Olav Dale Explained

Olav Dale
Birth Date:30 October 1958
Birth Place:Voss, Norway
Genre:Jazz
Occupation:Musician
Instrument:Saxophone
Past Member Of:Bergen Big Band

Olav Dale (30 October 1958 – 10 October 2014) was a Norwegian composer, orchestra leader and jazz saxophonist. In addition to saxophone he played other woodwinds.[1] He received little formal education in music, but he completed studies at the Voss Folk High School and the Toneheim Folk High School (1976–78).[2] [3]

Biography

After the debut at Vossajazz (1974) with the Voss Storband, Dale recorded with Bergen-based orchestras like the Bergen Blues Band (1975–84), Bergen Big Band with eg Knut Kristiansen's Monk Moods (1980), and with various multi-national orchestras like 'Son Mu' and 'The Gambian/Norwegian Friendship Orchestra'. He also played the winds on several releases with Dag Arnesen, such as 'Ny Bris' and 'Son Mu', and in the Oslo based bands like: 'E'Olen', Oslo 13 and 'Lille Frøen Saxofonkvartett'.[4]

He started his own Quartet in 1995 and Olav Dale Quartet on the 1997 recording was Dag Arnesen (piano), Sébastien Dubé (bass) and Frank Jakobsen (drums). For the 2007 edition of the O. D. Quartet the line up is: Erik H. Halvorsen (keyboards), Stein Inge Brækhus (drums), Torbjørn Hillersøy (electric bass), and with this band Dale headed for India in the beginning of 2005 where he toured extensively the years to come.[5] [6] He also contributed on Jan Alexander Grieg & Arvid Genius' Reunion blues (1985)[7] and Didrik Ingvaldsen's (History & movement).[8]

During the 1990s he also played with great international jazz names such as Philip Catherine, Paquito D'Rivera, Claudio Roditi, Gustavo Bergalli, Phil Woods, Andy Shepherd, Bennie Wallace, Joe Henderson, Maria Schneider, Martial Solal, Diana Krall, Mathias Rüegg and Gianluigi Trovesi.[2]

When Dale died October 10, 2014, after a period of illness, his family constituted a memorial fund. The first recipient of Olav Dale's Memorial Award was his Bergen Big Band.[9] [10]

Band projects

Awards

Discography

As leader

As sideman

With Dag Arnesen's Ny Bris

With Bergen Big Band

With Gambian/Norwegian Friendship Orchestra

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vakkert og inderlig . 2007-04-03 . Norwegian . Nett Avisen side2.no.
  2. Web site: Olav Dale Biography from jazzbasen . Norwegian . 2009-01-31 . Norsk Jazzarkiv MIC.no.
  3. Web site: Olav Dale er gått bort . Norwegian . . 2014-10-11.
  4. Web site: Olav Dale Biography - Store Norske Leksikon. 18 June 2024 .
  5. Web site: Til India for å holde koken - Rikskonsertene.no . 2012-06-26 . https://archive.today/20130222232419/http://www.rikskonsertene.no/Nyheter/Nyhet/ . 2013-02-22 . dead . (in Norwegian)
  6. Web site: Konsert med Olav Dale og lokale gjester - LinTicket.no . dead . https://archive.today/20130224073440/http://www.linticket.no/program/MaiJazz/vis.php3?Arr=00000000654 . 2013-02-24 . (in Norwegian)
  7. Web site: Arvid Genius - NRK Jazz. 26 November 2010 . (in Norwegian)
  8. Web site: Review of History & movement - Dagbladet.no. 18 January 2000 . (in Norwegian)
  9. Web site: Til minne om Olav Dale . Norwegian . Vestnorsk.JazzINorge.no . 2014-10-14 . 2015-05-29.
  10. Web site: Olav Dales minnepris til Bergen Big Band . Norwegian . JazzINorge.no . 2015-05-29 . 2015-05-29.
  11. Web site: Olav Dale Quintet Little waltz . NorCD.no .
  12. Web site: Olav Dale - Dabrhahi Review . Erling Wicklund . 30 March 2007 . Norwegian . Kultur og Underholdning NRK.no.

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