Lotte Anker

Danish jazz saxophonist, and composer

Lotte Anker
Lotte Anker in Aarhus 2016
Background information
Born	1958 Copenhagen, Denmark
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer
Instrument(s)	Saxophone
Years active	1988–present
Labels	Dacapo, Utech, Leo, Intakt

Website	www.lotteanker.com

Musical artist

Lotte Anker (born 1958 Copenhagen) is a Danish jazz saxophonist, and composer. With pianist Marilyn Crispell, she serves as one of the co-leaders of the Copenhagen Art Ensemble.

Musical career

Anker studied music at the 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.^[1] She recorded the albums Triptych, Live at the Loft and Floating Islands with pianist Craig Taborn, and drummer Gerald Cleaver.^[2]^[3]^[4]

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)^[5]^[6]
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)

References

^ "All About Jazz". allaboutjazz.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-22. Retrieved 2014-09-21.
^ "Jazz Reviews: Live at the Loft Lotte Anker/Craig Taborn/Gerald Cleaver - By Steve Greenlee — Jazz Articles". jazztimes.com. Archived from the original on 2016-09-18. Retrieved 2014-09-21.
^ "Music and More: Lotte Anker w/ Craig Taborn and Gerald Cleaver - Live at the Loft (ILK, 2009)". jazzandblues.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2014-09-21.
^ "Free Jazz: Lotte Anker, Craig Taborn, Gerald Cleaver - Live At The Loft (ILK, 2009)". freejazz-stef.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2014-09-21.
^ "Lotte Anker Discography at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-09-21.
^ "Lotte Anker Discography and Music at CD Universe". cduniverse.com. Retrieved 2014-09-21.