Karin Krog | |
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 Krog in concert in 2015 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 15 May 1937 Oslo, Norway |
| Genres | Vocal jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, composer |
| Labels | Meantime |
| Website | karinkrog |
Karin Krog (born 15 May 1937) is a Norwegian jazz singer.
Karin Krog | |
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| Krog in concert in 2015 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 15 May 1937 Oslo, Norway |
| Genres | Vocal jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, composer |
| Labels | Meantime |
| Website | karinkrog |
Karin Krog (born 15 May 1937) is a Norwegian jazz singer.
Krog began singing jazz as a teenager and attracted attention while performing in jam sessions in Oslo. In 1955, she was hired by the pianist Kjell Karlsen to sing in his sextet. [1] [2] In 1962, she started her first band, and that same year she became a student of the Norwegian-American singer Anne Brown. Krog studied with Brown until 1969. In the 1960s, she performed with the rhythm and blues band Public Enemies, releasing the hit singles "Sunny" and "Watermelon Man". [1] [2] [3]
She has worked with Vigleik Storaas, Jacob Young, Terje Rypdal, Arild Andersen, Jan Garbarek, Dexter Gordon, Kenny Drew, Don Ellis, Steve Kuhn, Archie Shepp, Paul Bley, John Surman, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Red Mitchell, and Bengt Hallberg. [1] [2] [4] [5] In 1994, she became the first Norwegian musician to have an album released by Verve Records. The album Jubilee was a compilation of songs from her thirty-year career. [2]
Krog is the great granddaughter of Anders Heyerdahl (1832–1918), a Norwegian composer, musician, genealogist, folklorist and local historian. She was married (1957–2001) to the jazz journalist Johannes (Johs.) Bergh (1932–2001). [1] [2] Her long-term partner is British jazz multi-insrtrumentalist John Surman. [6]
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Johannes Eick is a Norwegian bassist, the son of bassist and vibraphonist Jürgen Eick, and the older brother of musicians Trude Eick and Mathias Eick. In his youth he played in the band «Kix», with Elin Rosseland (1982–86), but is most known for cooperations with Karin Krog, John Surman, Vigleik Storaas, Christian Wallumrød, Sidsel Endresen and Hans Mathisen.
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Magne Thormodsæter is a Norwegian jazz musician and composer, known from a dozen releases and cooperations with the likes of Terje Rypdal, Ståle Storløkken, Paolo Vinaccia, Karin Krog and John Surman.
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Espen Rud is a Norwegian jazz musician (drums), composer, and music arranger, and the son of Norwegian author Nils Johan Rud (1908–93). He is known from numerous recordings and in collaboration with Karin Krog and Dexter Gordon, within Terje Rypdal's trio Min Bul, or the absurd musical theater of Svein Finnerud Trio.
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