Lotte Anker

Lotte Anker (born 1958) is a Danish jazz saxophonist, and composer. With pianist Marilyn Crispell, she serves as one of the co-leaders of the Copenhagen Art Ensemble.

Lotte Anker
Lotte Anker in Aarhus 2016
Background information
Born	1958 Copenhagen, Denmark
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer
Instrument	Saxophone
Years active	1988–present
Labels	Dacapo, Utech, Leo, Intakt
Website	www.lotteanker.com

Musical career

Anker was born in Copenhagen and studied music at Copenhagen University from 1980 to 1984. In 1988, she formed a quartet with piano player Mette Petersen, (the Lotte Anker / Mette Petersen Quartet). In 1992, they added trumpeter Nils Petter Molvær. In 1995, she became a member of the free improvising trio Anker, Friis, Poulsen with Hasse Poulsen on guitar and Peter Friis Nielsen on bass.

Since 1996, Anker and Ture Larsen have been co-leaders of the 12-piece orchestra Copenhagen Art Ensemble.^[1] She recorded the albums Triptych, Live at the Loft and Floating Islands with pianist Craig Taborn, and drummer Gerald Cleaver.^[2][3][4]

Discography

• Beyond the Mist (Stunt, 1989)
• Being (Stunt, 1993)
• Infinite Blueness (Av-Art, 1996)
• Poetic Justice (Dacapo, 2001)
• Six Row Barley (Utech, 2005)
• Triptych (Leo, 2005)
• Alien Huddle (Intakt, 2008)^[5][6]
• Live at the Loft (ILK, 2009)
• Floating Islands (ILK, 2009)
• Birthmark (Clean Feed, 2013)
• Squid Police (Konvoj, 2014) with Jakob Riis
• What River Is This (ILK, 2014)
• Edge of the Light (Intakt, 2014) with Fred Frith
• Plodi (Klopotec, 2017)
• His Flight's at Ten (Iluso, 2018) with Pat Thomas, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Ståle Liavik Solberg

With Tim Berne

• Open, Coma (Screwgun, 2001)

With Fred Frith

• Storytelling (Intuition, 2017)

With Fred Frith Trio

• Road (Intakt, 2021)