Paal Nilssen-Love

Paal Nilssen-Love (born 24 December 1974) is a Norwegian drummer and composer in the jazz, free jazz and free improvisation genres.

Early life Nilssen-Love was born in Molde, Norway. His parents ran a jazz club in Stavanger, and he learned to play drums on the kit owned by his father. School Days, The Thing, Scorch Trio, Territory Band, FME, and various duo projects such as with reedmen Peter Brötzmann and Vandermark guitarist Terrie Hessels (The Ex), saxophonist John Butcher, organist Nils Henrik Asheim, and noise experimentalist Lasse Marhaug.

In 2014, Nilssen-Love decided to leave the band Atomic to concentrate on Large Unit and projects involving more improvising.

Awards 2002: Kongsberg Jazz Award, within Håkon Kornstad Trio 2006: Buddyprisen

Discography

Solo drum recordings 2001: Sticks & Stones (Sofa) 2005: 27 Years Later (Utech) 2010: Miró (PNL) 2012: Chiapaneca (Bocian) 2015: News from the Junk Yard (PNL)