Petter Wettre

Petter Wettre (born 11 August 1967) is a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone) and composer, known from a number of album recordings, accompanied by receiving the Spellemannprisen two times.

Career Wettre was born and raised in Sandefjord. He studied music at the Toneheim Folk High School (1987), and later at the Berklee College of Music in Boston (1992), where he studied under the guidance of international Jazz Profiles like Dave Liebman

On the debut album Pig Virus (1996) with his Petter Wettre Quartet he was joined by Håvard Wiik (piano), Terje Gewelt (bass) and Per Oddvar Johansen (drums). Through "The Trio" (1995–2001) he has held a variety of co-operation with Jarle Vespestad (trommer), Per Oddvar Johansen (drums), Jon Christensen (drums) and Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (bass), Arild Andersen (bass) and Per Zanussi (bass). Lately he has had an extensive musical collaboration with the Danish Jazz musicians Jonas Westergaard (bass) and Anders Mogensen (drums) respectively in trio and quartet format. Today's edition of Petter Wettre Quartet comprises Westergaard and Mogensen, respectively, bass and drums, as well as Erlend Slettevoll (piano). By some Events, Slettevoll is replaced by guitarist Kim Johannesen. Jonas Westergaard had a stay in New York where he sat in with Jazz sizes like George Garzone, Oliver Lake and Kresten Osgood.

Wettre runs the record label "Household Records" (from 2002), has given lectures Oslo musikkonservatorium and Agder Musikkonservatorium, and released Elvin Jones transcripts in the book Live at the lighthouse (2005).

Although most renown for the projects Petter Wettre Quartet and Petter Wettre Trio, he has also worked with international Jazz stars, such as Dave Liebman, Joey DeFrancesco, Kenny Wheeler, Adam Nussbaum and Manu Katche. Wettre was the first choice when the French drummer Manu Katché sought a saxophone substitute for Jan Garbarek in the international Manu Katché Quintet.

This autumn Wettre will choose from the top shelf, when introducing himself to the Oslo Jazz audience, with a series of live concerts at the "Viktoria Nasjonale Jazzscene". First sprinkle star comes in the form of a duo with Jason Rebello, which Wettre tuned in with while sitting in with the Manu Katche Quartett. Labello is a permanent member of this quartet and known for collaboration with Star musicians like Sting, Peter Gabriel and Jan Garbarek. Wettre and Labello were united in musical unfolding again on stage on 18 October 2012 in Oslo.

Honors 2000: Spellemannprisen in the class Jazz 2000: Kongsberg Jazz Award 2007: Spellemannprisen in the class Jazz

Discography Solo albums 1996: Pig virus (Curling Legs), quartet including Håvard Wiik, Terje Gewelt and Per Oddvar Johansen 1998: Meet the Locals (Resonant), trio including Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and Jarle Vespestad 2000: In Color (Resonant), with David Liebman, including with Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and Jarle Vespestad 2000: The Only Way to Travel (Bergland), with Per Oddvar Johansen, awarded Spellemannprisen 2000 in the class Jazz 2001: The Mystery Unfolds (Bergland), trio including Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and Jarle Vespestad 2002: Household Name (Household), quartet including Wiik, Zanussi, Mogensen and Palle Pesonen 2003: Live at (Household), trio including Anders Christensen and Anders Mogensen 2004: Tour De Force (Household), with David Liebman, including with Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and Jarle Vespestad 2004: Hallmark Moments (Household) 2006: State of the Art (Household), with Kvintetten 2006: Paramount (Household), solo 2007: Fountain of Youth (Household) – was Awarded Spellemannprisen in the class Jazz 2008: Appetite for Structure (Household) 2008: Fountain of Youth Live! (Household), with The Norwegian Radio Orchestra 2011: The Only Way To Travel 2 (Household Records) 2012: The Social Media Tapes (Household Records) 2014: Playing Up to My Standards (Household), with Bjørn Vidar Solli, Erlend Slettevoll, Frode Berg and Adam Pache

Collaborations 1999: Shaman (Bergland), within 'Element', including with Gisle W. Johansen, Vidar Johansen, Håvard Wiik, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and Paal Nilssen-Love 2004: Dig It! (Nagel Heyer), with Frode Berg, featuring Petter Wettre, Roy Powell and Andreas Bye 2005: Denada (ACT), with Helge Sunde & Norske Store Orkester, featuring Olga Konkova and Marilyn Mazur 2010: The Red Album (Siddhartha Spiritual Music), with Øystein Sevåg Global House Band