Jon Balke's Magnetic North Orchestra has lined up some fall tour dates and will also be recording for ECM Records in the near future. The band consists of Jon Balke on piano along with Peter Spissky (violin), Bjarte Eike (violin), Thomas Pitt (cello), Per Jørgensen (trumpet), Arve Henriksen (trumpet, also in Supersilent), Helge Norbakken (percussion), and Ingar Zach (percussion). The dates:

09/25 - Jeriko, Malmö (SWE)
09/26 - Bimhuis, Amsterdam
09/30 - New Morning, Paris (FRA) tbc
10/02 - Nordlys festival, Winterthur (SWI)
10/03 - Dornbirn (AUS)
10/04 - Copenhagen Jazz House (DK)
10/05 - Ultima festival, Oslo (NOR)
10/11 - GAS festival Gothenburg (SWE)
11/07 - Berliner Jazztage, Berlin (GER)

More info: www.magnetic.no/projects.html