Jon Christensen
Jon Christensen (1943-2020) was a Norwegian jazz drummer, born in Oslo, who played on dozens of ECM records from the label's first years onward. He is best known for his work with Jan Garbarek, Keith Jarrett's European quartet, Bobo Stenson, Terje Rypdal and the band Masqualero with Arild Andersen. Christensen started out at Oslo's Metropol Jazz Club, backing visitors such as Bud Powell and Dexter Gordon, and played in the Karin Krog Quartet. In 1969 he recorded George Russell Presents The Esoteric Circle with Garbarek, Rypdal and Andersen, followed by Afric Pepperbird (1970) on ECM.
