Anja Eline Skybakmoen (born 17 October 1984 in

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) is a

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jazz singer, composer and band leader, the younger sister of guitarist Jonas Skybakmoen, and married 31 July 2014, to the guitarist

David Aleksander Sjølie David Aleksander Sjølie (born 7 May 1988) is a Norwegian jazz guitarist, known from bands like Mopti, married 31 July 2014, to the jazz singer Anja Eline Skybakmoen. Career Sjølie was born in Oslo, where he lives and works as a musician, pro ...

Career

Skybakmoen was educated at

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in Oslo. She has sung in projects like Eplemøya Songlag and Aphrodisiac. She replaced

Tora Augestad Tora Karen Elisabeth Augestad (born 10 December 1979) is a Norwegian mezzosoprano, musical conductor and actor. One of Norway's most established classical singers, she focuses on jazz, musical theater, contemporary music, and cabaret. Her stage ...

in the vocal group

Pitsj Pitsj (founded 1999 in Oslo, Norway) is a female Norwegians, Norwegian a cappella quintet. The band consists of Anine Kruse, Anine and Benedikte Shetelig Kruse, Benedikte Kruse, the twin sisters Ane Carmen Roggen, Ane Carmen and Ida Roggen, and An ...

, and appeared on the album ''

Gjenfortellinger ''Gjenfortellinger'' with Pitsj is a jazz a cappella album. It was released in 2009 on Grappa Music (GRCD 4317). Track listing # «Fanteguten» (4:07) (Trad / Arr.: Sverre Indris Joner) # «Skjøre / Fragile» (3:27) (Sting /Norsk lyrics: Kjel ...

'' (2009) together with the sisters Anine and Benedikte Kruse, and the twin sisters Ane Carmen and

Ida Roggen Ida Rannveig Stuve Roggen (born 16 September 1978 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz singer, information officer, and literary scholar, and is the younger sister of jazz singer Live Maria Roggen and twin sister of Soprano Ane Carmen Roggen. ...

. In 2013 she appeared for the first time with her own Anja Eline Skybakmoen Band including with Sebastian Haugen-Markussen (bass),

Ivar Loe Bjørnstad Ivar Loe Bjørnstad (born 1981 in Surnadal, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz and rock musician (drums), brother of the dancer Marit Loe Bjørnstad (1983) and the singer Ingebjørg Loe Bjørnstad (1978). Career Bjørnstad studied jazz at the Norweg ...

(drums),

(guitar), Dag-Filip Roaldsnes (rhodes & synth) and

Kim-Erik Pedersen Kim-Erik Pedersen (born 26 April 1987 in Hamar, Norway) is a Norwegian artist and jazz musician (saxophone), known from bands like Jon Eberson / Kim-Erik Pedersen Quartet, Eberson Funk Ensemble, Andrea Rydin Berge Quintet and Anja Eline Skybakm ...

(saxophon). She presented original material at

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and released her debut solo album ''We’re The Houses'' (2014).

Honors

*2012: Jazz Talent Award at the

*2012: Geir Digernes Minnepris at the Trondheim Jazz Festival

Discography

Solo albums

*2014: ''We're The Houses'' (Øra Fonogram) *2015: ''Echo'' (Triogram) ;Within

*2008: '' Edvard Grieg in Jazz Mood'' (

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), with

Kjell Karlsen Kjell Oddvar Karlsen (29 July 1931 – 5 May 2020) was a Norwegian band leader, composer, arranger, jazz pianist and organist, and a Nestor of Norwegian music and show business, with a career spanning more than 60 years. He was the father of the ...

I Dovregubbens hall "In the Hall of the Mountain King" ( no, I Dovregubbens hall, , In the Dovre man's hall, link=no, italic=no) is a piece of orchestral music composed by Edvard Grieg in 1875 as incidental music for the sixth scene of act 2 in Henrik Ibsen's 1867 ...

") *2009: ''

'' (Grappa Music) *2014: ''Snow Is Falling'' (Grappa Music) ;Within «Eplemöya Songlag» *2010: ''Eplemöya Songlag'' (

NorCD NorCD (established 1991 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian record label for folk, jazz, world music and improvisational music, led by the founder saxophonist and composer Karl Seglem. NorCD is distributed through Musikkoperatørene, and is a member ...

) *2012: ''Möya Og Myten'' (NorCD) ;EP *2012: ''Glorious People''

Collaborations

;Within Johndoe *2000: ''Explosift!'' (D'sign Records) ;Within

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*2005: ''

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'' (

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) ;With «Northern Arc» *2012: ''Northern Arc'' (

Curling Legs __NOTOC__ 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 mus ...

)

References

External links

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En sang til båtflyktningene (A song for the boat refugees)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Skybakmoen, Anja Eline Norwegian jazz composers Norwegian women jazz singers Norwegian Academy of Music alumni Musicians from Trondheim 1978 births Living people 20th-century Norwegian women singers 20th-century Norwegian singers 21st-century Norwegian women singers 21st-century Norwegian singers Pitsj members