Tord Gustavsen (born 5 October 1970 in Oslo, Norway) 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 both of which bore his name. The Tord Gustavsen Trio released three albums by April 2007; Changing Places in 2003, The Ground (2004), and Being There (2007).[1] He followed them with an album recorded by an ensemble he assembled in 2009, Restored, Returned. In addition, he has recorded as a session musician, and guested on friends' albums.