Jon Ivar Christensen (20 March 1943 – 18 February 2020)[1] was a Norwegian jazz drummer. He was married to actress, minister, and theater director Ellen Horn ,[2] [3] and was the father of singer and actress Emilie Stoesen Christensen .[4]
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Jon Christensen
Birth name Jon Ivar Christensen Born (1943-03-20 ) 20 March 1943Oslo , NorwayDied 17 February 2020(2020-02-17) (aged 76) Oslo, Norway Genres Jazz Occupation(s) Musician, composer Instrument Drums
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Jon Christensen in Aarhus , Denmark, 2015
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.[5] He appears on many recordings on the ECM label with such artists as Keith Jarrett , Jan Garbarek , Terje Rypdal , Bobo Stenson , Eberhard Weber , Ralph Towner , including the seminal 1975 Solstice , Barre Phillips , Arild Andersen , Enrico Rava , John Abercrombie , Michael Mantler , Miroslav Vitous , Rainer Brüninghaus , Charles Lloyd , Dino Saluzzi Jakob Bro , and Tomasz Stanko .[6] Christensen was a member of the Keith Jarrett "European Quartet" of the 1970s, along with Jan Garbarek and Palle Danielsson , which produced five jazz recordings on ECM Records.[2] [3]
Christensen died on 18 February 2020, at the age of 76.[1]
Jazznytt musician poll, 1967
Buddyprisen , Norwegian Jazz Forum, 1967
Drummer of the Year, European Jazz Federation, 1975
Spellemannprisen , 1977
Spellemannprisen, three times with Masqualero , 1983, 1986 and 1991
As leader
1976: No Time for Time (Pan)
As sideman
With Yelena Eckemoff
2015: Everblue (L&H Production)
2020: Nocturnal Animals (L&H Production)
With George Russell
With Lee Konitz , Pony Poindexter , Phil Woods and Leo Wright
With Steve Kuhn
With Jan Garbarek
With Jakob Bro
2015: Gefion (ECM)
2018: Returnings (ECM)
With Bobo Stenson
With Terje Rypdal
With Ketil Bjørnstad
With Keith Jarrett
With Ralph Towner
With Karin Krog , Steve Kuhn and Steve Swallow
1975: We Could Be Flying (Polydor, 1975)
With Eberhard Weber
With Enrico Rava
With Radka Toneff Quintet
1977: Winter Poem (Zarepta)
With Terje Rypdal and Palle Mikkelborg
With Masqualero (Arild Andersen )
1983: Masqualero (Odin)
1986: Bande a Part (ECM)
1988: Aero (ECM)
1989: Re-Enter (ECM)
With Blow Out
1977: Blow Out (Compendium)
With Miroslav Vitous
With Rainer Brüninghaus
With Mike Nock
With John Clark , David Friedman and David Darling
With Harry Pepl and Herbert Joos
1988: Cracked Mirrors (ECM)
With Lillebjørn Nilsen , Arild Andersen , Eivind Aarset , Jan Erik Kongshaug
With John Abercrombie
With Charles Lloyd
With L. Shankar
With Sidsel Endresen
With Knut Riisnæs
1992: Knut Riisnæs - Jon Christensen Featuring John Scofield - Palle Danielsson (Odin )
With Anouar Brahem
With Misha Alperin
With Lars Danielsson , David Liebman and Bobo Stenson
1997: Live at Visiones (Dragon )
With Tomasz Stańko
With Dino Saluzzi
With Jacob Young
With Carsten Dahl and Arild Andersen
With Carl Petter Opsahl and Tord Gustavsen
2008: Love, the Blues (Park Grammofon)
With Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and Håkon Kornstad
2011: Mitt Hjerte Altid Vanker – I Live at Oslo Jazzfestival (Compunctio)
2011: Mitt Hjerte Altid Vanker – II Live at Uppsala Sacred Music Festival (Compunctio)
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Preceded byNo award in 1966
Recipient of the Buddyprisen 1967
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Recipient of the Jazz Spellemannprisen 1977
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Recipient of the Studio Gammleng-prisen 1984
Succeeded byMarius Müller, Nils Petter Nyrén, Svein Dag Hauge
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Recipient of the Jazz Spellemannprisen 1992
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