Torben Waldorff

Electric powered guitarist Torben Waldorff was created in Faaborg, Denmark, July 6, 1963 and was raised in Copenhagen. A few of his early affects included Jimi Hendrix, the Moving Rocks, John Mayall, Albert Ruler, Frank Zappa, Lou Reed, and David Bowie. But he changed into jazz upon hearing Sonny Rollins, Gerry Mulligan, and specifically Miles Davis, Climate Survey, and Stanley Clarke. He went to the Berklee University of Music from 1984 to 1988, fulfilled saxophonist Donny McCaslin, plus they jammed jointly in NY while fomenting the thought of putting an organization as well as drummer Jon Wikan and bassist Matt Clohesy. While at Berklee in Boston, the guitarist majored in jazz structure and agreement with Supplement Pomeroy, and examined privately with Charlie Banacos. One of is own greatest affects may be the 1961 Jimmy Giuffre trio with Steve Swallow and Paul Bley. The noises of Duke Ellington and Ornette Coleman emerged later, and much more straight influenced his modern music. He was employed in Boston region night clubs with Sam Newsome and Jim Dark, but Waldorff transferred back again to Copenhagen within the Oresund region that’s near Malmo, Sweden in 1989, eventually collaborating with Tomas Franck, Anders Bergcrantz, Bob Rockwell, and Christian Minh Doky, and brought Newsome, Ben Perowsky, and Ingrid Jensen in from NY for festival schedules. Waldorff provides since created and performed many orchestral functions on fee. His initial CDs under his very own name had been released in 1999 for the Swedish label L.J. Information, using the No Bass Music group titled Hello Globe, accompanied by Squealfish in 2004. His debut American produces consist of Brilliance in 2006 and Afterburn in 2008, both released for the Musician Share label. Various other musicians he spent some time working with consist of Allison Miller, David Berkman, Hans Glawischnig, Gary Thomas, Karl-Martin Almqvist, Joel Miller, Christine Jensen, Maria Schneider, Geoff Keezer, Sam Yahel, and Fraser Hollins.