in 1968 and 1973, and attended an album with Lillebjørn Nilsen in 1974.

He got into jazz in 1970, and studied jazz in the United States until 1972. When returning, he played in a variety of bands from 1973, including with the Balke brothers, Jon Balke Quartet and Ditlef Eckhoff Quintet 1973–74, Magni Wentzel Quintet 1974–76 and 1979–84 with the album Sofies plass (1983), Guttorm Guttormsen Quartet 1974–80 with the albums Soturnudi (1975) and Albufeira (1979).

Honors Buddyprisen 1988 Spellemannsprisen 1988 in the class Jazz for the album Off Balance, within Oslo 13

Discography (in selection)

Within Guttorm Guttormsen Quartet 1975: Soturnudi 1979: Albufeira

Within Per Husby Septet 1976: Peacemaker

Within Oslo 13 1981: Anti therapy (Odin Records) 1988: Off balance (Odin Records) 1992: Nonsentration (ECM Records), Awarded Spellemannprisen 1992 in the class Jazz 1992: Live (Curling Legs)

Trio with Armen Donelian & Audun Kleive 1988: Trio 87 (Odin Records)

Trio with Frank Jakobsen & Rob Waring 1991: Secret Red Thread (Odin Records) 2001: Synchronize your watches (Curling Legs)

Trio with Olga Konkova & Audun Kleive 1997: Going with the Flow (Curling Legs)

Duo with Jon Eberson 2001: Jazz For Men (Curling Legs) 2003: Standards (Curling Legs) 2006: Levende På Fyret (Curling Legs)

Within Jon Eberson Trio 2009: Born to be slow (NorCD), with Rob Waring

With Magni Wentzel 1983: Sofies plass (Hot Club Records), within M.W. Quartet 2009: Live (Curling Legs)