Paal Nilssen-Love (born December 24, 1974) is a Norwegian drummer active in the jazz and free jazz genres. Nilssen-Love was raised at a jazz club in Stavanger, run by his mother, and his father, who was also a drummer. In 1993, during jazz studies at the University in Trondheim, he formed the band Element which musically became a platform for several other groups with bassist Ingebrigt HĂ„ker Flaten and pianist HĂ„vard Wiik and lead to collaborations with Iain Ballamy and Chris Potter. Read more on Last.fm