Sinne Eeg

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Sinne Eeg
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Background information
Born (1977-09-01) 1 September 1977 (age 45)
Lemvig, Denmark
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Singer, composer, teacher
Years activeSince 2003
Website sinnemusic.com

Sinne Eeg (born 1 September 1977 in Lemvig, Denmark) is a Danish jazz vocalist and composer.

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Eeg has received a number of recognitions and positive reviews both nationally [1] and internationally, [2] [3] and is considered among the best female jazz vocalists currently in Scandinavia. [4] [5] She has composed many of her own songs, and although she usually sings in English, she has also performed and recorded songs in Danish.

Eeg has won the Danish Music Awards prize in the category Best Danish Vocal Jazz Album of the Year four times: in 2007, 2010, 2014 and 2015, for her albums Waiting for Dawn, Don't Be So Blue, Face the Music, and Eeg - Fonnesbæk. [6] [7] She also received the Ben Webster Prize in 2014. The Webster Foundation describes her as "a true jazz singer, who both shows sensitivity, improvisational skills, maturity, broad range and timing in her singing." [8]

Background

Eeg was admitted at the Academy of Music in Esbjerg [9] in 1997; she graduated in 2003. [10] As part of her musical studies she has studied with American singer Janet Lawson in New York City. [11]

Eeg has toured Europe, Japan, China and the United States. [12] On 26 January 2012 she sang in Brussels accompanied by the Danish Radio Big Band at the celebration for the beginning of the Danish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. In Denmark she regularly performs at the jazz venue of La Fontaine in Copenhagen. [11] [13]

Discography

Albums

YearAlbumLabelPeak positionsNotes
DEN
[14]
2003Sinne EegCope –
2007Waiting for DawnCalibrated (Cope) –DMA 2007
2008Kun en drømRed Dot/EMI [15]  –Released with English lyrics as "Remembering You"
2009Remembering YouRed Dot/EMI [16]  –
2010Don't Be So BlueRed Dot/EMI [17]  –DMA 2010
2012The Beauty of SadnessSinne Music/VME –
2014Face the Music Stunt (Sundance)31DMA 2014
Prix du Jazz Vocal 2014
2017Dreams ArtistShare [18]

Collaborations

YearAlbumLabelPeak positionsNotes
DEN
[14]
2005Abrikostræet [19] Cope –With Mads Vinding and Lise Marie Nedergaard (writer, storyteller)
2009Merry Christmas BabyRed Dot [20]  –With Bobo Moreno (singer) and DR Big Band
2015Eeg – FonnesbækStunt [21]  –With bassist Thomas Fonnesbæk
DMA 2015

Compilations

YearAlbumLabelPeak positionsNotes
DEN
[14]
2015The Best OfMaster Music Ltd [22]  –

Awards

Amongst Eegs most notable awards are:

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References

  1. ↑ Sarah Kott (19 May 2008). "Ungt talent nomineret til jazzpris". Jyllandsposten. Retrieved 3 November 2009. (in Danish)
  2. ↑ Alexander Agrell (1 July 2009). "Russinen i jazzkakan". Sydsvenskan. Retrieved 3 November 2009. (in Swedish)
  3. ↑ Kerstin Rickert (28 April 2009). "Charmant und natürlich". Mindener Tageblatt. Retrieved 3 November 2009. (in German)
  4. ↑ Don Heckman (13 January 2013). "Live Jazz: Sinne Eeg Upstairs at Vitello's". the International review of Music (iRoM). Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  5. ↑ Gitte Korsgaard (27 May 2008). "Byen bliver til jazz". Jyllandsposten. Retrieved 3 November 2009. (in Danish)
  6. ↑ "The winners of the Danish Music Awards Jazz 2014". jazzdanmark.dk. Jazz Danmark. 24 November 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  7. ↑ Danish Music Awards 2015
  8. ↑ "Sinne Eeg receives the Ben Webster Prize 2014". benwebster.dk. The Ben Webster Foundation. 28 March 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  9. ↑ Now known as Syddansk Musikkonservatorium (SDMK).
  10. ↑ Robin Skjoldborg (8 May 2009). "Sinne Eeg om musikuddannelserne ved konservatorierne [Sinne Eeg about musical educations at the conservatories]". gaffa.dk (in Danish). Gaffa. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  11. 1 2 "Sinne Eeg – singer and composer" (PDF). sinnemusic.com (in Danish). Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  12. ↑ Peter Schollert (8 April 2014). "Danmarks nye unge jazzhåb". Jyllandsposten. Retrieved 3 November 2009. (in Danish)
  13. ↑ La Fontaine Official homepage}
  14. 1 2 3 "Sinne Eeg discography". danishcharts.dk. Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  15. ↑ "Sinne Eeg – Kun En Drøm". reddotmusic.net. Red Dot Music. 1 July 2008. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  16. ↑ "Sinne Eeg – Remembering You". reddotmusic.net. Red Dot Music. 3 March 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  17. ↑ "Sinne Eeg – Don't be so blue". reddotmusic.net. Red Dot Music. 22 March 2010. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  18. ↑ Morrison, Allen (February 2018). "The Company Vocalists Keep". DownBeat. Elmhurst, Illinois.
  19. ↑ Mads Vinding. "Abrikostræet". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  20. ↑ "DR Big Band v/Sinne Eeg, Bobo Moreno". reddotmusic.net. Red Dot Music. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
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  23. ↑ "Palmarès 2014" (in French). Académie du jazz. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
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