Bugge Wesseltoft

Norwegian jazz pianist and bandleader, born February 1, 1964 in Porsgrunn, Norway. He started out in a punk band, but quit from that soon. He met Nils Petter Molvær and they formed a jazz quartet, whose compositions Wesseltoft enhanced with effects extracted from his Atari ST. Under the name New Conception of Jazz, Wesseltoft creates synthesis of live electronics andimprovised jazz.