Katrine Madsen (born 7 March 1972 in

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) is a Danish

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singer.

Biography

Madsen studied at the

Royal Danish Academy of Music The Royal Danish Academy of Music, or Royal Danish Conservatory of Music ( da, Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium), in Copenhagen is the oldest professional institution of musical education in Denmark as well as the largest, with approxima ...

and has worked in Copenhagen on albums with transplanted American jazz artists

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and

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. In 2002, she founded the Katrine Madsen Sextet and gave their debut concert at the

Copenhagen Jazz Festival Copenhagen Jazz Festival is a jazz event every July in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. Copenhagen Jazz Festival was established in 1979, but beginning in 1964 Tivoli Gardens presented a series of concerts under the name Copenhagen Jazz Festiva ...

Discography

Solo albums

* 1996: ''I'm Old Fashioned'' (Mecca Records) * 1997: ''Dream Dancing'' (Mecca Records) * 1998: ''You Are So Beautiful'' (Mecca Records), with

Trio * 2000: ''My Secret'' (Mecca Records), quartet feat. Lars Møller * 2002: ''Magic Night'' (Mecca Records), with

Bohuslän Big Band The Bohuslän Big Band is a modern jazz ensemble from Sweden which started as a military band in the 19th century. They play original music as well as compositions by Lars Jansson, Maria Schneider, Frank Zappa and others. The Bohuslän Big Band c ...

* 2004: ''Close To You'' (Stunt Records), with

Stefano Bollani Stefano Bollani (born 5 December 1972) is an Italian composer, pianist and singer, also active as a writer and a television presenter. He has worked with such musicians as Gato Barbieri, Chick Corea, Bill Frisell, Sol Gabetta, Richard Gallian ...

Jesper Bodilsen Jesper Bodilsen (born 5 January 1970) is a Danish jazz double bassist. Biography Bodilsen was born in Haslev, Denmark. He was a student of Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen. Since the end of the 1990s he worked regularly with Ed Thigpen, with whom ...

, and Morten Lund * 2006: ''Supernatural Love'' (Stunt Records), with

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* 2009: ''Simple Life'' (Stunt Records), with Joakim Milder, Henrik Gunde Pedersen, Jesper Bodilsen,

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, Morten Lund, and Ole Kibsgaard

Collaborations

* 1999: ''A Tribute To Love'' (Stunt Records), with

Richard B. Boone Richard Bently Boone (February 24, 1930 – February 8, 1999) was an American jazz trombonist and scat singer. Career Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, Boone sang in a Baptist church choir as a boy, then began playing the trombone at the age of tw ...

* 2000: ''Edderkoppen Soundtrack'' * 2002: ''Gershwin & More'' (Mecca Records), with Baker Boys * 2002: ''Live in Stockholm'' (Music Mecca), with

Svante Thuresson Svante Thuresson (7 February 1937 – 10 May 2021) was a Swedish jazz musician. He started his career as a drummer before joining the band Gals and Pals in 1963. Svante won the national selection and represented Sweden in the Eurovision song c ...

* 2003: ''We Are Povo'', with POVO * 2005: ''Box Of Pearls'' (Stunt Records), with Svante Thuresson

References

External links

* 1972 births Living people 20th-century Danish women singers Danish jazz singers Royal Danish Academy of Music alumni 21st-century Danish women singers {{Jazz-singer-stub