Barnas Jazzhus is a jazz club in Norway specializing in concerts and concepts where children perform jazz. Barnas Jazzhus has presented concerts on several venues in the Oslo area, including Nasjonal jazzscene, which is the main stage for jazz in Norway. [1]
In 2012 Barnas Jazzhus developed a concert series called Barnas Jazzcafé. Later the same year the international festival Kids in Jazz was established. These events brought a lot of attention to the concept, and Barnas Jazzhus was awarded Jazz Club of the Year in Norway in 2013. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Consequently, the concept was spread to several towns and venues in Norway, and also to other countries, including the clubs Hallstairs and Kamihikoki in Sapporo, and the club "Hey Joe" in Yokohama, Japan. In spring 2014 Barnas Jazzhus established a cooperation with Kampenjazz about the Norwegian celebration of UNESCO's International Jazz Day. Again kids from several countries got together to perform, and to develop musical friendships across borders. In August 2014, the founder of Barnas Jazzhus, Odd André Elveland, received the award Ella-prisen for his work with children and jazz. [1] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]
Urban Connection is a Norwegian Jazz trio, awarded the title of “Young Jazz Musicians of the Year” in 1998, at Norway’s prestigious Molde International Jazz Festival, forerunner of today's Jazz Intro Award, and has since appeared at numerous clubs and festivals, both at home and abroad.
Gisle Torvik is a Norwegian jazz musician (guitar) from Tørvikbygd in Hardanger.
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Hanna Paulsberg is a Norwegian Jazz musician and composer.
Norsk Jazzforum or The Norwegian Jazz Forum is a member and interest organization that gathers the Norwegian jazz community, and works to promote the Norwegian jazz in terms of cultural policy and the arts.
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The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2015 in Norwegian music.
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2016 in Norwegian music.
The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 2015.
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This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 2015.
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