Sidsel Endresen

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Sidsel Endresen
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Performing in Frankfurt am Main in 2010
Background information
Born (1952-06-19) 19 June 1952 (age 72)
Norway
GenresVocal
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active1980s–present
Labels ECM
Website sidselendresen.com

Sidsel Endresen (born 19 June 1952) is a Norwegian singer, composer, and actress. She was part of the Jon Eberson group. Since 1987, Endresen has pursued a successful solo career, recording for ECM. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Contents

Career

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Sidsel Endresen
Endresen and Dan Berglund with Jazzland Night at Vossajazz 2016. DanBerglund-SidselEndresen-Vossajazz2016.jpg
Endresen and Dan Berglund with Jazzland Night at Vossajazz 2016.

Endresen was one of the most prominent female jazz musicians in Norway in the beginning of the 21st century. She is a versatile artist, who likes to challenge her voice with new experimental forms and combination of jazz and other artistic expressions. Her work has moved from "fusion" and "chamber jazz" in the 1980s and 1990s, to improvisational "new" musical forms in the mid-1990s until today. She has also moved from larger formats to explore solo, duo and trio formats. The last 15 years have her work mainly been concentrated on the genre of free improvisation music, both as a performer and as composer. [1]

Endresen studied English and anthropology and lived in the UK for a period until 1976, before settling in Oslo, where she started her artistic career. [2]

She worked as a singer, composer and songwriter with soul group Chipahua (1979- ), and with the Jon Eberson Group (1980–87). With Eberson, she made a series of musically strong albums at the intersection between jazz and rock that were highly popular and acclaimed by a growing audience. The result of this cooperation was five celebrated CDs, awarded two times the Spellemannprisen. [1] [2]

Endresen and Stian Westerhus have been followed by new experimental Norwegian musicians like Natalie Sandtorv and Torgeir Standal in The Jist duo. [7]

Honors

Discography

Solo albums

With Bugge Wesseltoft
With Christian Wallumrød & Helge Sten
With Stian Westerhus

Collaborations

Within Jon Eberson Group
With Jon Balke
With Nils Petter Molvaer
With other projects

(See external links below for in-depth discography)

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 Bergh, Johs. "Sidsel Endresen Biography". Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2012-11-14.
  3. "Biography - Jazzland Records". Archived from the original on 2007-11-14.
  4. "Biography - AllAboutJazz.com". Archived from the original on 2012-03-10.
  5. "Sidsel Endresen Biography - Kalleklev.no".
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  7. Hareuveni, Eyal (2014-05-02). "The Jist: The Jist (2014)". All About Jazz . Retrieved 2015-11-07.
Awards
Preceded by
No Jazz rock award
Recipient of the Jazz rock Spellemannprisen
1981
Succeeded by
No Jazz rock award
Preceded by
No Open class award
Recipient of the Open class Gammleng-prisen
1991
Succeeded by
Preceded by
First award in 1993
Recipient of the Radka Toneff Memorial Award
1993
Succeeded by
Preceded by Recipient of the Open class Spellemannprisen
1998
Succeeded by
Preceded by Recipient of the Kongsberg Jazz Award
1998
Succeeded by
Preceded by Recipient of the Buddyprisen
2000
Succeeded by
Preceded by Recipient of the Open class Spellemannprisen
2002
Succeeded by
Preceded by Recipient of the Jazz Spellemannprisen
2012
Succeeded by