Audun Kleive
Audun Kleive (born October 20, 1961 ) is a Norwegian jazz drummer.
Live and act
The son of the organist Kristoffer Kleive and brother of the organist Iver Kleive grew up in Skien . He studied at Musikkhøyskolen in Oslo . From 1981 to 1983 he was a member of the rock-jazz band Lotus , and from 1981 to 1984 of the Oslo 13 band . In 1983 his first album Anti-Therapy was released .
From 1983 he played in various jazz formations, including the Anne-Marie Giørtz Quintet , the Quartet of Frode Alnæs and Nils Petter Molvær , the Brødrene Balke Etno Funk , the Knut Riisnæs Quartet and Terje Rypdals Trio The Chasers . He also had his own band with Sidsel Endresen . In the later 1980s he worked with the Swedish group Entra Live , again with the group Oslo 13 and with Trio 87 . In 1989 he was named Jazz Musician of the Year by the Norwegian Jazz Musicians Association.
In the 1990s, the focus was on working with Jon Balke and Per Jørgensen , with whom he formed the Trio Jøkleba ; from 1993 he was also a member of Jon Balke's Magnetic North Ensemble . He also worked in a quartet with Nils Petter Molvær , Jens Bugge Wesseltoft and Bjørn Kjellemyr and recorded the album Music for Men and Machines with Jon Eberson . He has also performed with musicians such as Per Husby , Jan Gunnar Hoff , Marilyn Mazur , Gunnar Andreas Berg , Bugge Wesseltoft, Jouni Järvelä and Bendik Hofseth as well as with David Murray and Pierre Dørge ( The Jazzpar Prize , 1991).
In 1996 Kleive recorded the album Going with the Flow with Olga Konkova and Carl Morten Iversen , and since 2000 he has been working in a trio with Samuli Mikkonen and Anders Jormin .
Discographic notes
- Anti-Therapy , 1983
- Breaking Out , 1983
- Keep Nose in Front , 1984
- Jamaha , 1986
- Accent , 1987
- Off Balance , 1987
- Extended Noise Slow but Sudden , 1990
- Jon Balke, Per Jørgensen, Audun Kleive On and On , 1991
- Åpent Øre , 1991
- Kleive • Eberson Music for Men and Machines , 1991-1992
- Live , 1992
- Jøkleba! , 1992
- Jøkleba Live , 1994
- New Conception of Jazz , 1995-1996
- Going with the Flow , 1996
- Bitt , 1996-1997
- Generator X , 2000
- Live in the North , 2001
- Omagoddabl , 2004 (with Ståle Storløkken , Christian Wallumrød , Jan Bang , Arve Henriksen )
- Hans Ulrik , Kasper Tranberg , Eivind Aarset , Anders Jormin, Audun Kleive Slow Procession , 2009
- Audun Kleive Generator X Attack , 2012
- Jøkleba Outland , 2014
- Scheen Jazzorkester & Audun Kleive PoliturPassiarer , 2017
Web links
- Web presence
- Biography (Norwegian)
- Meetings (Nordic Music)
- Audun Kleive at Discogs (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kleive, Audun |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian jazz drummer |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 20, 1961 |