Tord Gustavsen (born October 5, 1970 in Oslo, Norway) is a jazz pianist. Before studying music Tord finished a degree in psychology. He studied jazz at the Conservatory of Music Trondheim and jazz theory at the University of Oslo. He has done several international tours and also leads a trio bearing his name. The Tord Gustavsen Trio has released three albums to date, the latest in April 2007.
He is strongly interested in psychology and has written a lengthy thesis on the paradoxes of improvisation drawing on the dialectical psychological theory of Helm Stierlin and Anne-Lise Løvlie Schibbye.
