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Paal Nilssen-Love

Jazz band from Molde · formed 1974

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Shows on record
37
Rooms played
23
Cities
20
Releases
35
Last show
Nov 23, 2025Pardon, To Tu

About

Paal Nilssen-Love is a band from Molde, formed in 1974, tagged avant-garde jazz, european free jazz, experimental big band by its sources. Shows on record run from 2006 to 2025, across 23 rooms in 20 cities.

The summary is assembled from the record fields and shows on this page; each fact listed names its source. See Sources & corrections for what each source supplied.

Shows

37 on record · Songkick
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Shows per year

  1. 20061 show
  2. 20082 shows
  3. 20091 show
  4. 20104 shows
  5. 201110 shows
  6. 20121 show
  7. 20133 shows
  8. 20143 shows
  9. 20153 shows
  10. 20164 shows
  11. 20182 shows
  12. 20241 show
  13. 20252 shows
Show history
DateVenue
Nov 23, 2025Pardon, To Tu · WarsawSupportwith Ken Vandermark
Nov 19, 2025Folklore Rooms · BrightonSupportwith Ken Vandermark, Neil Metcalfe, Barry Edwards, +2
Mar 4, 2024Pardon, To Tu · WarsawSupportwith Ballister, Dave Rempis, Fred Lonberg-Holm
May 20, 2018The Green Door Store · BrightonSupportwith Ken Vandermark
Jan 12, 2018Arts + Literature Laboratory · MadisonSupportwith Ken Vandermark, Terrie Ex, Jon Rune Strøm
Jun 3, 2016Nattjazz · BergenSupportwith Andy Moor ( The Ex ), Lean Left, Terrie Hessells, +2
Jun 2, 2016DOM Cultural Center · MoscowSupportwith Andy Moor ( The Ex ), Lean Left, Terrie Ex, +2
Jun 1, 2016KSET · ZagrebSupportwith Andy Moor ( The Ex ), Ken Vandermark, Terrie Hessells, +2
Jan 29, 2016Sowieso · BerlinSupportwith Alexander Von Schlippenbach, DJ Illvibe
Sep 9, 2015Vivo Media Arts Centre · VancouverHeadlinerwith Ken Vandermark, Paal
Sep 2, 2015Beachland Ballroom · ClevelandSupportwith Ken Vandermark, Paal Nilssen, Love Duo, +3
Mar 29, 2015Pardon, To Tu · WarsawSupportwith Ballister, Dave Rempis, Fred Lonberg-Holm
Jun 25, 2014Hideout · ChicagoSupportwith Vandermark, Ken Vandermark, Paal Nilssen, +1
Mar 18, 2014Cafe OTO · LondonSupportwith Lean Left, Ken Vandermark, Andy Moor, +1
Mar 8, 2014Blue Tomato · ViennaSupportwith Ken Vandermark
Oct 21, 2013Cafe OTO · LondonSupportwith Ken Vandermark
Oct 17, 2013La Dynamo de Banlieues Bleues · PantinSupportwith Ken Vandermark
Jun 18, 2013Casa Del Popolo · MontrealSupportwith Ken Vandermark, Terrie Ex
Nov 15, 2012Vortex Jazz Club · LondonSupportwith Ab Baars, Ken Vandermark
Nov 23, 2011Vortex Jazz Club · LondonSupportwith Ken Vandermark, Lasse Marhaug
Nov 22, 2011Vortex Jazz Club · LondonSupportwith Ken Vandermark, Lasse Marhaug
Oct 25, 2011Alchemia · KrakowSupportwith Ken Vandermark, Paal Nilssen, Love Duo
Sep 12, 2011Cafe OTO · LondonSupportwith Lean Left, Ken Vandermark, Steve Noble, +2
Sep 11, 2011Cafe OTO · LondonSupportwith Lean Left the Ex Guitars Meet Ken Vandermark and Paal Nilssen-love, Lean Left, Ken Vandermark, +3
Sep 8, 2011Tivoli Oudegracht · UtrechtSupportwith Erik Bosgraaf, Hauschka, Kid Koala, +7
Apr 30, 2011A38 Ship / A38 Hajó · BudapestSupportwith Peter Brötzmann, Tegnapután, Joe McPhee, +10
Apr 20, 2011Cafe OTO · LondonSupportwith Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet, Peter Brötzmann, Joe McPhee, +8
Apr 19, 2011Cafe OTO · LondonSupportwith Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet, Peter Brötzmann, Joe McPhee, +8
Apr 18, 2011Cafe OTO · LondonSupportwith Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet, Peter Brötzmann, Per Åke Holmlander, +8
Apr 24, 2010Cafe OTO · LondonSupportwith Ken Vandermark
Apr 23, 2010Cafe OTO · LondonSupportwith Ken Vandermark
Apr 17, 2010A38 Ship / A38 Hajó · BudapestSupportwith Ken Vandermark, Plump DJs, Krueger, +3
Feb 17, 2010Klub Powiększenie · WarsawSupportwith Ken Vandermark, Thomas Lehn, Johannes Bauer
Nov 20, 2009Blue Tomato · ViennaSupportwith Ken Vandermark
Nov 7, 2008Alter Schlachthof (Schl8hof) Wels · WelsSupportwith Ken Vandermark, The Ex, William Parker, +16
Jul 18, 2008Jazzgalerie · NickelsdorfSupportwith Roscoe Mitchell, Otomo Yoshihide, Peter Brötzmann, +14
Oct 16, 2006Jazzpodium Drienerlo · EnschedeSupportwith Ken Vandermark, POW Ensemble, Nate Mcbride, +3

Where they play

23 rooms in 20 cities

Rooms played most

Cities played

  • London12 shows
  • Warsaw4 shows
  • Brighton2 shows
  • Budapest2 shows
  • Vienna2 shows

and 15 other cities

Releases

35 releases, 2001–2026

  • Black Cat Mountain

    2026

  • 15th Of December 2024

    2025

  • 5th Of March 2021

    2025

  • Hyperentasis (Live In Thessaloniki)

    2025

  • Monaural Poetry Vol. 8

    2025

  • The Last Temple Vol.2

    2024

  • The Last Temple Vol.3

    2024

  • Chicken Shit Bingo

    2024

  • Japan 2019

    2024

  • I Love Noise

    2024

  • Death Rattle

    2013 · Album

  • Gored Gored

    2013 · Album

  • Baro 101

    2012 · Album

  • Cement

    2012 · Album

  • Dragon

    2012 · Album

  • Letter To A Stranger

    2012 · Album

  • OX

    2012 · Album

  • You're Next

    2012 · Album

  • Hurgu!

    2011 · Album

  • Miró

    2010 · Album

  • Volda

    2010 · Album

  • Woodcuts

    2010 · Album

  • 4 Corners

    2007 · Album

  • Late Play

    2007 · Album

  • Splatter

    2007 · Album

  • Stalk

    2007 · Album

  • Concentric

    2006 · Album

  • Seven

    2006

  • Dual Pleasure 2

    2004 · Album

  • Dual pleasure

    2002 · Album

  • I Love It When You Snore

    2002 · Album

  • Scorch trio

    2002 · Album

  • Mind the Gap

    2001 · Album

  • Sticks & Stones

    2001 · Album

  • The Thing

    2001 · Album

Lineup

  • The Thing · drums (drum set)
  • Ballister · percussion
  • Scorch Trio
  • FME
  • Original Silence
  • Element
  • Crimetime Orchestra
  • Paal Nilssen‐Love Large Unit
  • Arashi · percussion
  • Slugfield
  • Double Tandem · percussion
  • The Quintet
  • Sten Sandell Trio
  • Mudskipper · drums (drum set)
  • Samsa'ra · drums (drum set)
  • Lars-Göran Ulander Trio · drums (drum set)
  • Paal Nilssen-Love Circus · eponymous, percussion
  • Frode Gjerstad Trio · percussion
  • Townhouse Orchestra · percussion

Former

  • Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet · drums (drum set)
  • Håkon Kornstad Trio · drums (drum set)

Airplay

  • KEXP airplay: 1 plays, 2015-07-20–2015-07-20 — KEXP
  • Played on KEXP show 'Jazz Theatre' (John Gilbreath) — KEXP

Photos, art and posters

Paal Nilssen-Love — Arts + Literature Laboratory, 2018-01-12
Poster · Arts + Literature Laboratory, 2018-01-12 — Songkick
Paal Nilssen-Love — Cafe OTO, 2014-03-18
Poster · Cafe OTO, 2014-03-18 — Songkick

Sources & corrections

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What each source supplied
SourceUsed for
MusicBrainzArtist facts
WikipediaArtist facts
Paal Nilssen-Love on Last.fmArtist facts
Paal Nilssen-Love on DiscogsArtist facts
KEXPAirplay
SongkickShow history, Show posters
DiscogsCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it
Last.fmCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it
WikidataCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it

This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. It does not confirm availability for booking.