Anton Eger (born 9 December 1980) is a Norwegian-Swedish jazz drummer, known from a series of recordings and collaborations with musicians like

Django Bates Django Bates (born Leon Bates, 2 October 1960) is a British jazz musician, composer, multi-instrumentalist, band leader and educator. He plays the piano, keyboards and the tenor horn. Bates has been described as "one of the most talented musici ...

Marius Neset Marius Søfteland Neset (born 2 January 1985 in Os, Hordaland) is a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone) living in Copenhagen. He is known from collaborations within the jazz bands "People Are Machines", "Kaktusch", " JazzKamikaze" and Django B ...

, Daniel Heløy Davidsen,

Ivo Neame Ivo Michael Beale Neame (born 13 March 1981) is a British jazz pianist and composer. In addition to leading his own bands he is a member of several European jazz groups including Phronesis, the Marius Neset Quintet, and the Kairos 4Tet. He ...

, and

Jasper Høiby Jasper Høiby (born 10 May 1977 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish Jazz musician (double bass) known for his virtuosity and high-energy eloquence. Career Høiby started to play the double bass in Denmark before he moved to the U.K. in 2001 to ...

Career

Eger studied jazz at the Copenhagen Rhythmic Music Conservatory under the guidance of

among others, and played drums on Bates' album ''Spring is Here (Shall We Dance?)'' (2008). Within the Scandinavian quintet JazzKamikaze, he participates on several album releases and appeared at various international jazz festivals

Kongsberg Jazzfestival Kongsberg Jazz Festival or Kongsberg Jazzfestival is an international jazz festival that has been held annually in Kongsberg, Norway, since 1964. Artists Several worldwide great artists have visited Kongsberg during this festival; internation ...

Moldejazz Molde International Jazz Festival (MIJF) or Moldejazz (established 1961 in Molde) takes place annually in July, and is known as one of the oldest jazz festivals in Europe. It was initiated by the local Storyville Jazz Club. Since 1964 it has r ...

North Sea Jazz Festival The North Sea Jazz Festival is an annual festival held each second weekend of July in the Netherlands at the Ahoy venue. It used to be in The Hague but since 2006 it has been held in Rotterdam. This is because the Statenhal where the festival wa ...

, Bangkok Jazz Festival, Rochester Jazz Festival, as well as being part of the opening of the annual Rio Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. He also collaborates within the trio

Phronesis ''Phronesis'' ( grc, φρόνησῐς, phrónēsis), translated into English by terms such as prudence, practical virtue and practical wisdom, or, colloquially, sense (as in "good sense", "horse sense") is an ancient Greek word for a type of ...

with double bassist

and pianist and saxophonist

. They have released six albums so far. Their 2010 album ''Alive'' was nominated jazz album of the year by ''

Jazzwise ''Jazzwise'', launched in 1997, is the UK jazz monthly magazine. ''Jazzwise'' has a broad sub-genre coverage, from jazz, improv, hard bop, and jazz-rock to bebop and classic jazz, and also covers jazz crossover, including jazz-funk, jazz hip-ho ...

'' and '' Mojo'' magazines.

Awards and honors

* 2005: Ung Jazz Award of the JazzDanmark * 2005: Young Nordic Jazz Comets, ''Mission I'', within JazzKamikaze * 2010: Album of the Year, ''Jazzwise'', for the album ''Alive'' within Phronesis * 2010: Album of the Year, ''MOJO'', for the album ''Alive'' within Phronesis

Discography

Solo albums

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: ''Æ'' (

Edition Records Edition Records is an independent record label that was founded in 2008 by pianist Dave Stapleton and photographer Tim Dickeson.JazzKamikaze *2005: ''Mission I'' (

Stunt Records Stunt Records is an independent record label formed in 1990 by Daniel Amos, Terry Scott Taylor, and Tom Gulotta. This is different from the Stunt Records which is a jazz record label in Denmark. Discography # The Swirling Eddies – ''Swirling ...

) *2007: ''Travelling at the speed of sound'' (Stunt Records) *2008: ''Emerging pilots'' EP (SevenSeas Music) *2009: ''The revolution's in your hands'' EP (SevenSeas Music) *2010: ''Supersonic revolutions'' (SevenSeas Music) *2012: ''The return of JazzKamikaze'' (Stunt Records) ;With

*2008: ''Spring is Here (Shall We Dance?)'' (Lost Marble), within StoRMChaser Big Band ;With

*2008: '' Suite for the Seven Mountains'' (Calibrated Records), within "People Are Machines» *2011: '' Golden Xplosion'' (Edition Records) *2013: ''

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'' (Edition Records) ;Within

, *2007: ''Organic Warfare'' (Loop) *2009: ''Green Delay'' (Loop) *2010: ''Alive'' (Edition Records) *2012: ''Walking Dark'' (Edition Records) *2016: ''Parallax'' (Edition Records) *2017: ''The Behemoth'' (Edition Records) *2018: ''We Are All'' (Edition Records) ;With The World (Swedish trio) *2010 ''There Is An Ocean Between Us'' (Hoob Jazz) ;With People Are Machines (

Petter Eldh Frans Petter Eldh (born 19 September 1983 in Gothenburg) is a Swedish jazz bass player and composer, who predominantly has worked first in Denmark, and since 2009 he has lived in Berlin. Biography Eldh was raised in a family of artists. At th ...

, Magnus Hjorth) *2007 "People Are Machines" (Calibrated Records) *2008 "Live in Getxo" ;With Kill Screen Music *2010: ''Us The Two-Headed Horse'' (

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) ;As featured artist *2012: ''Studio Tan'' (Prophone), with Per Lindvall ("Loungeloop")

References

External links

Anton Eger
on Myspace {{DEFAULTSORT:Eger, Anton 1980 births Living people Musicians from Copenhagen Swedish jazz drummers Swedish jazz composers Male jazz composers ACT Music artists 21st-century drummers 21st-century Swedish male musicians Phronesis (band) members JazzKamikaze members Edition Records artists Stunt Records artists