Erik Balke
Erik Balke (born November 7, 1953 in Oslo ) is a Norwegian jazz musician ( saxophone ) who has also emerged as director of the Lille Frøen Saksofonkvartett .
Live and act
Balke is the older brother of jazz musician Jon Balke ; He played in the rock jazz band Unis since the early 1970s, then in groups with his brother in 1973 and 1974, before leading a band with Vidar Johansen . He was also active in the Big Band at the University of Oslo , and then from 1977 to 1979 he studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston .
Balke came back to Norway and founded the Lille Frøen Saksofonkvartett with Vidar Johansen, Arne Frang and Odd Riisnæs / Tore Brunborg / Olav Dale , which he directed until 1989. He was also a member of the trio of Carl Morten Iversen (1980–81). He then played with the Gambian / Norwegian Friendship Orchestra (1982) and with Tamma , who worked with Don Cherry and Ed Blackwell . Since 1983 he belonged to the Jazzpunkensemblet , furthermore to Oslo 13 , to Extended Noise (1983–94) and to Position Alpha (1984–1986). He also worked with Audun Kleive , Nils Petter Molvær , Torbjørn Sunde , Tore Brunborg and Bugge Wesseltoft .
He was then chairman of the Foreningen norske jazzmusikere . After a stay in Berlin, he worked in groups like Baktruppen and Ignore .
Discographic notes
- E'Olen (Mai Records, 1979), with Pablo Guanio , Jon Balke, Miki N'Doye , Sveinung Hovensjø , Finn Sletten , Zahir Helge Linnaae
- Tamma Tamma with Don Cherry & Ed Blackwell ( Odin Records , 1985), with Finn Sletten, Miki N'Doye, Per Jørgensen , Sveinung Hovensjø
- Lille Frøen Saksofonkvartett 4 menn (Odin Records 1986)
- Oslo 13 Off Balance (Odin Records 1988)
- Stefan Döring , Erik Balke, Jørgen Knutsen Zehn - The audionauts in the printing house ( Druckhaus Galrev , 1991)
- Miki N'Doye Orchestra Joko ( ACT , 2002) with Paolo Vinaccia , Bugge Wesseltoft, Solo Cissokho , Torbjørn Sunde , Jon Balke u. a.
- Ignore Happiness Not Yet Won (Acoustic Records 2006) with Hanne Hukkelberg , Gaute Storsve, Kjetil Einarsen, Henning Sandsalen, Jonas Howden Sjøvaag
Web links
- Biography - Norsk jazzarkiv JazzBasen.no
- Erik Balke at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Balke, Erik Biography - SNL.no . Store Norske Leksikon
- ↑ Balke, Erik Biography - Norsk Musikkinformasjon MIC.no . Archived from the original on August 7, 2011.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Balke, Erik |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 7, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oslo |