Jarle Vespestad is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 jazz percussionist.

He graduated from the Toneheim Folk High School

Toneheim Folk High School

Toneheim Folk High School is a folk high school located in Hamar, Norway, which focuses on music.During the 1994 Winter Olympics, it was part of the Hamar Olympic Subsite Village....

 (1988) and Jazzlinja (NTNU) (1990). In Trondheim he was involved in Veslefrekk, Trondheim Kunstorkester, Farmers Market (1991-) and the Maria Kannegaard trio (1993-).

In Oslo Vespestad has worked with a group since 1996, consisting of Sigurd Køhn

Sigurd Køhn

Sigurd Køhn , was a Norwegian jazz saxophonist and composer. He was, along with his 16 year old son, killed in Khao Lak, Thailand by the tsunami following the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake on December 26, 2004....

, Silje Nergaard

Silje Nergaard

Silje Nergaard is a Norwegian pop and jazz musician.While some of her old titles have a distinct pop feel, she has now almost completely given up making pop music, and virtually the entirety of her later releases consists of jazz...

, Supersilent

Supersilent

Supersilent is a Norwegian avant-garde/improvisational music group formed in Bergen in 1997 and signed on Rune Grammofon. They are known for making only improvised music and for the distinctive uniformity of their album covers....

 and Tord Gustavsen

Tord Gustavsen

Tord Gustavsen is a jazz pianist. Before studying music, Gustavsen finished a degree in psychology. He studied jazz at the Conservatory of Music Trondheim and jazz theory at the University of Oslo. He has toured internationally several times has been a bandleader of a trio and a later ensemble...

. He has recorded and toured with Gustavsen's trio.

He is the younger brother of Liz Tove Vespestad who is also a well known musician.

Discography

With Tord Gustavsen

Tord Gustavsen

Tord Gustavsen is a jazz pianist. Before studying music, Gustavsen finished a degree in psychology. He studied jazz at the Conservatory of Music Trondheim and jazz theory at the University of Oslo. He has toured internationally several times has been a bandleader of a trio and a later ensemble...

• Changing Places
  Changing Places (album)
  Changing Places is an album by Norwegian jazz pianist and composer Tord Gustavsen recorded in 2001 and 2002 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:...
  
  (ECM, 2003)
• The Ground
  The Ground
  The Ground is an album by Swedish jazz pianist and composer Tord Gustavsen recorded in 2004 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 3½ stars stating "Gustavsen, while playing laid-back, pristine, pretty, and serene music, is far from...
  
  (ECM, 2005)
• Being There
  Being There (Tord Gustavsen album)
  Being There is an album by Norwegian jazz pianist and composer Tord Gustavsen recorded in 2006 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "For a recording that unveils itself so gracefully, there is true heft in its presentation...
  
  (ECM, 2007)