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Jon Christensen

Jon Christensen has been played over 20 times on NTS, first on 3 January 2015. Jon Christensen's music has been featured on 24 episodes.

Jon Christensen (born Jon Ivar Christensen on 20 March 1943; died 18 February 2020) was a Norwegian jazz drummer noted for his work with Jan Garbarek, for being a central participant in the Jazz band, Masqualero, as well as being a session drummer for several ECM Records artists during the seventies and eighties.

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. 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, Barre Phillips, Arild Andersen, Enrico Rava, John Abercrombie, Michael Mantler, Miroslav Vitous, Rainer Brüninghaus, Charles Lloyd, Dino Saluzzi and Tomasz Stanko. 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.

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Jon Christensen

Jon Christensen has been played over 20 times on NTS, first on 3 January 2015. Jon Christensen's music has been featured on 24 episodes.

Jon Christensen (born Jon Ivar Christensen on 20 March 1943; died 18 February 2020) was a Norwegian jazz drummer noted for his work with Jan Garbarek, for being a central participant in the Jazz band, Masqualero, as well as being a session drummer for several ECM Records artists during the seventies and eighties.

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. 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, Barre Phillips, Arild Andersen, Enrico Rava, John Abercrombie, Michael Mantler, Miroslav Vitous, Rainer Brüninghaus, Charles Lloyd, Dino Saluzzi and Tomasz Stanko. 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.

Original source: Last.fm

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The Meaning Of Love
Karin Krog, Steve Kuhn, Steve Swallow, Jon Christensen
Polydor1975
Oceanus
Ralph Towner, Jan Garbarek, Eberhard Weber, Jon Christensen
ECM Records1975
Mauve Stripes
Pål Thowsen, Jon Christensen, Terje Rypdal, Arild Andersen
Zarepta, Sonet1977
Raindrops, Raindrops
Karin Krog, Steve Kuhn, Steve Swallow, Jon Christensen
Polydor1975
We Could Be Flying
Karin Krog, Steve Kuhn, Steve Swallow, Jon Christensen
Polydor1975
Electric Bird
Håkon Graf, Sveinung Hovensjø, Jon Eberson, Jon Christensen
Compendium Records1977
Alive Again
Håkon Graf, Sveinung Hovensjø, Jon Eberson, Jon Christensen
Compendium Records1977
Watching Everybody Else
Håkon Graf, Sveinung Hovensjø, Jon Eberson, Jon Christensen
Compendium Records1977
Test
Bobo Stenson, Arild Andersen, Jon Christensen
ECM Records1971
Luberon
Bobo Stenson, Arild Andersen, Jon Christensen
ECM Records1971