Jon Christensen
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| Jon Christensen | |
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| Birth name | Jon Ivar Christensen |
| Born | 20 March 1943 Oslo, Norway |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupations | Musician and composer |
| Instruments | Drums and percussions |
| Website | Jon Christensen Biography DrummerWorld.com |
Jon Ivar Christensen (born 20 March 1943 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (drums and percussion), married to actor, minister and theater director Ellen Horn (born 1951),[1][2] and the father of singer and actress Emilie Stoesen Christensen (born 1986).[3]
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Career [edit]
In the late 1960s Christensen played alongside Jan Garbarek on several recordings by the composer George Russell. He also was a central participant in the Jazz band, Masqualero, with Arild Andersen, and they reappeared in 2003 for his 60th anniversary.[4] He appears on many recordings on the ECM label with such artists as Keith Jarrett, Jan Garbarek, Bobo Stenson, Eberhard Weber, Ralph Towner, Barre Phillips, Arild Andersen, Enrico Rava, John Abercrombie, Michael Mantler, Miroslav Vitous, Rainer Brüninghaus, Charles Lloyd, Dino Saluzzi and Tomasz Stanko.[5] He, along with Jan Garbarek and Palle Danielsson, was a member of the legendary Keith Jarrett "European Quartet" of the 1970s which produced five excellent jazz recordings on ECM Records.[1][2]
Honors [edit]
- Jazznytt musician poll 1967
- Buddyprisen 1967, from the Norwegian Jazz Forum
- Drummer of the Year 1975, by the European Jazz Federation
- 1976 he made the first record under his own name, "No Time for Time" with his young colleague Pål Thowsen, and won the Spelleman award for this (1977)
- Spellemannprisen three times with Masqualero (1983, 1986 and 1991)
Discography (in selection) [edit]
As leader [edit]
As sideman [edit]
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References [edit]
- ^ a b "Jon Christensen Biography - Listen to Norway ListenTo.no".
- ^ a b "Jon Christensen Biography - SNL.no". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian)
- ^ "Say and Play - ECM Jon Balke Batagraf ECMrecords.com". ECM Records
- ^ "Jon Christensen fyller 60 - og Masqualero gjenforenes Ballade.no". (in Norwegian)
- ^ Andy Gregory (2002), International Who's Who in Popular Music, Routledge (UK), ISBN 978-1-85743-161-2, ISBN 1857431618
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| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by Bjarne Nerem |
Recipient of the Jazz Spellemannsprisen 1977 |
Succeeded by Laila Dalseth |
| Preceded by Frode Thingnæs, Henryk Lysiak, Sveinung Hovensjø |
Recipient of the Studio Gammleng-prisen 1984 |
Succeeded by Marius Müller, Nils Petter Nyrén, Svein Dag Hauge |
| Preceded by Masqualero |
Recipient of the Jazz Spellemannsprisen 1992 |
Succeeded by Radka Toneff |
