# Ditlef Eckhoff
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{{Short description|Norwegian jazz trumpeter}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|06|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Stokke](/source/Stokke), [Vestfold](/source/Vestfold)
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| origin = [Norway](/source/Norway)
| instrument = Trumpet
| genre = [Jazz](/source/Jazz)
| occupation = Musician, composer
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| website = {{URL|www.jazzorakel.no/o/Person:Ditlef_Eckhoff}}
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'''Ditlef Eckhoff''' (born 21 June 1942) is a [Norwegian](/source/Norwegians) jazz musician (trumpet) known from numerous recordings and central to the [Oslo](/source/Oslo) Jazz Scene.[{{cite encyclopedia |title=Ditlef Eckhoff Biography |language=Norwegian |first=Johs |last=Bergh |publisher=[Store Norske Leksikon](/source/Store_Norske_Leksikon) |url=http://snl.no/Ditlef_Eckhoff |accessdate=2013-09-28}}][{{cite web|url=http://www.mic.no/nmi.nsf/doc/art2006052314143347914396 |title=Eckhoff, Ditlef Biography |language=Norwegian |publisher=Norsk Jazzarkiv |date=31 January 2009 |accessdate=2013-09-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002032543/http://www.mic.no/nmi.nsf/doc/art2006052314143347914396 |archivedate=2 October 2013 |df=dmy }}][{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Ditlef+Eckhoff |title=Ditlef Eckhoff Discography |language=Norwegian |publisher=Discogs.com |accessdate=2013-09-28}}]
== Career ==
Eckhoff was born in [Stokke](/source/Stokke), where he was active on the music scene. He led his own ensembles, won the Norwegian championship in jazz (1958), started Tønsberg jazz club (1958) and was the first head of the Tønsberg Society of Jazz & Poetry (1967). He resided in [Oslo](/source/Oslo) since 1959, and here he played with [Einar Iversen](/source/Einar_Iversen) (1959), [Kristian Bergheim](/source/Kristian_Bergheim) (1959), [Arild Wikstrøm](/source/Arild_Wikstr%C3%B8m), [Egil Kapstad](/source/Egil_Kapstad) and [Egil Johansen](/source/Egil_Johansen_(musician)). He studied education theory and trumpet at the [Norwegian Academy of Music](/source/Norwegian_Academy_of_Music) (1969–74) and participated in the University Big Band in Oslo (Chair 1974–1976). Eckhoff collaborated with international jazz greats such as [Phil Woods](/source/Phil_Woods)/[George Russell](/source/George_Russell_(composer)) (1967), [Dizzy Gillespie](/source/Dizzy_Gillespie) at [Kongsberg Jazzfestival](/source/Kongsberg_Jazzfestival) (1971), [Red Mitchell](/source/Red_Mitchell)/[Kenny Drew](/source/Kenny_Drew) at [NRK](/source/NRK) Radio (1973), [Dexter Gordon](/source/Dexter_Gordon) at [Vossajazz](/source/Vossajazz) (1975), and [Horace Parlan](/source/Horace_Parlan) (1980/83).
Later he has led his own quintet and moved to [Nice](/source/Nice) in France.[ He led the Ditlef Eckhoff Quintet at [Herr Nilsen Jazz Club](/source/Herr_Nilsen_Jazz_Club) in Oslo 2012.][{{cite web |url=http://www.oslojazzforum.no/ditlef-eckhoff-kvintett-3 |title=Ditlef Eckhoff Kvintett På Herr Nilsen |language=Norwegian |publisher=OsloJazzforum.no |accessdate=2013-09-28 |archive-date=7 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307173852/http://www.oslojazzforum.no/ditlef-eckhoff-kvintett-3 |url-status=dead }}]
== Discography ==
=== Solo albums ===
*1980: ''Live at Jazz Alive'', with [Knut Riisnæs](/source/Knut_Riisn%C3%A6s) (saxophone), [Ole Jacob Hansen](/source/Ole_Jacob_Hansen) (drums), [Eivin Sannes](/source/Eivin_Sannes) (piano) & [Kaj Hartvigsen](/source/Kaj_Hartvigsen) (bass)
*1997: ''Impressions of [Antibes](/source/Antibes)'' (Gemini Records), with [Eric Reed](/source/Eric_Reed_(musician)) live from scenes like Cosmopolite in Oslo[
*1998: ''Pastor'n & Diffen'' (Hi-Di), with [Einar Iversen](/source/Einar_Iversen) (piano), [Odd André Elveland](/source/Odd_Andr%C3%A9_Elveland) (saxophone), [Mats Eilertsen](/source/Mats_Eilertsen) (bass) & [Ole Jacob Hansen](/source/Ole_Jacob_Hansen) (drums)
*1999: ''Merry Christmas'', with [Jan Erik Kongshaug](/source/Jan_Erik_Kongshaug) (guitar) & [Sture Janson](/source/Sture_Janson)/[Harald Johnsen](/source/Harald_Johnsen) bass (istedenfor Elveland og Eilertsen)
*2007: ''Jazz au bord de mer'', with Jan Berger (guitar) & [Eddy Gaulein-Stef](/source/Eddy_Gaulein-Stef) (bass)
=== Collaborations ===
;With [Terje Rypdal](/source/Terje_Rypdal)
*1968: ''Bleak House'' ([Polydor](/source/Polydor_Records)/[Universal](/source/Universal_Music), Norway)][
;With other projects
*2003: ''Bjørn Johansen in memoriam''
== References ==
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== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131002032543/http://www.mic.no/nmi.nsf/doc/art2006052314143347914396 Eckhoff, Ditlef Biografphy] at Norsk Musikkinformasjon
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