Bugge Wesseltoft

Jens Christian Bugge Wesseltoft (born 1 February 1964 in Porsgrunn) is a Norwegian jazz musician, pianist, composer and producer. He founded his own label, called “Jazzland Records”.

In the 1990s, Bugge was one of the leading figures in the transition from traditional Nordic jazz to a style known as “future jazz” or “nu jazz”. He played in particular with Jan Garbarek.

In 1996 he received the Spellemannprisen for his album New Conception of Jazz, and again in 1998 and 2002 for his albums with Sidsel Endresen, Duplex Ride and Out Here, In There.

The track Existence can be heard in the film Extension du domaine de la lutte by Philippe Harel, an adaptation of the eponymous novel by Michel Houellebecq, written in 1994.