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Sinne Eeg (born 1 September 1977 in
Lemvig Lemvig is a market town located on the Limfjord in North Jutland, Denmark. The town has a population of 6,741 (2025),Danish
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vocalist and composer. Eeg has received a number of recognitions and positive
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s both nationally and internationally, and is considered among the best female jazz vocalists currently in
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. 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 The Danish Music Awards (DMA) is a Danish award show. The show has been arranged by IFPI since 1989, and was originally called ''IFPI-prisen'' ("IFPI Award") until 1991, when it changed its name to ''Dansk Grammy'' ("Danish Grammy"). It was c ...
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''. She also received the
Ben Webster Prize The Ben Webster Prize is an annual jazz award set up by the Ben Webster Foundation to honour Denmark, Danish and United States, American jazz musicians as well as other professionals active in the promotion of jazz in those countries. The American ...
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."


Background

Eeg was admitted at the Academy of Music in
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in 1997; she graduated in 2003. As part of her musical studies she has studied with American singer
Janet Lawson Janet Lawson (November 13, 1940 – January 22, 2021) was a jazz singer and educator. Her primary influences as a singer were saxophonists such as Charlie Parker, Lester Young and Sonny Rollins. Her voice was described by jazz critic John S. Wil ...
in New York City. Eeg has toured Europe, Japan, China and the United States. On 26 January 2012 she sang in
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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
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she regularly performs at the jazz venue of La Fontaine in
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.


Discography


Albums


Collaborations


Compilations


Awards

Amongst Eegs most notable awards are: * 2007: Vocal Jazz Album of the Year,
Danish Music Awards The Danish Music Awards (DMA) is a Danish award show. The show has been arranged by IFPI since 1989, and was originally called ''IFPI-prisen'' ("IFPI Award") until 1991, when it changed its name to ''Dansk Grammy'' ("Danish Grammy"). It was c ...
* 2010: Vocal Jazz Album of the Year, Danish Music Awards * 2014: Vocal Jazz Album of the Year, Danish Music Awards * 2014:
Ben Webster Prize The Ben Webster Prize is an annual jazz award set up by the Ben Webster Foundation to honour Denmark, Danish and United States, American jazz musicians as well as other professionals active in the promotion of jazz in those countries. The American ...
* 2014: Prix du Jazz Vocal,
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, ''Face the Music'' * 2015: Vocal Jazz Album of the Year, Danish Music Awards * 2016: The Queen Ingrid Honorary Grant


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eeg, Sinne 1977 births Living people People from Lemvig 21st-century Danish women singers EMI Records artists ArtistShare artists Danish women jazz singers Danish jazz singers Ben Webster Prize recipients Danish composers Danish women composers