Atle Bakken
| Atle Bakken photo by Nelly Loriaux | |
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Atle Bakken at Pikes ibiza
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Atle Bakken |
| Born |
7 March 1970 Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway |
| Genres | Rock, pop, jazz, reggae |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, Musician, record producer |
| Instruments | Organ, synthesizer, keyboards, piano |
| Years active | 1982-present |
| Associated acts | The Police, Stevie Wonder, Andraé Crouch, Snoop Dogg, Diana Ross |
| Website | atlebakken.com |
| Notable instruments | |
| Synclavier, Hammond B3 | |
Atle Bakken (born 7 March 1970 in Sandefjord, Norway), is a composer, performer and producer from Norway, known on both sides of the Atlantic, through his work with Stevie Wonder, Sting, Diana Ross, Andy Summers, Snoop Dogg, Andraé Crouch and scoring credits such as the Fox/HBO award-winning TV comedy series Martin, starring Martin Lawrence.
Atle Bakken started his music involvement at 5 years of age by copying Glenn Miller's “Moonlight Serenade” on a Hohner melodica. He took up classical studies at 10 with Dr. Norbert Bojanowski, going though the repertoire of Grieg, Bach, Mozart and Liszt, and the likes. At 14 Bakken started his own organ jazz trio and started to perform concerts in the spirit of Larry Young and Jimmy Smith, and recorded his first radio show (at NRK). He also started performing R&B and soul with a band a la Tower of Power. At age 15, Bakken was discovered by Sony Music A&R, Kristian Lindeman by having recorded his own material for local talent scout & manager, Fredrik Friis.
Bakken was noted nationally in Norway at age 19, at the annual Jazz Symposium in Søgne, Norway in 1980. Jazz notables such as Radka Toneff, Arild Andersen and Jon Eberson heard his talent among other students such as Sidsel Endresen and Eivind Aarseth. Eberson invited Atle to join his newly founded band, Jon Eberson Group, which through Kristian Lindeman went to break all records in terms of sales for a “jazz” group in Norway, and in general, selling more than 250,000 albums. Atle consequently joined Sony Music as a producer and arranger for their Norwegian roster.
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