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Biography
Eivin One Pedersen (8 September 1956 – 22 February 2012) was a Norwegian jazz musician (accordion and piano) from Stavanger, Norway.
Career
One Pedersen played in the trio Detail, together with Frode Gjerstad (saxophone) and John Stevens (drums) from 1981, and released several albums on the free jazz company Circulasione Totale. Here he also published his own debut album Solo mio! (1981). In 1984 he released the album I 1984 utga han platen Keep Nose in Front, with his former group, Aha! The band name created confusion when another famous pop trio debuting with the same name almost at the same time. Later they changed the name to Extended Noise in 1986 and released several albums. Another project was the band Calling Signals, where he collaborated with Paal Nilssen-Love (drums), Frode Gjerstad (saxophone) and Nick Stephens (bass).
One Pedersen played with Terje Isungset on his performance at Vossajazz 2003. He released a duo album with Katja Medbøe, Ett bein på jorda, ett i himmelen – helt korrekt (1992), with poems by Rolf Jacobsen, and performed with Erik Balke (1996). More recently, he played on the debut album Heaveny attack (2004) by Randi Tytingvåg, as well as Villhund (2006) by Elin Furubotn.
One Pedersen was a member of the expert jury for Melodi Grand Prix 1979, led the Association Norwegian jazz musicians for some time, and composed the commissioned work Ein med alt for the MaiJazz 1996.
His own projects
Solo albums
1984: Solo mio! (Loose Torque)
With A-Ha/Extended Noise
1984: Keep Nose in Front (Hot Club Records)
Duo with Katja Medbøe
1992: Ett bein på jorda, ett i himmelen. Helt korrekt (Kirkelig Kulturverksted)
With Calling Signals
1998: Calling Signals (Loose Torque)
2002: Dreams in Dreams (FMR Records)
2005: Live in the UK (FMR Records)
2009: From Cafe Oto (Loose Torque)
2011: From Cafe Sting (Loose Torque)
2011: A Winter's Tour (Loose Torque)
Collaborations
With Ciwan Haco
1994: Dûrî (Ses)
With Morten Abel
2003: Being Everything, Knowing Nothing (Virgin, EMI Music)
With Frode Gjerstad & Kevin Norton
2006: The Walk (FMR Records)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
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| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 4 | 24.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Eivin One Pedersen head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 4 | 24.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frode Gjerstad Trio(band) | — | present | |
| Circulasione Totale Orchestra(band) | — | present | piano |
| Circulasione Totale Orchestra(band) | — | present | accordion |
| Detail(band) | — | present | |
| Extended Noise(band) | — | present | |
| AHA!!(band) | — | present |
Where this record comes from
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https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1e7a9e31-0ce1-4228-9bfb-7de108f27a37discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1e7a9e31-0ce1-4228-9bfb-7de108f27a37core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1321449genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1321449seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eivin_One_Pedersenbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eivin_One_Pedersen
Why this artist is in the database
- List of jazz musicians
Tier rule: genre canon: jazz
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Wikidata: Q1321449 · MusicBrainz: 1e7a9e31-0ce1-4228-9bfb-7de108f27a37
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