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Jon Opstad
@jonopstad.bsky.social
Composer - Bodies, The Veil, Black Mirror, Rainbow Six Siege, etc.
Yesterday I had the enormous privilege of recording at Abbey Road with the totally unique, legendary Evan Parker. An experience I’ll treasure forever.
May 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Spent some time yesterday with a true musical legend, the incredible Evan Parker
March 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
RIP Gene Hackman. Possibly my favourite actor
February 27, 2025 at 9:11 AM
That Cynthia Erivo and Herbie Hancock duet at the Grammys ceremony was quite something
February 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Very pleased to hear my track “Diskmusik X” from my album Extensions: Music For Computer-Controlled Prepared Piano used so emotionally in the finale of new Apple TV drama Before, starring Billy Crystal

Full album: open.spotify.com/album/09zEbb...
January 27, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Reposted by Jon Opstad
Just published on @everythingjazz.bsky.social a great first piece from our latest new writer, the composer @jonopstad.bsky.social on Jan Garbarek's beautiful 1971 Afric Pepperbird and the emergence of the ECM aesthetic

www.everythingjazz.com/story/afric-...
Afric Pepperbird – Early Jan Garbarek and the Beginnings of ECM - Everything Jazz
55 years since the birth of ECM, we revisit a record that distills the spirit of the label and its founder Manfred Eicher. Read & Buy on Everything Jazz
www.everythingjazz.com
December 5, 2024 at 9:28 PM
Jazz and ECM fans - I’ve written an article for Universal Music’s website Everything Jazz on Jan Garbarek’s 1971 debut ECM album Afric Pepperbird and how it helped lay the groundwork for future ECM releases: www.everythingjazz.com/story/afric-...
Afric Pepperbird – Early Jan Garbarek and the Beginnings of ECM - Everything Jazz
55 years since the birth of ECM, we revisit a record that distills the spirit of the label and its founder Manfred Eicher. Read & Buy on Everything Jazz
www.everythingjazz.com
December 5, 2024 at 8:23 PM