# Audun Kleive

Audun Kleive (born 20 October 1961) is a Norwegian jazz drummer. He was raised in Skien and is the son of organist Kristoffer Kleive and brother of organist Iver Kleive.

## Career

Kleive began to play drums in a rock and dance band, and then went to Oslo, where he studied at the Norwegian Academy of Music. He joined the jazz-rock groups Lotus (1981–83) and Oslo 13 (1981–84), and made his recording debut with the album Anti-therapy in 1983. Described as one of the "leading lights in the Oslo Nu-jazz scene", he made his distinctive contribution to groups like Terje Rypdal's Chasers, Per Jørgensen's JøKleBa and Jon Balke's Magnetic North Orchestra as well as Marilyn Mazur & Future Song.
Kleive has released the albums, Bitt (1996–97), Generator X (2000) and Ohmagoddabl (2004) on Bugge Wesseltoft's label, Jazzland. In 2010 he gave a concert as a duet with the jazz tenorist Petter Wettre. The concert was recorded and released on the album The Only Way to Travel 2 (2011), as a follow-up of the 2000 volume 1 album. In 2013 he was engaged for a set on the Music Festival 'Punktfestivalen' in Kristiansand, where he also collaborated on recordings for the album Crime scenes (2006) with Jan Bang and Erik Honoré among others.

## Awards and honors

* 1999: Kongsberg Jazz Award

## Discography
### As leader

* Music for Men and Machines (Curling Legs, 1993)
* Audun Kleive Generator X (Jazzland/EmArcy, 2000)
* Ohmagoddabl (Jazzland, 2004)
* Attack (POLselection, 2012)
* Release (POLselection, 2012)
With 1300 Oslo
* Anti-Therapy (Odin, 1983)
* Off Balance (Odin, 1988)
* Live (Curling Legs, 1993)
* Live in the North (Curling Legs, 2001)
With Entra
* Live Lights (Timeless, 1989)
* Ballet (LJ, 1992)
* In Concert (LJ, 1998)
With Jokleba
* Jokleba! (Norsk 1993)
* Live! (Curling Legs, 1996)
* Jokleba! & Nu Jok? (EmArcy/Universal 2011)
* Outland (ECM, 2014)
With Scheen Jazzorkester
* God Tro, Feil Frakk (Grong Music, 2013)
* Magne Rutle Blane (Grong Music, 2015)
* PoliturPassiarer (Losen, 2017)
* Tamanoar (Losen, 2017)
* Commuter Report (Losen, 2018)

### As sideman

With Jon Balke
* On and On (Odin, 1991)
* Nonsentration (ECM, 1992)
* Further (ECM, 1994)
* Kyanos (ECM, 2002)
With Kari Bremnes
* Tid a Hausta Inn (Pa Norsk, 1983)
* Mitt Ville Hjerte (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 1987)
* Bla Krukke (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 1989)
* Losrivelse (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 1993)
With Arve Henriksen
* Chiaroscuro (Rune Grammofon, 2004)
* Cartography (ECM, 2008)
* The Nature of Connections (Rune Grammofon, 2014)
* Composograph (Arve Music 2018)
With Jan Gunnar Hoff
* Syklus (Odin, 1993)
* Moving (Curling Legs, 1995)
* Crosslands (Curling Legs, 1998)
* In Town (Curling Legs, 2003)
* Magma (Grappa, 2008)
* Jan Gunnar Hoff Group Featuring Mike Stern (Losen, 2018)
* Polarity (2L, 2018)
With Marilyn Mazur
* Marilyn Mazur's Future Song (veraBra, 1992)
* Small Labyrinths (ECM, 1997)
* All the Birds Reflecting + Adventurous (Stunt, 2002)
* Daylight Stories (Stunt, 2004)
With Terje Rypdal
* Chaser (ECM, 1985)
* Blue (ECM, 1987)
* The Singles Collection (ECM, 1989)
* Rypdal & Tekro (RCA, 1994)
* If Mountains Could Sing (ECM, 1995)
* Rypdal & Tekro II (Grappa, 1997)
* The Radiosong (Beatheaven, 2002)
With others
* Eivind Aarset, Dream Logic (ECM, 2012)
* Ab und Zu, Spark of Life (Curling Legs, 2002)
* Arild Andersen, If You Look Far Enough (ECM, 1993)
* Stefano Bollani, Napoli Trip (Decca, 2016)
* Armen Donelian, Trio '87 (Odin, 1988)
* Pierre Dorge, The Jazzpar Prize (Enja, 1992)
* Jon Eberson, Stash (Odin, 1986)
* Jon Eberson, Pigs and Poetry (CBS, 1987)
* Mathias Eick, The Door (ECM, 2008)
* Jan Eggum, Dacapo (Sigma Music 1990)
* Jan Eggum, President (Grappa, 2002)
* Sidsel Endresen, Undertow (Jazzland/EmArcy, 2000)
* Extended Noise, Slow But Sudden Langsam, Aber Plotzlich (Odin, 1990)
* Anne-Marie Giortz, Breaking Out (Hot Club, 1983)
* Sigmund Groven & Arve Tellefsen, Musikken Inni Oss (Polydor, 1981)
* Thomas Gustafsson, T.G. Evil Orchestra (Dragon, 1999)
* Bendik Hofseth, Colours (Sonet/Verve 1997)
* Per Husby, Notes for Nature (Odin, 1990)
* Anders Jormin, Eight Pieces (Dragon, 1988)
* Rune Klakegg & Scheen Jazzorkester, Fjon (Losen, 2016)
* Olga Konkova & Carl Morten Iversen & Audun Kleive, Going with the Flow (Curling Legs, 1997)
* Fredrik Lundin, People, Places, Times and Faces (Storyville, 1993)
* Magnetic North Orchestra, Solarized (Emarcy, 1999)
* Rita Marcotulli, Koine (Storie Di Note 2002)
* Hans Mathisen, Moving Forward (Curling Legs, 2019)
* Nils Petter Molvaer, Hamada Sula, (EmArcy, 2009)
* Silje Nergaard, One of These Mornings & My Funny Valentine (Philips, 1984)
* Lina Nyberg, Brasilien (Prophone, 2001)
* Steinar Ofsdal, Vestenfor Mane (Slager, 1989)
* Punkt, Crime Scenes (Punkt 2006)
* Live Maria Roggen, Apokaluptein (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 2016)
* David Sylvian, Sleepwalkers (Samadhisound, 2010)
* Hans Ulrik, Slow Procession (Stunt, 2009)
* Bugge Wesseltoft, New Conception of Jazz (Jazzland, 1997)