Ditlef Eckhoff
Ditlef Eckhoff | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | «Diffen» |
| Born | 21 June 1942 |
| Origin | Norway |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupations | Musician, composer |
| Instrument | Trumpet |
| Website | www |
Ditlef Eckhoff (born 21 June 1942) is a Norwegian jazz musician (trumpet) known from numerous recordings and central to the Oslo Jazz Scene.[1][2][3]
Career
[edit]Eckhoff was born in Stokke, where he was active on the music scene. He led his own ensembles, won the Norwegian championship in jazz (1958), started Tønsberg jazz club (1958) and was the first head of the Tønsberg Society of Jazz & Poetry (1967). He resided in Oslo since 1959, and here he played with Einar Iversen (1959), Kristian Bergheim (1959), Arild Wikstrøm, Egil Kapstad and Egil Johansen. He studied education theory and trumpet at the Norwegian Academy of Music (1969–74) and participated in the University Big Band in Oslo (Chair 1974–1976). Eckhoff collaborated with international jazz greats such as Phil Woods/George Russell (1967), Dizzy Gillespie at Kongsberg Jazzfestival (1971), Red Mitchell/Kenny Drew at NRK Radio (1973), Dexter Gordon at Vossajazz (1975), and Horace Parlan (1980/83). Later he led his own quintet and moved to Nice in France.[1][2] He led the Ditlef Eckhoff Quintet at Herr Nilsen Jazz Club in Oslo 2012.[4]
Discography
[edit]Solo albums
[edit]- 1980: Live at Jazz Alive, with Knut Riisnæs (saxophone), Ole Jacob Hansen (drums), Eivin Sannes (piano) & Kaj Hartvigsen (bass)
- 1997: Impressions of Antibes (Gemini Records), with Eric Reed live from scenes like Cosmopolite in Oslo[3]
- 1998: Pastor'n & Diffen (Hi-Di), with Einar Iversen (piano), Odd André Elveland (saxophone), Mats Eilertsen (bass) & Ole Jacob Hansen (drums)
- 1999: Merry Christmas, with Jan Erik Kongshaug (guitar) & Sture Janson/Harald Johnsen bass (istedenfor Elveland og Eilertsen)
- 2007: Jazz au bord de mer, with Jan Berger (guitar) & Eddy Gaulein-Stef (bass)
Collaborations
[edit]- With Terje Rypdal
- With other projects
- 2003: Bjørn Johansen in memoriam
References
[edit]
- 1 2 Bergh, Johs. Ditlef Eckhoff Biography (in Norwegian). Store Norske Leksikon. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- 1 2 3 "Eckhoff, Ditlef Biography" (in Norwegian). Norsk Jazzarkiv. 31 January 2009. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-28.
- 1 2 "Ditlef Eckhoff Discography" (in Norwegian). Discogs.com. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ↑ "Ditlef Eckhoff Kvintett På Herr Nilsen" (in Norwegian). OsloJazzforum.no. Archived from the original on 7 March 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
External links
[edit]- Eckhoff, Ditlef Biografphy at Norsk Musikkinformasjon
| International | |
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| Artists | |
- 1942 births
- Living people
- Musicians from Buskerud
- People from Sandefjord
- Norwegian jazz composers
- Norwegian jazz trumpeters
- Norwegian male trumpeters
- 20th-century Norwegian trumpeters
- 21st-century Norwegian trumpeters
- Gemini Records artists
- Norwegian male jazz composers
- 20th-century Norwegian male musicians
- 21st-century Norwegian male musicians