Elin Rosseland (born 5 April 1959 in Norway) is a singer, bandleader, and composer who studied at the

Norwegian Academy of Music The Norwegian Academy of Music (Norwegian: ''Norges musikkhøgskole'', NMH) is a university-level music conservatory located in Oslo, Norway, in the neighbourhood of Majorstuen, Frogner. It is the largest music academy in Norway and offers the co ...

and is known from collaborations with

Vigleik Storaas Vigleik Storaas (born 2 February 1963) is a Norwegian jazz pianist and composer, and the younger brother of composer and bassist Gaute Storaas. He is known from a series of album releases and collaborations with jazz musicians such as Norma Win ...

, Johannes Eick,

Sidsel Endresen Sidsel Endresen (born 19 June 1952) is a Norwegian singer, composer, and actress. She was part of the Jon Eberson group. Since 1987, Endresen has pursued a successful solo career, recording for ECM. Career Endresen was one of the most prono ...

Eldbjørg Raknes Eldbjørg Raknes (born 9 February 1970 in Midsund, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz vocalist known for her a cappella vocal performances, innovative improvised vocals and electronic effects. She has collaborated with musicians such as Jon Balke, Ander ...

Christian Wallumrød Christian Wallumrød (born 26 April 1971 in Kongsberg, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (piano, organ and electronic keyboards) and composer, and is considered one of the most prominent musicians of the younger Norwegian generation, known from ...

, and Johannes Eick. (in Norwegian)

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(in Norwegian)

Career

Rosseland has played with "Stein Eide Band", the Norwegian band "Kix" and the octet "Winds Hot & Cool" (with album in 1984). She early developed her own quintet "Fair Play" based in

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, with the musicians Tor Yttredal,

, Johannes Eick and Trond Kopperud. They released the album ''Fair Play'' (1989). She joined the band "Søyr" (1986–94), the trio "ESE" with

and

(''Gack'', Jazzland 1998). The work ''Fra himmelen'' gave her the ''NOPA Award'' for the work of the year, for both music and lyrics, in 1996 (released on NorCD 1997, with

and Johannes Eick). She also released ''Moment'' (2004) in trio with Johannes Eick and

Rob Waring Rob Waring (born December 3, 1956 in Yonkers, New York) is an American-Norwegian Contemporary music composer and performer (drums and vibraphone), commonly associated with symphony orchestras and jazz ensembles. Career Waring studied with Rol ...

, and performed with

Knut Riisnæs Knut Riisnæs (born 13 November 1945) is a Norway, Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone and flute), arranger, and composer, son of pianist Eline Nygaard Riisnæs and brother of classical pianist Anne Eline Riisnæs (1951–) and jazz saxophonist O ...

at ''Oslo Jazz Festival'' in a piece where "Oslo Storband" performed the ''

Peer Gynt ''Peer Gynt'' (, ) is a five- act play in verse by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen published in 1876. Written in Norwegian, it is one of the most widely performed Norwegian plays. Ibsen believed ''Per Gynt'', the Norwegian fairy tale on wh ...

Suite'' by

Helge Hurum Helge Hurum (born 1 August 1936) is a Norwegian jazz musician, composer, arranger and musical director. Hurum has led several of Norway's key big bands, including the Oslo University Big Band (1969–74), Norway's Radio Big Band (1979–90), his ow ...

. Rosseland associated with jazz vocal training at ''

Norges Musikkhøgskole The Norwegian Academy of Music (Norwegian: ''Norges musikkhøgskole'', NMH) is a university-level music conservatory located in Oslo, Norway, in the neighbourhood of Majorstuen, Frogner. It is the largest music academy in Norway and offers the c ...

''.

Honors

*1996: ''NOPA's Award'' for the work of the year, for both music and lyrics *2009: Radka Toneff Memorial Award

Discography

;Solo projects *1989: ''Fair Play'' (

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) *1993: ''Fair Play (2)'' (

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), featuring

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(vocals) *1997: ''Fra himmelen'', within "The trio" including

and Johannes Eick *2004: ''Moment'' (

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 ...

), in trio including with Johannes Eick and

*2007: ''Elin Rosseland Trio'' (NorCD), including with

Mats Eilertsen Mats Eilertsen (born 4 March 1975) is a Norwegian jazz musician and composer. He is known for recording with numerous bands, including the Maria Kannegaard Trio, Ola Kvernberg, Nils Økland, Eldbjørg Raknes, Anders Aarum Trio, Eirik Hegdal, Sve ...

and Rob Waring *2009: ''Jazz Mass'' (

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), with

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 ...

, "Bodø Domkor" and "Bodø Sinfonietta» *2009: ''Standards and Vanguards'' (Grappa), with

Helge Iberg Helge Iberg (born 27 March 1954 in Skien, Norway) is a Norwegian contemporary composer. Iberg studied musicology, history of ideas and religious studies at the University of Oslo under the tutorship of composers Olav Anton Thommessen and Ragnar ...

*2014: ''Ekko'' (MNJ Records), as featured artist with

Trondheim Jazz Orchestra Trondheim Jazz Orchestra (TJO) (established 1999 in Trondheim, Norway) is an orchestral project based in Trondheim, and closely related to both the Midtnorsk Jazzsenter (MNJ - Mid Norwegian Jazz Center) and Jazz Line at the Trøndelag Conservator ...

*2014: ''Vokal'' (NorCD) ;With

Espen Rud Espen Rud (born 29 January 1948 in Asker, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (drums), composer, and music arranger, and the son of Norwegian author Nils Johan Rud (1908–93). He is known from numerous recordings and in collaboration with Kari ...

*1984: ''Hotelsuite'' ;With

Lars Martin Myhre Lars Martin Myhre (born 10 August 1956 in Tønsberg, Norway) (in Norwegian) is a Norwegian composer, guitarist, pianist, singer and producer residing in Sandefjord. He is best known for his collaboration with Odd Børretzen, (in Norwegian) but ha ...

*1985: ''Bak speilet'' ;With "Søyr» *1987: ''Vectors'' *1994: ''Bussene lengter hjem'' ;With

*1987: ''Fata morgana'' ;With the trio "ESE" (

) *1998: ''Gack!'' (Gack, Jazzland) ;With

Lars Saabye Christensen Lars Saabye Christensen (born 21 September 1953 in Oslo) is a Norwegian/Danish author. Saabye Christensen was raised in the Skillebekk neighbourhood of Oslo, but lived for many years in Sortland in northern Norway; both places play a major r ...

*1999: ''Skrapjern Og Silke'' (Grappa) ;With

Nils Petter Molvær Nils Petter Molvær () also known as NPM (born 18 September 1960) is a Norwegian jazz trumpeter, composer, and record producer. He is considered a pioneer of future jazz, a genre that fuses jazz and electronic music, best showcased on his most c ...

*2005: ''Er'' (Sula)

References

External links

Rosseland, Elin Biography – Norsk Musikkinformasjon
MIC.no
Elin Rosseland Biography – SNL.no

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