1300 Oslo

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1300 Oslo
Also known asOslo 13
OriginOslo, Norway
GenresJazz and big bands
Years active1980-1993
LabelsOdin Records, Curling Legs, ECM Records
Members, Nils Petter Molvær, Jens Petter Antonsen, , , Torbjørn Sunde, , , , Morten Halle, Tore Brunborg, Odd Riisnæs, , Erik Balke, Olav Dale, , Trygve Seim, , , Audun Kleive, Jon Christensen, Carl Morten Iversen, Jon Balke

1300 Oslo (active from 1979 in Oslo, Norway) was a Norwegian jazz band originally called Oslo 13 (1979–93), founded and operated the first two years by and continuated by Jon Balke.[1] In 1994 the band got a joint leadership with Trygve Seim, Morten Halle and Torbjørn Sunde, and changed their name.[2]

The band's first release was the album Anti-therapy (1981). Oslo 13 was awarded Spellemannprisen in 1988 for the album Off balance.[3] The follow up Nonsentration (1992) also was an acclaimed album. The last album from Oslo 13 was a live album from 1992.

Band members[]

Discography[]

  • 1981: Anti therapy (Odin)
  • 1988: Off balance (Odin)
  • 1992: Nonsentration (ECM)
  • 1992: Live (Curling Legs)
  • 2001: Live in the North (Curling Legs)

References[]

  1. ^ "Jon Balke Biography" (in Norwegian). Moldejazz.no. Archived from the original on 2016-07-19. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
  2. ^ "1300 Oslo: Live In the North". ListenTo.no.
  3. ^ "Carl Morten Iversen Biography" (in Norwegian). Store Norske Leksikon SNL.no.
  4. ^ "Morten Halle Biography" (in Norwegian). Store Norske Leksikon SNL.no.
  5. ^ "Kleive, Audun Biography" (in Norwegian). Ballade.no. Archived from the original on 2013-05-30.
Awards
Preceded by
Bjørn Johansen
Recipient of the Jazz Spellemannprisen
1989
Succeeded by
Egil Kapstad
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