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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.
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.
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.
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
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Career
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.
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.
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
The Spellemannprisen (also referred to as the Norwegian Grammy Awards) is a Norwegian music award ceremony presented by International Federation of the Phonographic Industry#Local associations, IFPI Norge and :no:FONO, FONO. It was first awarded i ...
.
Endresen and Stian Westerhus have been followed by new experimental Norwegian musicians like Natalie Sandtorv and Torgeir Standal in The Jist duo.
Honors
*1981:Spellemannprisen
The Spellemannprisen (also referred to as the Norwegian Grammy Awards) is a Norwegian music award ceremony presented by International Federation of the Phonographic Industry#Local associations, IFPI Norge and :no:FONO, FONO. It was first awarded i ...
in the class Jazz rock, for the album ''Jive Talking''
*1985: Spellemannprisen in the class Sector award, as composer/lyricist, for the album ''City Visions''
*1991: Gammleng-prisen Open class, for the album ''So I Write''
*1993: Radka Toneff Memorial Award
*1998: Spellemannprisen Open class, together with Bugge Wesseltoft, for the album ''Duplex Ride''
*1998: Kongsberg Jazz Award
*2000: Buddyprisen
*2002: Spellemannprisen Open class, together with Bugge Wesseltoft, for the album ''Out here in there''
*2012: Spellemannprisen in the class Jazz, together with Stian Westerhus, for the album ''Didymoi Dreams''
Discography
Solo albums
*1990: ''So I Write'' (ECM Records
ECM (Edition of Contemporary Music) is an independent record label founded by Karl Egger, Manfred Eicher and Manfred Scheffner in Munich in 1969. While ECM is best known for jazz music, the label has released a variety of recordings, and ECM's a ...
), with Nils Petter Molvær, Django Bates & Jon Christensen
*1994: ''Exile'' (ECM Records)
*2000: ''Undertow'' ( Jazzland Recordings)
*2006: ''One'' (Sofa Music)
*2008: ''Punkt Live Remixes vol. 1: Sidsel Endresen 7 Jon Hassel'' (Punkt)
;With Bugge Wesseltoft
*1994: ''Nightsong'' (ACT)
*1998: ''Duplex Ride'' (ACT)
*2002: ''Out here in there'' ( Jazzland Recordings)
;With Christian Wallumrød
Christian Wallumrød (born 26 April 1971 in Kongsberg, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (piano, organ and electronic keyboards) and composer, and is considered one of the most prominent musicians of the younger Norwegian generation, known from ...
& Helge Sten
*2004: ''Merriwinkle'' ( Jazzland Recordings)
;With Stian Westerhus
*2012: ''Didymoi Dreams'' (Rune Grammofon
Rune Grammofon is a Norwegian record label founded in 1998 by Rune Kristoffersen. Rune Grammofon's reputation for lovingly issued experimental electronic music, jazz, and improvised music by Norwegian artists has grown over the years with its a ...
)
*2014: ''Bonita'' (Rune Grammofon
Rune Grammofon is a Norwegian record label founded in 1998 by Rune Kristoffersen. Rune Grammofon's reputation for lovingly issued experimental electronic music, jazz, and improvised music by Norwegian artists has grown over the years with its a ...
)
Collaborations
;Within Jon Eberson Group *1981: ''Jive Talking'' ( CBS Records), awarded Spellemannprisen *1982: ''Polarities'' (CBS Records) *1984: ''City Visions'' (CBS Records) *1985: ''Stories'' (CBS Records), awarded Spellemannprisen *1987: ''Pigs and Poetry'' (CBS Records) ;With Jon Balke *1998: ''Saturation'' ( Jazzland Recordings/ EmArcy) *2005: ''Statements'' (ECM Records
ECM (Edition of Contemporary Music) is an independent record label founded by Karl Egger, Manfred Eicher and Manfred Scheffner in Munich in 1969. While ECM is best known for jazz music, the label has released a variety of recordings, and ECM's a ...
), within Batagraf
;With Nils Petter Molvaer
*2001: '' Solid Ether'' (ECM Records)
*2005: ''ER'' (Universal Records
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)
*2006: ''an american compilation'' (Thirsty Ear)
;With other projects
*1995: ''Kullboksrytter'' (Curling Legs
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Curling Legs Productions A/S (established 1992 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian record label with a catalogue encompassing all styles of jazz and improvised music. It was started by Knut Værnes and Morten Halle to release their own m ...
), with «Out To Lunch» & «Norwegian String Quartet»
*2001: ''Different Rivers'' (ECM Records
ECM (Edition of Contemporary Music) is an independent record label founded by Karl Egger, Manfred Eicher and Manfred Scheffner in Munich in 1969. While ECM is best known for jazz music, the label has released a variety of recordings, and ECM's a ...
), with Trygve Seim
Trygve Seim (born 25 April 1971) is a Norwegian jazz saxophonist and composer. Seim has released numerous albums since 1992, including over 20 albums for ECM Records as a composer, band-leader or co-band-leader.
Career
Seim was born in Oslo a ...
*2002: ''...The Rest Is Rumours'' (Curling Legs), with Pål Thowsen, Jon Eberson and Steinar Sønk Nickelsen feat. Endresen
*2005: ''Sing Me Something'' (Fante Records), with «Ensemble du Verre»
*2007: ''Crime Scenes'' (Punkt), at the Punkt Festival
*2010: ''And Poppies from Kandahar'' (Samadhi Sound), with Jan Bang
*2011: ''Ha!'' (Rune Grammofon), with Humcrush
*2015: ''Debris in Lower Earth Orbit'' (Cusp Editions), with Twinkle³
*2017: ''Hum'' (Confront Recordings), with Jan Bang
(See external links below for in-depth discography)
References
External links
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1952 births
Living people
Norwegian women jazz singers
Norwegian jazz singers
Avant-garde jazz musicians
Rune Grammofon artists
Musicians from Trondheim
ECM Records artists
Jazzland Recordings (1997) artists
ACT Music artists
Trondheim Jazz Orchestra members