Cæcilie Norby (born 9 September 1964) is a Danish jazz and rock singer. She was born in Frederiksberg, Denmark, into a musical family. Her father,

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, is classical composer and her mother, Solveig Lumholt, is an opera singer. She was a founding member of the band Street Beat in 1982. For two years, she was a member of the jazz-rock band Frontline. From 1985 to 1993, she worked with singer Nina Forsberg in the rock band One-Two. During the 1990s, she turned to jazz and released her first solo album for Blue Note. The self-titled debut recording was co-produced by Niels Lan Doky as was her following album ''My Corner of the Sky'' from 1996, which prominently featured American musicians like pianists David Kikoski, Joey Calderazzo and Terri Lyne Carrington on drums. Scott Robinson and Randy Brecker already appeared on her debut as guests each on one track. Michael Brecker contributes to yet another track. The repertoire for both recordings included only a few jazz standards like " Summertime" or " Just One of Those Things", instead she and Lan Doky arranged classic popular songs for a jazz line-up, like " Wild Is the Wind", " By the Time I Get to Phoenix" and a track by Curtis Mayfield on the first album, " The Look of Love", " Life on Mars", " Spinning Wheel" and " Set Them Free" by

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on the second. For both albums Norby also wrote lyrics to compositions by Randy Brecker,

Chick Corea Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021) was an American jazz composer, pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and occasional percussionist. His compositions "Spain", " 500 Miles High", "La Fiesta", "Armando's Rhumba", and ...

, Don Grolnick and Wayne Shorter. Both albums gained wide attention and five-digit sales, especially in Denmark and also in Japan.According t
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/ref> Her third album ''Queen of Bad Excuses'', released in 1999, was a collaboration between her and Lars Danielsson, who already played bass throughout ''My Corner of the Sky''. This time all compositions are originals by Norby, while she and Danielsson arranged, programmed and produced all tracks together. Danielsson played also guitar, cello, electric piano, keyboards and even drums on one track. With

Ben Besiakov Ben Besiakov, also Ben Besiakow (born October 27, 1956, Copenhagen) is a Danish jazz pianist and keyboardist. Besiakov played in jazz and jazz fusion ensembles starting in the early 1970s, including the groups Buki-Yamaz, Creme Fraiche, Engine, ...

and long-time companion Lars Jansson on piano, Anders Kjellberg and Per Lindvall from Sweden alternating on drums with

Billy Hart Billy Hart (born November 29, 1940) is an American jazz drummer and educator. He is known internationally for his work with Herbie Hancock's "Mwandishi" band in the early 1970s, as well with Shirley Horn, Stan Getz, and Quest, among others. Bi ...

, who was also part of her debut recording, the line-up is accentuated by the guitar of John Scofield on more than half of the album, and saxophonist

Hans Ulrik Hans Ulrik (born 28 September 1965) is a Danish jazz saxophonist and composer who has recorded with Gary Peacock, Adam Nussbaum, Niels Lan Doky, Audun Kleive, Marilyn Mazur, John Scofield, and Steve Swallow. Career Ulrik studied jazz sax ...

and Xavier Desandre Navarre on percussion.

Awards

*1985: Ben Webster Prize *1996: Best Recording Album in Japan *1997: Simon Spies Soloist Prize *2000: Wilhelm Hansen Music Prize *2010: IFPI's Honorary Award

Discography

With Frontline *1985: ''Frontline'' *1986: ''Frontlife'' With One Two *1986: ''One Two'' *1990: ''Hvide Løgne'' *1993: ''Getting Better'' With

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*2009: ''Jazz Divas of Scandinavia'' (Red Dot) ;Solo studio albums ;Solo live albums ;Solo compilation albums

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Norby, Caecilie 1964 births Living people People from Frederiksberg Danish jazz singers Danish women singers English-language singers from Denmark