Ditlef Eckhoff

Ditlef Eckhoff
Also known as «Diffen»
Born (1942-06-21) 21 June 1942
Stokke, Vestfold
Origin Norway
Genres Jazz
Occupation(s) Musician, composer
Instruments Trumpet
Website www.jazzorakel.no/o/Person:Ditlef_Eckhoff

Ditlef Eckhoff (born 21 June 1942 in Stokke, Norway) is a Norwegian Jazz musician (trumpet) known from numerous recordings and central on the Oslo Jazz Scene.[1][2][3]

Career

Eckhoff was active early in his hometown where 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 has led his own quintet and moved to Nice in France.[1][2] He is leading his own Ditlef Eckhoff Quintet on Herr Nilsen Jazz Club in Oslo 2012.[4]

Discography

Solo albums

Collaborations

With Terje Rypdal
With other projects

References

  1. 1 2 Bergh, Johs. Ditlef Eckhoff Biography (in Norwegian). Store Norske Leksikon. Retrieved 2013-09-28.
  2. 1 2 3 "Eckhoff, Ditlef Biography" (in Norwegian). Norsk Jazzarkiv. 31 January 2009. Retrieved 2013-09-28.
  3. 1 2 "Ditlef Eckhoff Discography" (in Norwegian). Discogs.com. Retrieved 2013-09-28.
  4. "Ditlef Eckhoff Kvintett På Herr Nilsen" (in Norwegian). OsloJazzforum.no. Retrieved 2013-09-28.

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