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Jon Balke
Born June 7, 1955 in Furnes, Norway, Jon Balke is a jazz pianist and leader of
the Magnetic North Orchestra. His older brother is saxophonist Erik Balke. He
began by playing classical piano but, at the age of 12, he switched to playing
blues. He joined Norwegian jazz bassist Arild Andersen’s quartet at the age of
18. In the early 1980s, he played in several bands before he began to work on
his own projects later that decade, becoming one of Norway’s jazz composers. His
separate musical projects include JøKleBa (featuring Audun Kleive and Per
Jørgensen), the Magnetic North Orchest...
