Tone Åse (born 24 February 1965 in

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula o ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

) is a Norwegian singer, known from Norwegian choirs and

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a majo ...

scenes. She is married to, and musically cooperating with jazz keyboardist Ståle Storløkken.

Career

After completing teacher education, she studied classical vocals at the Trondheim Musikkonservatorium and Tromsø Musikkonservatorium, and got a master's degree on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (2007), where she is still working as an assistant professor. (Kjell Håve, 2007) Åse joined ''Kvitretten'' (1991) and contributed to two records with Kristin Asbjørnsen, Solveig Slettahjell, and Eldbjørg Raknes which she still are cooperating with. She took over the lead of ''Sosialistisk Kor'' in

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, an ...

(1994), and is also involved with ''Trondheim Voices''. She has performed with Trondheim Jazz Orchestra. She has also contributed in

Live Maria Roggen Live Maria Roggen (born 22 March 1970) is a Norwegian jazz singer, songwriter and composer. Roggen was born in Oslo and educated at Foss High School (violin and vocals). She studied sociology and Musicology intermediate at the University of O ...

s «Liveband» (2006), and with Ingrid Storholmen she performed «Samtalen» at ''Olsokdagene'' (2006) She leads the quartet BOL with her husband Ståle Storløkken (

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a musica ...

Tor Yttredal Tor, TOR or ToR may refer to: Places * Tor, Pallars, a village in Spain * Tor, former name of Sloviansk, Ukraine, a city * Mount Tor, Tasmania, Australia, an extinct volcano * Tor Bay, Devon, England * Tor River, Western New Guinea, Indonesia ...

(saxophone) and Tor Haugerud (drums) with the album ''Silver sun'' (2001). They appeared as a trio when Yttredal left the band, and composed the commission work for ''Trondheim Kammerfestival'' (2003). They performed at ''Varangerfestivalen'' (2006). Åse is in the new lineup with

Marilyn Mazur Marilyn Mazur (born January 18, 1955) is an American-born Danish percussionist. Since 1975, she has worked as a percussionist with various groups, among them Six Winds with Alex Riel. Mazur is primarily an autodidact, but she has a degree in ...

's ''Future Song''.

Discography

Solo albums

;Within «Tone Åse & Thomas Strønen Duo» *''Voxpheria'' (Gigafon Records, 2012) ;Within BOL *''BOL'' (Via Music, 2001) *''Silver Sun'' ( Curling Legs, 2005) *''Skylab'' (Nor CD, 2008) *''Numb, Number'' (Gigafon Records, 2012)

Collaborative works

;Within

Kvitretten Kvitretten (1991-2001 in Trondheim, Norway) was a Norwegian vocal group, known for improvisation and a cappella music releases, concerts, television shows, and international tours. Biography Kvitretten was initially comprising arranger and co ...

*''Voices'' (Curling Legs, 1996) *'' Everything Turns'' (Curling Legs, 1999) *''Kloden Er En Snurrebass Som Snurrer Oss'' (Curling Legs, 2002), with Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen (Reciting)

References

External links

* * ww.ntnu.no/ansatte/tone.ase Tone Åseat NTNU
BOL Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ase, Tone Norwegian women jazz singers Norwegian jazz composers Musicians from Bergen 1965 births Living people Women in electronic music 20th-century Norwegian women singers 20th-century Norwegian singers 21st-century Norwegian women singers 21st-century Norwegian singers BOL (band) members Trondheim Voices members