Ingar Zach


Ingar Zach is a Norwegian percussionist and businessman, known from several recordings.

Career

In the 1990s Zach played within Chateau Neuf Spelemannslag and 'Harnihomba', while studying music at the University of Oslo and composition on Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonsevatorium. Within the trio 'Tri-Dim' he released two albums together with Håkon Kornstad and David Stackenäs. With the steel guitarist Ivar Grydeland he established the record label Sofa, releasing improvisational music, a collaboration that led to a master's degree in improvisation and the trio Huntsville including with Tonny Kluften.
Zach also collaborated in a duo with free jazz guitarist Derek Bailey, the Norwegian ditto Anders Hana, within the Norwegian trio 'No Spaghetti Edition', and in the two orchestras Batagraf and Magnetic North Orchestra led by Jon Balke. In addition Zach has played on releases by Karl Seglem and Carl Petter Opsahl. He lives in Madrid, from which he runs the record label Sillòn of solo albums.

Discography

Solo albums

;Within 'Mural' including Kim Myhr and Jim Denley
;Duo with Ivar Grydeland
;Duo with Derek Bailey
;Within No Spaghetti Edition
;With Philipp Wachsmann, Charlotte Hug and Ivar Grydeland
;Within HISS including with Tonny Kluften, Pat Thomas and Ivar Grydeland
;With Jaap Blonk and Ivar Grydeland
;As Ivar Grydeland/Thomas Lehn/Ingar Zach trio
;Within Huntsville trio including with Ivar Grydeland and Tonny Kluften
;Within Dans Les Arbres including with Ivar Grydeland, Xavier Charles and Christian Wallumrød
;LabField
;With Arve Henriksen