Ditlef Eckhoff
Ditlef Eckhoff is a Norwegian Jazz musician known from numerous recordings and central on the Oslo Jazz Scene.Career
Eckhoff was active early in his hometown where he led his own ensembles, won the Norwegian championship in jazz, started Tønsberg jazz club and was the first head of the Tønsberg Society of Jazz & Poetry. He resided in Oslo since 1959, and here he played with Einar Iversen, Kristian Bergheim, Arild Wikstrøm, Egil Kapstad and Egil Johansen. He studied education theory and trumpet at the Norwegian Academy of Music and participated in the University Big Band in Oslo. Eckhoff collaborated with international jazz greats such as Phil Woods/George Russell, Dizzy Gillespie at Kongsberg Jazzfestival, Red Mitchell/Kenny Drew at NRK Radio, Dexter Gordon at Vossajazz, and Horace Parlan.
Later he has led his own quintet and moved to Nice in France. He led the Ditlef Eckhoff Quintet at Herr Nilsen Jazz Club in Oslo 2012.Discography
Solo albums
;With Terje Rypdal
;With other projects
