Jens Christian Bugge Wesseltoft was born February 1st, 1964 in Porsgrunn and raised in the neighbouring city of Skien, around 100km south-west of Oslo. Jazz music filled Bugge’s world from an early ...

It was a game of two halves, Jim, and the name of the game was power... Either the advertising for the concert was ambiguous or I had unconsciously indulged in a little wishful thinking. I’d thought ...

Tea-tree-scented steam from her husband’s morning shower still lingered in the air when Ashley Bugge’s phone rang. Bugge was getting her two toddlers ready for a grocery store run. Six months pregnant ...

Can there be a more appropriately named musician that Norwegian 'nu-jazz' pioneer Bugge Wesseltoft? Boogie – as his name is more or less pronounced – was one of the first jazz musicians to appropriate ...

Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album is released. However, you can still listen with the Spotify or Apple Music playlist at the bottom of the page. Bugge Wesseltoft made his first ...