Lotte Anker

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

Musical career
Anker studied music at the 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. She recorded the albums Triptych, Live at the Loft and Floating Islands with pianist Craig Taborn, and drummer Gerald Cleaver.

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)
 * 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)