Morten Halle


Morten Halle is a Norwegian jazz musician, composer and music arranger. He was born in Oslo, and he is known from the city's jazz scene and from a series recordings.

Career

Halle participated in various small bands at the Oslo Jazz scene in the late 1970s, when he studied music at the University of Oslo 1981-86, he was with the band Cutting Edge, and from 1987 in a quartet with John Eberson, Bjørn Kjellemyr, and Finn Sletten/Pål Thowsen. He has also played with the big band Oslo 13, with Knut Værnes Band, Jon Balke, Søyr, Chipahua and Geir Holmsen Band. He has been in the lineups of Jazzpunkensemblet, Desafinado, Horns for Hire with Torbjørn Sunde and Jens Petter Antonsen,
Jon Balke's Magnetic North Orchestra, Geir Lysne Listening Ensemble, Søyr and Metropolitan. He has also appeared on releases by Helge Iberg, Jan Magne Førde, Jan Eggum, Marianne Antonsen og Jørun Bøgeberg.
Halle has written music for film, theater and ballet, as well as commissioned work only short stay Dølajazz Festival 1992, and composed music to the lysics of Jesper Halle, performed by Jonas Fjeld and Sidsel Endresen. He is a prominent figure in modern Norwegian jazz. His album releases include Alle tre, 2 and The Eagle, with Halle/Eberson Quartett.
Lately he leads his own trio with Anders Jormin and Svante Henryson, and the Morten Halle Qvartet' with Edvard Askeland, Torstein Lofthus and André Peterson/Vigleik Storaas.
Halle is a partner in the label "Curling Legs", is attached as associate professor at Norges Musikkhøgskole in Oslo, and former Chairman of TONO.

Discography (selection)

Solo projects

;With Cutting Edge
;Wirh Halle/Eberson Quartet
;With Anders Jormin and Svante Henryson
;With "Halles komet"
;With Marit Mathiesen
;With Sverre Kjelsberg
;With Ketil Stokkan
;With Øystein Sunde
;With Oslo 13
;With Ole Edvard Antonsen
;With Jon Balke and Magnetic North Orchestra
;With Jan Eggum
;With others