Erlend Slettevoll (born 1981) is a Norwegian jazz pianist, known from cooperation with musicians like Ola Kvernberg, Petter Wettre, Heidi Skjerve, Kjetil Møster, Steinar Raknes and Espen Aalberg.
Career Slettevoll is a graduate of the jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (2001–05). He was first recognized as member of the band The Core together with fellow students in Trondheim, Kjetil Møster, Steinar Raknes and Espen Aalberg. Later he worked with musicians like Petter Wettre and Heidi Skjerve.
Slettevoll was also a member of the band Grand General, originally Kenneth Kapstad Group. Violinist Ola Kvernberg, who was awarded Spellemannprisen for his album Liarbird, was in the forefront, alongside drummer Kenneth Kapstad (Motorpsycho), bassist Trond Frønes (El Doom), and guitarist Even Helte Hermansen (Bushman's Revenge).
Since 2022, Slettevoll has been a member of the Norwegian jazz-prog-rock band Needlepoint, replacing David Wallumrød.
Discography 2004: Vision (Jazzaway), within The Core 2006: Cape Point (Bergland), within African Pepperbirds 2006: Coming Home (Curling Legs), within Heidi Skjerve Quintet 2006: Blue Sky (Jazzaway), within The Core 2007: Fountain of Youth (Household Records), within Petter Wettre Quartet 2007: Indian Core (Grappa Music), within The Core feat. Prasenjit Mitra, Kanchman Babbar and Fateh Ali 2007: Meditations on Coltrane (Grappa Music), with Bergen Big Band feat. The Core 2007: Office Essentials (Jazzland Records), within The Core 2008: Golonka Love (Moserobie), within The Core 2008: Morning News of the Woods (Curling Legs), within Heidi Skjerve Quintet 2008: Night Creatures (Pling Music), within "Audun Automat" 2009: The art of no return, Vol. 1 (Moserobie), within The Core and More 2010: Party (Moserobie), with among others Jonas Kullhammar and Kjetil Møster (recorded, mixed and producer by Espen Aalberg) 2011: Rainbow Band (Losen Records), The Rainbow Band Sessions, directed by John Surman 2011: Min Song Og Hjarteskatt (Kirkelig Kulturverksted), with Beate S. Lech 2013: Grand General (Rune Grammofon), within Grand General 2014: Playing Up To My Standards (Household Records), with Petter Wettre
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