Gard Nilssen (born 24 June 1983 in Skien, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz drummer and composer, and member of the bands Bushman's Revenge and Puma.
Career
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.
Honors
This year's young jazz musicians 2006, with the band Puma by Rikskonsertene and Norsk Jazzforum
Discography
Solo albums
Gard Nilssen's Acoustic Unity, including with André Roligheten and Petter Eldh
2015: Firehouse (Clean Feed Records) 2017: Live in Europe (Clean Feed Records) 2019: To Whom Who Buys a Record (Grappa Musikkforlag AS) 2022: Elastic Wave (ECM Records)
Band releases
Within Puma trio including Øystein Moen and Stian Westerhus
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)
Within Bushman's Revenge trio including Rune Nergaard and Even Helte Hermansen
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
Within Lord Kelvin trio including Eirik Hegdal and Erik Johannessen
2009: Dances In The Smoke (Jazzland Recordings) 2011: Radio Has No Future (Gigafon Records)
Within Cortex quartet including Ola Høyer, Kristoffer Berre Alberts and Thomas Johansson 2011: Resection (Bolage Records) 2012: Göteborg (Gigafon Records)
Collaborations
With Marita Røstad
2007: Silent Sunday (Magica Records)
Within Team Hegdal quartet including Eirik Hegdal, André Roligheten and Rune Nergaard 2010: Vol 1 (Øra Fonogram) 2011: Vol 2 (Øra Fonogram), sextet including additional Mattias Ståhl and Ola Kvernberg
Within Scent Of Soil quintet including Tore Brunborg, Kirsti Huke, Petter Vågan and Rune Nergaard 2011: Scent Of Soil (Hubro Music)
With Obara International
2013: Komeda (For Tune) 2013: Live At Manggha (For Tune) 2015: Live In Mińsk Mazowiecki (For Tune)
With Elvira Nikolaisen and Mathias Eick
2013: I Concentrate On You (Grappa)
With Arild Andersen and Helge Lien
2016: The Rose Window (Deutsche Media Productions), live at Theater Gütersloh
With Maciej Obara Quartet
2017: Unloved (ECM Records) 2019: Three Crowns (ECM Records)