Jazz / Post-Bop
Jon Balke - Piano, Producer
Jan Erik Kongshaug Engineer
Morten Halle Executive Producer
Pete Knudsen Cover Design
Ulf Holand Producer, Engineer
Jon Balke
Active Decades: '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: 1955 in Norway
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Modern Creative, Modern Free, Post-Bop, Modern Composition, Folk-Jazz, Experimental Ambient, Structured Improvisation
Norwegian pianist Jon Balke is an avant-garde-leaning musician with a bent toward mixing various stylistic influences, including contemporary jazz, post-bop, rock, folk, world, and classical. He released his debut album, On and On, in 1991. A year later he made his ECM debut with Nonsentration. A member of the Magnetic North Orchestra, Balke has also released several albums with the ensemble, including Kaynos in 2002 and Diverted Travels in 2004. In 2009, Balke paired up with a similarly inclined group of musicians -- including trumpeter Jon Hassell, violinist Kheir Eddine M'Kachiche, vocalist Amina Alaoui, and others -- for the experimental ethnic fusion album Siwan.
---Matt Collar, All Music Guide |
