According to the magazine Neset is “one of the most exciting artists in jazz”, his “discography reveals not only an impressive technician but also a formidable composer” who “strives for deep originality in his music”. In addition, Marius was selected as a special guest to perform live at the 2017 Polar Music Prize to honour winners Sting and Wayne Shorter, televised to over a million people worldwide.

Neset’s dynamism and his organisational capacity are such that this substantial activity as composer runs in parallel with a busy touring schedule as both leader and sideman – he is a member of Arild Andersen’s new quintet which has a new recording on ECM.