Bjørn Alterhaug (born 3 June 1945) is a Norwegian jazz bassist, arranger, composer and professor of music at the Department of Music in the University of Trondheim since 1972.
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Career
Alterhaug was born in Mo i Rana, Norway. He is one of the grand masters among European bassplayers and has been leading an international career in jazz since the late 1960s. He has played and worked with a great number of international greats such as Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh, Chet Baker, Thorgeir Stubø, Joe Henderson, Lucky Thompson, Sheila Jordan, Vigleik Storaas, Karin Krog, John Surman, Ben Webster and Clark Terry. He continues to lead his post as a professor at the Institute of Music at Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet in Trondheim, Norway and has taught on the Jazz programme there since the start in 1979.
Honors
Buddyprisen 1975
Rana Municipality Culture Prize 1975
This year's jazz musicians in Norway 1975 .
Spellemannprisen 1980 in the class jazz for the album Moments (1979)
Gammleng-prisen 1989
Sør-Trøndelag County Culture Prize, together with John Pål Inderberg 2011
Bibliography (in selection)
Good morning, Duke (1999)
A song - not too happy (1999)
Bass means love (2004)
A ballad (2004)
Improvisation on a triple theme: creativity, jazz improvisation and communication (2004)
Old Louis (2005)
Moments (2005)
Long ago (2005)
Snake talk (2005)
At the waters edge (2005)
January morning (2005)
Ballad to an old bass (2005)
Maybe (2005)
Epitaph (2005)
Hymn to grotesque beauty (2005)
Bluza 33 (2006)
Mellom panikk og kjedsomhet (2006)
Improvisation, action learning and action research (2007)
Beep (2008)
Kyrie (2009)
Songlines (2009)
Kyrie (2009)
Bird lovers (2009)
Shailén (2009)
Message from a sad dolphin (2009)
Discography
Solo albums
Moments - (1979)
A Ballad - (1986)
Some Other Time, with Bjørn Johansen, Frode Thingnæs, Laila Dalseth, Ole Jacob Hansen and Egil Kapstad - (1991)
Constellations - (1991)
Steps Toward's a Dream, with Lee Konitz, John Pål Inderberg and Erling Aksdal Jr. - (1995)
With Bjørn Alterhaug Quintet
Songlines (Ponca Jazz Records) - (2009)
Innocent Play (Ponca Jazz Records) - (2014)
Collaborations
Østerdalsmusikk, with Various Artists - (1975)
Selena, with Ketil Bjørnstad - (1977)
Til jorden, with Rolf Jacobsen and Egil Kapstad - (1979)
Snjóuglan, with Snjóuglan - (1979)
Frency only, with Åge Aleksandersen and Sambandet - (1979)
Friends, with Kapstad-Johansens Quartet - (1980)
Notice, with Thorgeir Stubø - (1981)
Drøbak kassetten 1981, with Various Artists - (1981)
Live at Jazz Alive, with Thorgeir Stubø - (1983)
Norsk Jazz 1960-1980, with Various Artists - (1983)
Veintetid, with Tove Karoline Knutsen - (1984)
Epilog, with Egil Kapstad - (1985)
For a Small Planet, with Trondheim Kammerkor - (1987)
For the Time Being, with Warne Marsh - (1988)
Fuglar, with Noble Noise - (1989)
Blackbird, with Siri's Svale Band - (1990)
The Jazz Sampler Vol. 2, with Various Artists - (1991)
New Church Music from Nidaros Cathedral, with Various Artists - (1993)