Jon Christensen
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Jon Christensen is a Norwegian jazz
percussionist.
In the late 1960s he played alongside Jan Garbarek
on several recordings by the composer George Russell.
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
, Enrico Rava
, John Abercrombie
, Michael Mantler
, Miroslav Vitous
, Rainer Brüninghaus
, Charles Lloyd, Dino Saluzzi
and Tomasz Stanko
.
With Misha Alperin
With Ketil Bjørnstad
With Anouar Brahem
With Rainer Brüninghaus
With Jan Garbarek
With Keith Jarrett
With Charles Lloyd
With Mike Nock
With Enrico Rava
With George Russell
With Terje Rypdal
With Dino Saluzzi
With Tomasz Stańko
With Bobo Stenson
With Ralph Towner
With Miroslav Vitous
With Eberhard Weber
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
percussionist.
In the late 1960s he played alongside Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek is a Norwegian tenor and soprano saxophonist, active in the jazz, classical, and world music genres. Garbarek was born in Mysen, Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war Czesław Garbarek and a Norwegian farmer's daughter...
on several recordings by the composer George Russell.
He appears on many recordings on the ECM label with such artists as Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett is an American pianist and composer who performs both jazz and classical music.Jarrett started his career with Art Blakey, moving on to play with Charles Lloyd and Miles Davis. Since the early 1970s he has enjoyed a great deal of success in jazz, jazz fusion, and classical music; as...
, Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek is a Norwegian tenor and soprano saxophonist, active in the jazz, classical, and world music genres. Garbarek was born in Mysen, Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war Czesław Garbarek and a Norwegian farmer's daughter...
, Bobo Stenson
Bobo Stenson
Bo Gustav Stenson is a Swedish jazz pianist. Stenson was noted as early as 1963, when he stepped up from the local scene in Västerås to start playing frequently in Stockholm, where he accompanied a long line of visiting American players including Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz and Gary Burton...
, Eberhard Weber
Eberhard Weber
Eberhard Weber is a German double bassist and composer. As a bass player, Weber is known for his highly distinctive tone and phrasing...
, Ralph Towner
Ralph Towner
Ralph Towner is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and bandleader. He plays the twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, synthesizer, percussion and trumpet.-Biography:...
, Barre Phillips
Barre Phillips
Barre Phillips is a jazz and free improvisation bassist. A professional musician since 1960, he migrated to New York City in 1962, then to Europe in 1967. Since 1972 he has been based in southern France....
, Enrico Rava
Enrico Rava
Enrico Rava , is a prolific jazz trumpeter and arguably one of the best known Italian jazz musicians. He originally played trombone, changing to the trumpet after hearing Miles Davis. His first commercial work was as a member of Gato Barbieri's Italian quintet in the mid-1960s; in the late 1960s...
, John Abercrombie
John Abercrombie (guitarist)
John Abercrombie is an American jazz guitarist, whose work often explores jazz fusion and post bop. Abercrombie has played with Billy Cobham, Jack DeJohnette, Michael Brecker and Randy Brecker...
, Michael Mantler
Michael Mantler
Michael Mantler is a composer and trumpeter in new jazz and contemporary music.-Career: United States:Mantler was born in Vienna, Austria...
, Miroslav Vitous
Miroslav Vitouš
Miroslav Ladislav Vitouš , is a Czech jazz bassist.-Biography:Born in Prague, he began the violin at age six, and started playing the piano at age ten, and bass at fourteen. As a young man in Europe, Vitouš was a competitive swimmer. One of his early music groups was the Junior Trio with his...
, Rainer Brüninghaus
Rainer Brüninghaus
Rainer Brüninghaus is a German jazz pianist and composer.Born in Bad Pyrmont, Germany, Brüninghaus began in the jazz rock group Eiliff. In 1973 he joined the band of German jazz guitarist Volker Kriegel. In 1975 with bassist Eberhard Weber and Charlie Mariano he formed the band Colours...
, Charles Lloyd, Dino Saluzzi
Dino Saluzzi
Timoteo "Dino" Saluzzi is an Argentine musician.The son of popular carpero composer and instrumentalist Cayetano Saluzzi, Dino played the bandoneón since his childhood...
and Tomasz Stanko
Tomasz Stanko
Tomasz Stańko is a Polish trumpeter, composer and improviser. Often recording for ECM, Stańko is strongly associated with free jazz and the avant-garde....
.
As sideman
With John AbercrombieJohn Abercrombie (guitarist)
John Abercrombie is an American jazz guitarist, whose work often explores jazz fusion and post bop. Abercrombie has played with Billy Cobham, Jack DeJohnette, Michael Brecker and Randy Brecker...
- AnimatoAnimato (album)Animato is an album by guitarist John Abercrombie with keyboardist Vince Mendoza and drummer Jon Christensen recorded in 1989 and released on the ECM label-Reception:The Allmusic review by Michael G...
(ECM, 1989)
With Misha Alperin
- North StoryNorth StoryNorth Story is an album by Moldovan pianist Misha Alperin recorded in 1995 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by David R. Adler awarded the album 4 stars calling it a "set of mysterious original compositions... Combining Russian folk, modern classical, and free jazz...
(ECM, 1996)
With Ketil Bjørnstad
Ketil Bjørnstad
Ketil Bjørnstad is a Norwegian pianist and composer. Initially trained as a classical pianist, Bjørnstad discovered jazz at an early age and has embraced the emergence of "European jazz"....
- Water StoriesWater Stories (Ketil Bjørnstad album)Water Stories is an album by Norwegian pianist Ketil Bjørnstad recorded in 1993 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.-Track listing:# "Glacial Reconstruction" - 6:58# "Levels and Degrees" - 7:19...
(ECM, 1993) - The SeaThe Sea (Ketil Bjørnstad album)-Track listing:# "I" - 6:58# "II" - 7:28# "III" - 4:40# "IV" - 8:49# "V" - 6:39# "VI" - 9:19# "VII" - 5:15# "VIII" - 2:39# "IX" - 5:47# "X" - 4:31# "XI" - 7:26# "XII" - 3:39*Recorded at Rainbow Studio in Oslo, Norway in September 1994-Personnel:...
(ECM, 1994) - The Sea IIThe Sea II-Track listing:# "Laila" - 5:26# "Outward Bound" - 4:52# "Brand" - 5:46# "The Mother" - 4:24# "Song for a Planet" - 4:04# "Consequences" - 6:28# "Agnes" - 4:26# "Mime" - 4:22# "December" - 3:18...
(ECM, 1996) - RemembranceRemembrance (Ketil Bjørnstad album)Remembrance is an album by Norwegian pianist and composer Ketil Bjørnstad featuring saxophonist Tore Brunborg and drummer Jon Christensen recorded in 2009 and released on the ECM label in 2008.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Michael G...
(ECM, 2009)
With Anouar Brahem
Anouar Brahem
Anouar Brahem is an oud player and composer. He is widely acclaimed as an innovator in his field...
- KhomsaKhomsaKhomsa is an album by Tunisian oud player Anouar Brahem recorded in 1994 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Michael G...
(ECM, 1994)
With Rainer Brüninghaus
Rainer Brüninghaus
Rainer Brüninghaus is a German jazz pianist and composer.Born in Bad Pyrmont, Germany, Brüninghaus began in the jazz rock group Eiliff. In 1973 he joined the band of German jazz guitarist Volker Kriegel. In 1975 with bassist Eberhard Weber and Charlie Mariano he formed the band Colours...
- FreigewehtFreigewehtFreigeweht is an album by German keyboardist and composer Rainer Brüninghaus recorded in 1980 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Michael G...
(ECM, 1980)
With Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek is a Norwegian tenor and soprano saxophonist, active in the jazz, classical, and world music genres. Garbarek was born in Mysen, Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war Czesław Garbarek and a Norwegian farmer's daughter...
- Esoteric CircleEsoteric CircleEsoteric Circle is the debut album by Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek, originally released under the band name "The Esoteric Circle" on Bob Thiele's Flying Dutchman label but re-issued under his name on the Freedom imprint, performed by Garbarek with Terje Rypdal, Arild Andersen and Jon...
(Flying Dutchman, 1969) - Afric PepperbirdAfric PepperbirdAfric Pepperbird is the second album by Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek and his first released on the ECM label performed by Garbarek's quartet featuring Terje Rypdal, Arild Andersen and Jon Christensen...
(ECM, 1970) - SartSart (album)Sart is the third album by Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek, his second released on the ECM label, and is performed by Garbarek's quintet featuring Bobo Stenson, Terje Rypdal, Arild Andersen and Jon Christensen...
(ECM, 1971) - Witchi-Tai-ToWitchi-Tai-ToWitchi-Tai-To is an album by the Jan Garbarek-Bobo Stenson Quartet released on the ECM label and performed by Garbarek, Stenson, Palle Danielsson, and Jon Christensen...
(ECM, 1973) - DansereDansereDansere is an album by Jan Garbarek. The album was recorded in November 1975, and features the Bobo Stenson Quartet.- Personnel :#Jan Garbarek - Saxophones#Bobo Stenson - Piano#Palle Danielsson - Bass#Jon Christensen - Drums...
(ECM, 1975) - Photo with Blue Sky, White Cloud, Wires, Windows and a Red RoofPhoto with Blue Sky, White Cloud, Wires, Windows and a Red RoofPhoto with Blue Sky, White Cloud, Wires, Windows and a Red Roof is an album by Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek, released in 1979 on the ECM label and performed by Garbarek, John Taylor, Bill Connors, Eberhard Weber and Jon Christensen.-Reception:...
(ECM, 1978) - Paths, PrintsPaths, PrintsPaths, Prints is an album by Norwegian jazz composer and saxophonist Jan Garbarek recorded in 1980 and released on the ECM label in 1981.-Reception:...
(ECM, 1980)
With Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett is an American pianist and composer who performs both jazz and classical music.Jarrett started his career with Art Blakey, moving on to play with Charles Lloyd and Miles Davis. Since the early 1970s he has enjoyed a great deal of success in jazz, jazz fusion, and classical music; as...
- BelongingBelonging (album)Belonging is an album by American pianist Keith Jarrett which was released on the ECM label in 1974. It is the first album by Jarrett's 'European Quartet' featuring Jan Garbarek, Palle Danielsson and Jon Christensen...
(ECM, 1974) - My Song (ECM, 1977)
- Personal MountainsPersonal MountainsPersonal Mountains is a live album by American pianist Keith Jarrett which was released on the ECM label in 1989. It was recorded at a live performance by Jarrett's 'European Quartet', featuring Jan Garbarek, Palle Danielsson and Jon Christensen, in Tokyo in April 1979.-Reception:The Allmusic...
(ECM, 1979) - Nude AntsNude AntsNude Ants is a live album by American pianist Keith Jarrett which was released on the ECM label in 1979. It was recorded at a live performance by Jarrett's 'European Quartet', featuring Jan Garbarek, Palle Danielsson and Jon Christensen, at the Village Vanguard in New York City in May 1979...
(ECM, 1979)
With Charles Lloyd
- Fish Out of WaterFish Out of Water (Charles Lloyd album)Fish Out of Water is an album by jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd recorded by Lloyd with Bobo Stenson, Palle Danielsson, and Jon Christensen.-Reception:...
(ECM, 1989)
With Mike Nock
Mike Nock
Mike Nock is a jazz pianist, currently based in Australia. He began studying piano at 11 and by 18 was performing in Australia. He headed a trio that toured England in 1961 and then attended Berklee College of Music...
- OndasOndasOndas is an album by New Zealand jazz pianist and composer Mike Nock recorded in 1981 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars calling it "a glorious recording by a crack batch of musicians...
(ECM, 1981)
With Enrico Rava
Enrico Rava
Enrico Rava , is a prolific jazz trumpeter and arguably one of the best known Italian jazz musicians. He originally played trombone, changing to the trumpet after hearing Miles Davis. His first commercial work was as a member of Gato Barbieri's Italian quintet in the mid-1960s; in the late 1960s...
- The Pilgrim and the StarsThe Pilgrim and the StarsThe Pilgrim and the Stars is an album by Italian jazz trumpeter and composer Enrico Rava recorded in 1975 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:...
(ECM, 1975) - The PlotThe Plot (album)The Plot is an album by Italian jazz trumpeter and composer Enrico Rava recorded in 1976 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 4 stars noting the album's "Original ideas and compositions"....
(ECM, 1976)
With George Russell
- The Essence of George RussellThe Essence of George RussellThe Essence of George Russell is an album by George Russell originally released on the Norwegian Sonet label in 1971, and subsequently remastered and released on the Italian Black Saint label in 1983, featuring performances by Russell with Stanton Davis, Jan Garbarek, Terje Rypdal, Arild Andersen,...
(Soul Note, 1967) - Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by NatureElectronic Sonata for Souls Loved by NatureElectronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature is a work by jazz arranger George Russell originally written in 1968 and first recorded in concert in Norway on April 28, 1969 and released on the Flying Dutchman label...
(Flying Dutchman, 1969) - Trip to PrillarguriTrip to PrillarguriTrip to Prillarguri is a live album by George Russell originally recorded in 1970 and subsequently released on the Italian Soul Note label in 1982, featuring a performance by Russell with Stanton Davis, Jan Garbarek, Terje Rypdal, Arild Andersen, and Jon Christensen...
(Soul Note, 1970) - Listen to the Silence (Soul Note, 1971)
With Terje Rypdal
Terje Rypdal
Terje Rypdal is a Norwegian guitarist and composer. Most of his music has been released on albums of the German record label ECM. Rypdal has collaborated both as a guitarist and as a composer with other ECM artists such as Ketil Bjørnstad and David Darling...
- Terje RypdalTerje Rypdal (album)Terje Rypdal is the second album by Norwegian jazz guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in 1971 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.-Track listing:# "Keep It Like That - Tight" - 12:14# "Rainbow" - 7:05...
(ECM, 1971) - What Comes AfterWhat Comes AfterWhat Comes After is the third album by Norwegian jazz guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in 1973 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.-Track listing:# "Bend It" - 9:55# "Yearning" - 3:22...
(ECM, 1973) - Whenever I Seem to Be Far AwayWhenever I Seem to Be Far AwayTerje Rypdal is the second album by Norwegian jazz guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in 1974 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review awarded the album 2 stars.-Track listing:# "Silver Bird is Heading for the Sun" - 14:05...
(ECM, 1974) - DescendreDescendreDescendre is the ninth album by Norwegian jazz guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in 1979 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Michael P...
(ECM, 1979) - SkywardsSkywards (album)Skywards is an album by guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in 1996 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 3 stars stating "Skywards is Rypdal's most openly schizophrenic yet satisfyingly ambitious work in many years".-Track listing:# "Skywards" -...
(ECM, 1995) - VossabryggVossabryggVossabrygg is a live album by guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in 2003 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "Vossabrygg is the latest adventure in a stunning, unraveling labyrinth, created by a master explorer".-Track listing:#...
(ECM, 2003)
With Dino Saluzzi
Dino Saluzzi
Timoteo "Dino" Saluzzi is an Argentine musician.The son of popular carpero composer and instrumentalist Cayetano Saluzzi, Dino played the bandoneón since his childhood...
- SenderosSenderos (album)Senderos is an album by Argentine musician Dino Saluzzi with percussionist Jon Christensen recorded in 2002 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:...
(ECM, 2002)
With Tomasz Stańko
Tomasz Stanko
Tomasz Stańko is a Polish trumpeter, composer and improviser. Often recording for ECM, Stańko is strongly associated with free jazz and the avant-garde....
- Litania: Music of Krzysztof KomedaLitania: Music of Krzysztof KomedaLitania: Music of Krzysztof Komeda is an album by Polish jazz trumpeter and composer Tomasz Stańko featuring compositions by Krzysztof Komeda recorded in 1997 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:...
(ECM, 1997) - From the Green HillFrom the Green HillFrom the Green Hill is an album by Polish jazz trumpeter and composer Tomasz Stańko recorded in 1998 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:...
(ECM, 1998)
With Bobo Stenson
Bobo Stenson
Bo Gustav Stenson is a Swedish jazz pianist. Stenson was noted as early as 1963, when he stepped up from the local scene in Västerås to start playing frequently in Stockholm, where he accompanied a long line of visiting American players including Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz and Gary Burton...
- UnderwearUnderwear (album)Underwear is the debut album by Swedish pianist Bobo Stenson recorded in 1971 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Jim Todd awarded the album 2½ stars stating "This LP from ECM's early days finds Swedish pianist Bobo Stenson leading bassist Arild Andersen and drummer Jon...
(ECM, 1971) - ReflectionsReflections (Bobo Stenson album)Reflections is an album by Swedish pianist Bobo Stenson recorded in 1993 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars stating "Stenson shows more energy than one might expect to hear on an ECM date, although he also has several introspective...
(ECM, 1993) - War OrphansWar OrphansWar Orphans is an album by Swedish pianist Bobo Stenson recorded in 1997 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "While the last Bobo Stenson Trio offering found the band cohesively searching for a new harmonic language together...
(ECM, 1997) - SerenitySerenity (Bobo Stenson album)Serenity is an album by Swedish pianist Bobo Stenson recorded in 1999 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected this album as part of its suggested Core Collection....
(ECM, 1999)
With Ralph Towner
Ralph Towner
Ralph Towner is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and bandleader. He plays the twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, synthesizer, percussion and trumpet.-Biography:...
- Solstice (ECM, 1974)
- Solstice/Sound and ShadowsSolstice/Sound and ShadowsSolstice/Sound and Shadows is an album by the American guitarist Ralph Towner that was released on the ECM label in 1977. It is the second album to feature the Solstice quartet of Towner with Jan Garbarek, Eberhard Weber and Jon Christensen....
(ECM, 1977) - Lost and FoundLost and Found (Ralph Towner album)Lost and Found is an album by guitarist Ralph Towner recorded in 1995 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "This is a guitar player's recording, but it is obvious that Towner writes for ensembles equally well, and he has...
(ECM, 1995)
With Miroslav Vitous
Miroslav Vitouš
Miroslav Ladislav Vitouš , is a Czech jazz bassist.-Biography:Born in Prague, he began the violin at age six, and started playing the piano at age ten, and bass at fourteen. As a young man in Europe, Vitouš was a competitive swimmer. One of his early music groups was the Junior Trio with his...
- First Meeting (ECM, 1979)
- Miroslav Vitous GroupMiroslav Vitous GroupMiroslav Vitous Group is an album by Czech bassist Miroslav Vitous recorded in 1980 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Eugene Chadbourne awarded the album 2½ stars stating "This is an album that flutters between different jazz camps in a manner that might seem...
(ECM, 1980) - Journey's EndJourney's End (album)Journey's End is an album by Czech bassist Miroslav Vitous recorded in 1982 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by David R. Adler awarded the album 4 stars stating "Journey's End is highly recommended to those willing to search for it".-Track listing:# "U Dunaje U...
(ECM, 1982)
With Eberhard Weber
Eberhard Weber
Eberhard Weber is a German double bassist and composer. As a bass player, Weber is known for his highly distinctive tone and phrasing...
- Yellow FieldsYellow FieldsYellow Fields is an album by German double bassist and composer Eberhard Weber recorded in 1975 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review awarded the album 4 stars.-Track listing:# "Touch" - 5:02# "Sand-Glass" - 15:34...
(ECM, 1975)