Jon Eberson

Jon Arild Eberson (born 6 January 1953) is a Norwegian jazz guitarist and composer, son of jazz guitarist Leif Eberson (1925–1970), father of keyboardist Marte Maaland Eberson, and known from bands such as Moose Loose (1973–77), Radka Toneff Quintet (1975–80), and Blow Out (1977–78).

Eberson had his debut recording as a guitarist on Ketil Bjørnstad's debut album Åpning (1972). In 1980 he formed the Jon Eberson Group, supported by vocalist and lyricist Sidsel Endresen. The group attracted attention with Jive Talking (1981), which was awarded the Spellemannprisen, and City Visions (1984), but disbanded in 1986. The following year he released the Eberson Pigs and Poetry with Endresen, and he has continued to be noticed in a variety of contexts like the Jazzpunkensemblet.

He released the album Dreams That Went Astray (2001), closely followed by the album Jazz for Men, with bassist Carl Morten Iversen, and the album Mind the Gap, with bassist Bjørnar Andresen and drummer Paal Nilssen-Love. Eberson, who is Associate Professor of guitar at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, was awarded the Norwegian Buddy Prize for 2001.

In 2006 he collaborated with Per Zanussi and Torstein Lofthus on the album Bring It On.

In 2013 he celebrated his sixtieth anniversary with a performance at the Oslo Jazzfestival, presenting his band Eberson Funk Ensemble. The band consists of drummer Pål Thowsen, bassist Sigurd Hole, saxophonist Kim-Erik Pedersen, and his keyboardist daughter, Marte Maaland Eberson. both jazz graduates from the Norwegian Academy of Music. Eberson was a teacher at the Norwegian Academy of Music until 2019.

• Spellemannprisen for the album Jive Talking, with Sidsel Endresen, category jazz rock, 1981
• Buddyprisen, 2001

• 1997 Thirteen Rounds (Curling Legs)
• 2001 Mind the Gap (Curling Legs)
• 2001 Jazz for Men (Curling Legs)
• 2003 Standards with Carl Morten Iversen (Curling Legs)
• 2006 Bring It On (Jazzaway)