Lotte Anker
Lotte Anker (born 1958) is a Danish jazz saxophonist, and composer.
Lotte Anker
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- Name
- Lotte Anker
- Born
- 1958
- Birthplace
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Occupation
- Musician, composer
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Fields
- jazz
- Languages
- Danish
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• Name — Lotte Anker • Landscape — yes • Born — 1958 • Birthplace — Copenhagen, Denmark • Genre — Jazz • Occupation — Musician, composer • Instrument — Saxophone • Years Active — 1988–present • Label — Dacapo, Utech, Leo, Intakt • Website — www.lotteanker.com
Musical career
Musical career
Anker was born in Copenhagen and studied music at Copenhagen University from 1980 to 1984. In 1988, she formed a quartet with piano player Mette Petersen, (the Lotte Anker / Mette Petersen Quartet). In 1992, they added trumpeter Nils Petter Molvær. In 1995, she became a member of the free improvising trio Anker, Friis, Poulsen with Hasse Poulsen on guitar and Peter Friis Nielsen on bass. Since 1996, Anker and Ture Larsen have been co-leaders of the 12-piece orchestra Copenhagen Art Ensemble. She recorded the albums Triptych, Live at the Loft and Floating Islands with pianist Craig Taborn, and drummer Gerald Cleaver.
Discography
• Beyond the Mist (Stunt, 1989) • Being (Stunt, 1993) • Infinite Blueness (Av-Art, 1996) • Poetic Justice (Dacapo, 2001) • Six Row Barley (Utech, 2005) • Triptych (Leo, 2005) • Alien Huddle (Intakt, 2008) • Live at the Loft (ILK, 2009) • Floating Islands (ILK, 2009) • Birthmark (Clean Feed, 2013) • Squid Police (Konvoj, 2014) with Jakob Riis • What River Is This (ILK, 2014) • Edge of the Light (Intakt, 2014) with Fred Frith • Plodi (Klopotec, 2017) • His Flight's at Ten (Iluso, 2018) with Pat Thomas, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Ståle Liavik Solberg With Tim Berne • Open, Coma (Screwgun, 2001) With Fred Frith • Storytelling (Intuition, 2017) With Fred Frith Trio • Road (Intakt, 2021)
Bildinhalt: Lotte Anker bei einem Auftritt im Frankfurter Palmengarten
Photograph: Frank C. Müller, Frankfurt am Main · Frank C. Müller · Self-photographed
Bildinhalt: Lotte Anker bei einem Auftritt im Frankfurter Palmengarten
Photograph: Frank C. Müller, Frankfurt am Main · Frank C. Müller · Self-photographed
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Lotte Anker is recorded as composer, saxophonist and musician.
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