Jon Balke

Norwegian pianist Jon Balke can be an avant-garde-leaning musician having a bent toward mixing different stylistic influences, including modern jazz, post-bop, rock and roll, folk, world, and traditional. He released his debut recording, On and On, in 1991. A yr later he produced his ECM debut with Nonsentration. An associate from the Magnetic North Orchestra, Balke in addition has released many albums using the ensemble, including Kaynos in 2002 and Diverted Moves in 2004. In ’09 2009, Balke combined up with a likewise inclined band of music artists — including trumpeter Jon Hassell, violinist Kheir Eddine M’Kachiche, vocalist Amina Alaoui, for 2009’s Siwan. A yr later he kept the piano seat on Lars Möller’s 2010’s day Trialogue on Imogena (the gorup also included Morten Lund). Balke constructed his personal group Batagraf for 2013’s State And Play. The ensemble was fronted by way of a vocalist, included piano, consumer electronics, and ten percussionists. After touring with this group, Balke had taken time and energy to reassess. When he do emerge, it had been with 2016’s Warp, some compositions for single piano, vocalists, simple digital soundscapes, and field recordings.