Kristian Bergheim

Kristian Bergheim (* 6. June 1926 in Bærum , †  the 30th May 2010 ) was a Norwegian Jazz - Tenor saxophonist and bandleader who particularly through his work with Bjarne Nerem became known.

Live and act

At the beginning of his career from 1944, Kristian Bergheim played in the Oslo orchestras of Stein Lorentzen, Arne Klette 1945, Hein Paulsen 1946, Hans Backe, Rowland Greenberg and Ivar Wefring. In 1948 he became a member of the Sven Sjöholm Orchestra in Gothenburg, and in 1950 the first recordings were made with a Norwegian All Star band ( A Ghost of a Chance / Tickle Toe ).

In the 1950s he played in bop and swing style in various bands and dance orchestras, such as in the concert band organized by the impresario Lasse Gerlyng (1950-54 Norsk Jazzelite ) in Copenhagen, in the Ensemble Ny Norsk Jazz (1953/54), with Terje Kjærs in the Rowlands Orchester 1952, in Kjell Johansen's eksperimentband (1953), the Verden Rundt All Stars (1954/55) and the Kenneth Fagerlund Orchester in Gothenburg (1954/55), recorded under his own name ( Tupsi ). He also worked with the drummer Pete Brown in Norway in 1955/56 and with the Malte Johnson Orchestra in Gothenburg (1956) before moving to England to study until 1957. At the end of the 1950s he accompanied the rock musician Per "Elvis" Granberg in 1958, played again with Pete Brown, and in the orchestras of Per Nyhaug and Kjell Karlsen (1958/59).

In the 1960s he worked with swing musicians such as Terje Kjærs, Karl Otto and his own formations with Rowland Greenberg ( Swing is the Thing 1970, Siljabloo / Rowland Festival Band i Molde , 1970). He later appeared on Rowland Greenberg's albums How About You (1986) and The Rainbow Session with Bjarne Nerem (1990). From 1974 he was co-leader of the Kristian Bergheim / Øistein Ringstad kvintett , which existed until 1984; In 1976 he was a soloist in the Norwegian Big Band , and in 1977 his album Live at Malla was released . Bergheim also played with the Appaloosa Mainstream Ensemble from 1977-85 , with the formation Tenor Gladness (1981-84) and also took part in recordings by Per Borthen and the Radiostorbandet .

Bergheim was awarded the Buddy Prize in 1978 and the Gammleng Prize in 1991 ; In his honor, Gemini Records released an album in the series Portrait of a Norwegian Jazz Artist in 2001 with recordings from 1961 to 1977.

Web links

• obituary
• Biography at Norsk Musikkinformasjon