Bjorn Alke

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Bjorn Alke (* 15. April 1938 in Sundsvall , † 31 October 2000 in Farsta ) was a Swedish jazz - bassist and composer .

Live and act

Alke studied violin at the Royal Music Academy in Stockholm from 1960 to 1964 , later also piano, double bass and jazz pedagogy. From 1984 to 1987 he taught at the music school in Piteå . From 1960 he played as a bassist with Swedish and American jazz musicians; 1964 in the Staffan Abeleen Quintet ( Persepolis ). He wrote music for the feature film Calle P. and worked with Monica Zetterlund ( Monica 1967) and Lars Gullin ( Live ! , 1969). In the mid-1970s he played with Okay Temiz and Bernt Rosengren in the formation Sevda . In 1974 the album Björn Alkes Kvartett - Jazz I Sverige '74 was created , on which u. a. Fredrik Norén , Göran Strandberg and Gunnar Bergsten participated. The album Fine And Mellow followed in 1976 . He was married to Lulu Alke, on whose album Jazz In Sweden '89 (Caprice Records) he participated. Alke died in Stockholm at the age of 62.

Discographic notes

  • Bernt Rosengren - Notes From Underground (1974)
  • Okay Temiz Trio - Turkish Folk Jazz (1975)
  • Bengt Frippe Nordström - The Environmental Control Office (1988)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. Björn Alke at Discogs (English), different date and place of death (November 6, 2000 in Stockholm ) according to Gaylord Music Library ( memento of the original from November 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / library.wustl.edu
personal data
SURNAME Alke, Bjorn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish jazz musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Sundsvall
DATE OF DEATH October 31, 2000
Place of death Farsta