FRODE GJERSTAD alto/bass saxophones / clarinets

Has played with: Barry Guy, Audun Kleive, Kent Carter, Bobby Bradford, Courtney Pine, John Stevens, Johnny Dyani, Harry Beckett, Dudu Pukwana, Evan Parker, Nick Stephens, Paul Rutherford, Pierre Dørge, Terje Isungset, Hasse Poulsen, Peter Friis Nielsen, Roger Turner , Derek Bailey, Liam Genockey, Paul Rogers, Billy Bang, Borah Bergman,William Parker, Rashid Bakr, Louis Moholo, Peter Brøtzmann, Willber Morris, Pheeroan akLaff, Hamid Drake, John Edwards, Mark Sanders, Lol Coxhill, Paul Hession, Jackson Krall, Daniel Carter, Sabir Mateen, Kevin Norton a.o.

Released recordings:

Detail:
- Backwards and Forwards,( Stevens, Dyani, Gjerstad) Impetus, London -83
- Okhela, (Stevens, Dyani , Gjerstad) Affinity, London -84
- NESS (Double LP )(Stevens, Dyani, Bradford, Beckett, Pine, Gjerstad.) Impetus,London -87
- Way it goes/dance of the Soul,( Stevens, Dyani,Bradford, Gjerstad) Impetus, London-89
- In Time Was, (Stevens, Dyani, Bradford, Gjerstad) Circ. Totale, Stavanger -90
- Less More, (Stevens, Kent Carter, Billy Bang, Gjerstad) Circ. Totale,Stavanger -91
- Last Detail (Gjerstad, Stevens and Kent Carter) Cadence USA -96.
- First Detail Backwards and Forwards ( Stevens, Dyani, Gjerstad) Impetus, London -00

Circulasione Totale Orchestra:
- ACCENT, (Stevens, Kleive etc. 10 musicians) Odin,Oslo-89
- ENTEN ELLER, Circulasione Totale, Stavanger-93
- Recycling Grieg. Circulasione Totale.Stavanger -96
- Borealis ( Gjerstad with 6 young Norwegians) Cadence, USA, -98

with William Parker
- Seeing N.Y. from the Ear(Gjerstad, R. Bakr dr. and W. Parker, bass) Cadence, USA ?96
- Remember to forget (Gjerstad, William Parker, Hamid Drake) Circ. Totale, Stavanger ?98
- Ultima (Gjerstad, William Parker, Hamid Drake) Cadence, USA -99
- The other side (Gjerstad, William Parker, Hamid Drake) Ayler rec. Sweden 2006

with John Stevens
- Sunshine (Gjerstad, John Stevens) Impetus, London ?96
- Lets just keep on playing ( gjerstad, Stevens) FMR London -05

with Borah Bergman
- Ikosa Mura (Gjerstad, Bobby Bradford, Borah Bergman, Pheeroan akLaff) Cadence USA ?98
- Rivers in Time (Gjerstad, Borah Bergman) FMR, London -03

with Øyvind Storesund -- Paal Nilssen-Love
- The Blessing Light (Gjerstad, Storesund, Nilssen-Love) Cadence, USA ?01
- Last first (Gjerstad, Storesund, Nilssen-Love) Falcata-Galia
- Sharp knives cut deeper(Gjerstad, Brøtzmann, Storesund, Nilssen-Love) splasc(H), Italy -03
- St. Louis (Gjerstad, Storesund, Nilssen-Love) FMR, London -03
- mothers & fathers & (Gjerstad, Storesund, Nilssen-Love) Circ. Tot. Stavanger -06

with Peter Brøtzmann
- Invisible Touch ( Gjerstad with Peter Brøtzmann) Cadence, USA ?99
- SORIA MORIA( Gjerstad with Peter Brøtzmann) FMR London -03

with Lasse Marhaug
- TOU (Gjerstad, Lasse Marhaug ) FMR, London -03
- Red Edge(Gjerstad, Lasse Marhaug ) Sunship, USA -04

with Derek Bailey
- Hello goodbye (Gjerstad, Stevens, Bailey) Emanem, London ?01
- Nearly a D (Gjerstad, Bailey) Emanem, London ?03

with Steve Hubback
- Demystify (Gjerstad, Hubback) FMR, London ?00
- One foot moving(Gjerstad, Hubback), Utech, USA 2005
- One foot moving ? reinterpretations. (Gjerstad, Hubback), Utech, USA 2005

with Kevin Norton
- No definitive ( Kevin Norton, vibraphone, Gjerstad) FMR, London -04
- Instinctual Eye (Gjerstad, Kevin Norton,vib ? dr. Ni. Stephens, b)Barking Hoop, USA -06
- The walk (Gjerstad, Kevin Norton, Eivin One Pedersen) FMR, London -06

Ultralyd
- Ultralyd (K.Brandsdal, Hana, Olsen, Gjerstad) FMR,london ?04
- Chromosome gun (K.Brandsdal, Hana, Olsen, Gjerstad)Load, -USA -05

Calling Signals
- Calling Signals(Moholo, Stephens, Poulsen, Gjerstad) Loosetorque, London -05
- Dreams in dreams( Gjerstad, Stephens, Nilssen-Love, Eivin O. Pedersen) FMR, London -05
- Live in the UK (Gjerstad, Stephens, Tony Marsh, Eivin O. Pedersen) FMR, London -06

Frode Gjerstad Solo / Duo / Trio / Quartet etc.
- Through the Woods (Gjerstad, Bradford, Morris, Baker) CIMP, USA -98
- Ism (Frode Gjerstad solo saxophone) CirculasioneTotale. Stavanger -98
- North Sea Drift (Gjerstad, Nick Stephens) Falcata-Galia, USA -02
- Shadows and Lights(Gjerstad, Isungset)FMR, London -02
- The Welsh Chapel (Gjerstad,Edwards, Sanders) Cadence, USA -03
- Mayday (Gjerstad, Paul Hession) FMR, London -04
- The longest day ( N.H.Asheim organ, Gjerstad) FMR, London -04
- Born to collapse( Hana, Olsen, Gjerstad, Zanussi) Circ. Totale -04
- This that and the other (Lol Coxhill, Nick Stephens, Gjerstad) Loosetorque, London -05
- Good question (Gjerstad-Sabir Mateen) FMR, London -06
- Antiphonic (Gjerstad, Kjetil Brandsdal, bass) Utech, USA -06
- Theremite Club(Gjerstad, Nick Stephens, Paul Hession dr) Loosetorque, London -06
- The cello quartet(Gjerstad, Nilssen-Love, Amit Sen, Fred Lonberg-Holm) FMR, London -06