Daniel Rorke

Daniel Rorke is a tenor and soprano saxophonist from Australia who is now reside in Norway. He grew up on Billen Cliffs commune outside of the town Nimbin, in Northern New South Wales. Rorke holds a Bachelor of Jazz Studies with first class honour from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and a Masters degree in jazz performance from the Norwegian University of Science and Techology "Jazzlinja" in Trondheim. While in Sydney, he studied with American musicians Gordon Brisker and William Motzing, Australians Dale Barlow, Dave Panichi and Col Loughnan and New Zealand pianist Mike Nock. He also studied the history of contemporary composition with Richard Toop and Shakuhachi with grand master Riley Lee. While in the United States, Rorke took private lessons with pianist Kenny Werner and saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi.^[1] Between 2002 and 2005 he lived in Reykjavik, Iceland where he toured and recorded with a number of prominent Icelandic musicians and performed on the recording Dansaðu fíflið þitt, which featured the music of Icelandic bassist Thomas R. Einarsson and won Icelandic Jazz Recording of the Year in 2004.^[2] In 2008 Rorke moved to Trondheim, Norway, to undertake studies at NTNU conservatorie. While there he studied with John Pål Inderberg and took composition lessons with Terje Bjørkland, Odd Johan Overøye and Henning Sommerø. He currently runs Satu, an independent record label for jazz and improvised music which has released 2 records so far: The Mismeasure of Man by Fear of Faces, and San'an by Daniel Rorke.^[3] In 2011 he toured Norway with the Australian pianist Alister Spence and his trio of Canadian bass player Joe Williamson and the Swedish percussionist Christopher Cantillo.^[4]

References

1. ^ Allen, Christine. "Daniel Rorke at Jazzcds". Jazz Cds. http://www.jazzcds.co.uk/artist_id_1303/. Retrieved 24 March 2011. 
2. ^ Stephensen, Ólafur Þ.. "Íslensku tónlistarverðlaunin 2004" (in Icelandic). Vísir. http://visir.is/islensku-tonlistarverdlaunin---mugison-med-fimm-tilnefningar/article/200460113054. Retrieved 24 March 2011. 
3. ^ Ricci, Michael. "Daniel Rorke". All About Jazz. http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=1865. Retrieved 24 March 2011. 
4. ^ Solberg, Jarl. "The Alister Spence Trio with special guest". Nordic Black Theatre. http://new.msinnvik.no/2011/01/the-alister-spence-trio/. Retrieved 24 March 2011. 

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