Siri Beathe Gellein (born 1 October 1966 in

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, Norway) is a Norwegian Musician (vocals) and journalist, known from several albums, bands and television programs.

Career

Her own Siri's Svale Band (established in 1987) performs ("sval")

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, with soul. Other band members are

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(saxophone),

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(bass guitar),

Carl Haakon Waadeland Carl Haakon Waadeland (born 8 November 1952) is a Norwegian musicologist and jazz drummer, known from several bands and releases such as with Dadafon, Dum Dum Boys, Åge & Sambandet, Halvdan Sivertsen, Warne Marsh, Kenny Wheeler, Annbjørg Lien ...

(drums), and

Bjørn Alterhaug Bjørn Alterhaug (born 3 June 1945) is a Norwegian jazz bassist, arranger, composer and professor of music Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian) at the Department of Music in the University of Trondheim since 1972. Career Alterhaug was born in Mo ...

(double bass). The Quintet released the album ''Blackbird'' (1990) and ''Necessarily So ...'' (2001) at label Sonor Records. Both gained international fame, particularly due to sonic quality recordings. On the album ''Baby Blue – Absolutely live'' record at

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(1991) she plays with the guitarist Geir Tosaunet, and had another album release ''Sånn vil du ha meg'' (1999), with Bjørn Willadsen Band more into folk music, and lyrics by

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. Gellein contributed on

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album ''Splitter pine'', 1989, participated in the Norwegian Grand Prix semi-finals

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1988 with the tune "Nå" (music composed by

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, and lyrics by

Idar Lind Idar Lind (born 23 September 1954) is a Norwegian novelist, crime fiction writer, songwriter, and playwright. Biography Lind was born on the island of Otterøya (now part of Namsos Municipality) in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. He made his lit ...

). In the 1990s, she was known as the leader of the program "Sommeråpent" at

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. I 2002 var hun gjest i "Rundt et Flygel". She has also served on the board of "Trondheim Jazz Festival". In 1993 she started as a reporter in NRK (TV / radio) continuing in as writing journalist, radio and television reporter in May 2004. She joined the newly established Arbeideravisa December 2007, but left there on 1 June 2008 to work as a freelance journalist and musician.

Discography

*1989: ''Splitter Pine'' (

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), with

*1990: ''Blackbird'' (Sonor Records) *1993: ''Absolutely Live'' (NAB Records), Trio with

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( Jostein Strand and Trond Hustad) *1997: ''Necessarily So...'' (Sonor Records) *1999: ''Sånn vil du ha meg'' (BWM), with Bjørn Villadsen Band (

Tore Johansen Tore Johansen (born 23 December 1977) is a Norwegian jazz trumpeter and the younger brother of drummer Roger Johansen. He has worked with Chick Corea, Karin Krog, Kenny Wheeler, Steve Swallow, Lars Jansson, Hal Galper, Siri Gellein, and Jan Gunn ...

) *2007: ''Best of Siri's Svale Band'' (Mesa Music)

References

External links

Siri Gellein and BOS
on YouTube
Siri's Svale Band Don't Explain
on YouTube {{DEFAULTSORT:Gellein, Siri Norwegian women jazz singers Norwegian jazz singers Norwegian journalists Musicians from Trondheim 1966 births Living people 20th-century Norwegian women singers 20th-century Norwegian singers 21st-century Norwegian women singers 21st-century Norwegian singers Trondheim Voices members Siri's Svale Band members