Morten Halle

Morten Halle
Morten Halle at Oslo Jazzfestival 2016
Morten Halle at Oslo Jazzfestival 2016
Background information
Born (1957-10-07) 7 October 1957 (age 67)
Oslo
OriginNorway
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician, band leader, composer
InstrumentSaxophones
Websitenmh.no/en/contact/staff--faculty-directory/morten_halle-1

Morten Halle (born 7 October 1957) is a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone), composer and music arranger. He was born in Oslo, and he is known from the city's jazz scene and from a series recordings.[1]

Career

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Halle participated in various small bands at the Oslo Jazz scene in the late 1970s, when he studied music at the University of Oslo 1981–86, he was with the band Cutting Edge, and from 1987 in a quartet with John Eberson (guitar), Bjørn Kjellemyr (bass), and Finn Sletten/Pål Thowsen (drums). He has also played with the big band Oslo 13, with Knut Værnes Band, Jon Balke, Søyr, Chipahua and Geir Holmsen Band. He has been in the lineups of Jazzpunkensemblet, Desafinado, Horns for Hire with Torbjørn Sunde and Jens Petter Antonsen, Jon Balke's Magnetic North Orchestra, Geir Lysne Listening Ensemble, Søyr and Metropolitan (band). He has also appeared on releases by Helge Iberg (1997), Jan Magne Førde (1998), Jan Eggum (1999), Marianne Antonsen (2000) og Jørun Bøgeberg (2006).

Halle has written music for film, theater and ballet, as well as commissioned work only short stay Dølajazz Festival 1992, and composed music to the lyrics of Jesper Halle, performed by Jonas Fjeld and Sidsel Endresen (1988). He is a prominent figure in modern Norwegian jazz. His album releases include Alle tre (1995, compilation album Cutting Edge), 2 (1991) and The Eagle' (1995), with Halle/Eberson Quartett.[2]

Lately he leads his own trio with Anders Jormin and Svante Henryson, and the Morten Halle Qvartet with Edvard Askeland, Torstein Lofthus and André Peterson/Vigleik Storaas.

Halle is a partner in the label "Curling Legs" (1992–), is attached as associate professor at Norges Musikkhøgskole in Oslo, and former Chairman of TONO.[1]

Discography (selection)

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Solo projects

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With Cutting Edge
  • Cutting Edge (Odin Records, 1982)
  • Our Man In Paradise (Odin Records, 1984)
  • Duesenberg (Curling Legs, 1986)
  • Alle tre (Curling Legs, 1995), compilation
With Halle/Eberson Quartet
With Anders Jormin and Svante Henryson
With "Halles komet"

Collaborations

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With Marit Mathiesen
  • Med parfyme (1981)
  • Gale hjerte (1984)
With Sverre Kjelsberg
  • Sverre (1982)
With Ketil Stokkan
  • Ekte mannfolk (1985)
  • Romeo (1986)
With Øystein Sunde
  • Overbuljongpakkemesterassistent/Kaptein Snutebil (1986)
  • Kjekt å ha (1989)
  • Øystein Sundes 40 beste (1990)
  • Du må'kke komme her og komme her (1994)
  • Sundes verden – 52 av de aller beste (2006)
With Oslo 13 (Jon Balke)
  • Nonsentration (1992)
  • Oslo 13 Live (1993)
  • Live In the North (2001)
With Ole Edvard Antonsen
  • Tour De Force (1992)
  • Read My Lips (1997)
With Jon Balke and Magnetic North Orchestra
  • Further (1994)
  • Solarized (1999)
  • Kyanos (2002)
With Jan Eggum
  • Deilig (1999)
  • Ekte Eggum (2001)
  • 30/30 (2005)
With others

References

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  1. ^ a b "Halle, Morten Biography - Norsk Musikkinformasjon MIC.no". (in Norwegian)
  2. ^ "Morten Halle Biography - SNL.no". 22 January 2023. Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian)
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