Audun Kleive

Audun Kleive at a concert with Nils Petter Molvær, Treibhaus Innsbruck 2009

Audun Kleive (born 20 October 1961) is a Norwegian drummer and percussionist.

Audun Kleive grew up in Skien, the son of organist Kristoffer Kleive and brother of organist and composer Iver Kleive. He began to play drums in a rock and dance band, and then went to Oslo, where he studied at the Norwegian Academy of Music. He joined the jazz-rock groups Lotus (1981–83) and Oslo 13 (1981–84), and made his recording debut with the album Anti-therapy in 1983. Described as one of the "leading lights in the Oslo Nu-jazz scene", he made his distinctive contribution to groups like Terje Rypdal's Chasers, Jon Balke's Jøkleba and the Magnetic North Orchestra as well as Marilyn Mazur's Future Song.

Kleive has released the albums, Bitt (1996–97), Generator X (2000) and Ohmagoddabl (2004) on Bugge Wesseltoft's label, Jazzland.

Discography

As leader

• Anti-Therapy, 1983
• Breaking Out, 1983
• Keep Nose in Front, 1984
• Jamaha, 1986
• Accent, 1987
• Off Balance, 1987
• Slow but Sudden, 1988–1990
• On and On, 1991
• Åpent Øre, 1991
• 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
• Kom Live, 2000
• Undertow, 2000
• Live in the North, 2001
• Omagoddabl, 2004

As sideman

With Mathias Eick

• The Door (ECM, 2007)

With Terje Rypdal

• Chaser (ECM, 1985)
• Blue (ECM, 1986)
• The Singles Collection (ECM, 1988)
• If Mountains Could Sing (ECM, 1994)

External Links

• Official Facebook Page

Sources

• Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, Kleive, Audun (in German, accessed 12 April 2010)
• Mathieson, Kenny, "Dented instrument is no bar to lively performance from saxophone maestro", The Scotsman, 1 July 2008 (accessed 12 April 2010)
• Nicholson, Stuart, "The Oslo Underground and European Nu-Jazz", JazzTimes, Vol. 31, No. 4, May 2001, p. 69 (accessed 12 April 2010)
• Nicholson, Stuart, "Europeans Cut In With a New Jazz Sound And Beat", New York Times, 3 June 2001 (accessed 12 April 2010)
• Norsk Jazzarkiv, Kleive, Audun, January 2009 (in Norwegian, accessed 12 April 2010)