Jens Christian Bugge Wesseltoft (born 1 February 1964) is a Norwegian jazz pianist, composer, and producer, son of jazz guitarist Erik Wesseltoft.
Career
thumb|240px|left|Bugge Wesseltoft (with [[John Scofield) at Moers Festival 2006, Germany]]
thumb|260px|DJ Bugge at [[Nattjazz 2016<br />in Bergen, Norway]]
In 1989, Wesseltoft collaborated with the Knut Riisnæs Quartet and was soon after contacted by Arild Andersen to join in on commissioned work for Vossajazz—released on the album Sagn (1990)—and the follow-up Arv (1993). He worked with Jan Garbarek on his Molde Canticle, a commission from Moldejazz, released on the 1990 album I Took Up the Runes.
Firmly committed to electronic music, Wesseltoft completely eschews acoustic forms and is just as adamant that he will not be tied by genre boundaries, bringing hip hop and other contemporary dance music forms into his concept of contemporary jazz. On the album Sharing (1998), many listeners were taken by surprise by his extensive use of club DJs and scratchers.
Honors
- Smugetprisen (1996)
- Spellemannprisen in the jazz category, for the album New Conception of Jazz (1996)
- Kongsberg Jazz Award (1997)
- Spellemannprisen, together with Sidsel Endresen, in the jazz category, for the album Duplex Ride (1998)
- Gammleng-prisen in the jazz category (1999)
- Spellemannprisen in the open category, for the album Out here. In there. (2002)
- Buddyprisen, awarded by The Norwegian Jazz Forum