Kirsti Huke (born March 6, 1977 in

Melhus Melhus is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Melhus. Other villages include Gåsbakken, Hovin, Korsvegen, Kvål, Ler, Lundamo, St ...

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) is a Norwegian singer, and composer. Huke was best recognized as the lead singer for Norwegian doom metal/experimental band

The 3rd and the Mortal The Third and the Mortal were a Norwegian metal band from Trondheim, founded in 1992. The band started out as doom metal, mixing distorted guitars and heavy drumming with clean guitars and vocals from Kari Rueslåtten. The band went on to expe ...

in the final line-up. She is also known from collaborations with musicians such as

Egil Kapstad Egil Kapstad (6 August 1940 – 13 July 2017) was a Norwegian jazz pianist, composer and arranger. He wrote the music for more than 50 theatre productions, and composed for film and television drama. Kapstad composed classical works for orchestra ...

Erlend Skomsvoll Erlend Fredrik Skomsvoll (born 12 May 1969) is a Norwegian jazz musician (piano, keyboards, accordion, and tuba), band leader, composer and arranger, known from his own band Skomsork and the band Wibutee with Live Maria Roggen, Madrugada, and K ...

Tore Brunborg Tore Brunborg (born 20 May 1960) is a Norwegian jazz musician and composer who plays saxophone. He was born in Trondheim but grew up in Voss where a jazz environment was flowering. Known from numerous appearances with international greats includ ...

Ola Kvernberg Ola Kvernberg (born 16 June 1981) is a Norwegian jazz musician known for his virtuosic string swing violin playing and his international performances. He is the son of traditional musicians Liv Rypdal Kvernberg and Torbjørn Kvernberg, and the br ...

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 ...

Håvard Wiik Håvard Skarpnes Wiik (born 10 March 1975) is a Norwegian jazz pianist and composer, known from a number of recordings with bands like Atomic, and performances with musicians like Petter Wettre, Ola Kvernberg and Stian Carstensen. Career Wi ...

Håkon Mjåset Johansen Håkon Mjåset Johansen (born 1 August 1975 in Trondheim, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz drummer and composer, known from playing with the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra featuring Chick Corea at Moldejazz 2000, cooperations with Bugge Wesseltoft's New Co ...

Erik Nylander Johan Erik Nylander (born 3 April 1981 in Norberg, Sweden) is a Swedish jazz musician (drums), improviser and composer, working in Norway since 2002. He plays in several bands, among them Ola Kvernberg Trio, "Kobert", Kirsti Huke Quartet, Tor ...

and

Steinar Raknes Steinar Raknes (born 22 March 1975) is a Norwegian jazz musician (upright bass) and composer, and the younger brother of Jazz singer and pianist Eldbjørg Raknes. He is considered to be one of the most talented double bass players of his gener ...

. She is the younger sister of the author Marte Huke.

Career

Huke was educated at the Heimdal Upper Secondary School between 1993 and 1996, and pursued the Jazz program at

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from 1996 to 2001; in 2016, she was employed there as an assistant professor. Her own Kirsti Huke Quartet (established in 1998) also included

(piano),

(drums) and

(bass). In 2002, Wiik and Johansen were replaced by

(piano) and

(drums). (in Norwegian) The K.H. Quartet has performed at jazz festivals such as

Nattjazz Bergen International Jazz Festival or Nattjazz, is one of the largest jazz festivals of Norway. The festival has a musical profile with an emphasis on ethnic and contemporary jazz. It is held annually in late May, coinciding with Festspillene ...

in 2006. They released the album ''Deloo'' in 2007, followed up by ''Kirsti Huke'' in 2009. She has also been associated with the

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and

Quartet at the Trondheim Jazz Festival in 2001, which was arranged by

and featured Håkon Mjåset Johansen on the double bass. In 2006 Huke started as the lead singer of the indie pop rock band "-phy" (initiated in 1997) along with guitarist Petter Vågan, drummer Vigdis Sjelmo and bassist

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. The band launched the album ''Tree House'' in 2011. Huke has toured with

Trondheim Voices Trondheim Voices (established 2001 in Trondheim, Norway) is a Norwegian vocal group, best known for their improvised performances in the jazz genre. Biography Trondheim Voices started out as a Christmas Concert, initiated by Midtnorsk Jazzsente ...

, and contributed to the "Grand Telemark" with

Wetle Holte Wetle Holte (born 4 September 1973) is a Norwegian drummer and composer known for his collaborations with Silje Neergård, Kirsti Huke, Eivind Aarset, Wibutee, Bugge Wesseltoft, Anja Garbarek, and others. Life and career Holte was born in Ski ...

and

Espen Gundersen Espen is a Norwegian masculine given name. In Norway it reached the peak of its popularity between 1970 and 1990, during which period approximately 1.1% of children were given that name. Origin and variants It originated as a variant of Asbjørn or ...

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, and

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's band

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with

Siri Gjære Siri Gjære (born 1 February 1972 in Trondheim, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz vocalist from Levanger, known for her collaborations with musicians like Tord Gustavsen, Stian Carstensen, Eirik Hegdal, Maria Kannegaard, Jarle Bernhoft, Eldbjørg Ra ...

. The last band released the album ''Peace & Love'' in 2007. (in Norwegian)

Discography

; As band leader * 2007: ''Deloo'' – (

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) * 2009: ''Kirsti Huke'' – (Fairplay Records) * 2015: ''Rags & Silks'' (Name Music & Publishing), with

and

Collaborations

* 2001: ''Love Seriously Damages Health'' (Bergland Prod.), with

* 2002: ''Memoirs'' (Voices Music & Entertainment), with The 3rd and the Mortal * 2006: ''Survival Kit'' (Bergland Prod.), with Siri Gjære * 2007: ''Peace & Love'' – (Kong Tiki/Playground Records), with

* 2008: ''Grand Telemark'' – (Sonne Disk), with Grand Telemark * 2009: ''The Wonder'' – (Sonne Disk), with Grand Telemark * 2010: ''Improvoicing'' (MNJ Records), with

* 2011: ''Scent Of Soil'' – (Hubro), with

, Petter Vågan, Rune Nergaard &

Gard Nilssen Gard Nilssen (born 24 June 1983 in Skien, Norway) is a Norwegian Jazz musician ( drums) and composer, and member of the bands Bushman's Revenge and Puma. Career Nilssen was educated on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (20 ...

* 2011: ''Tree House'' – (Crispin Glover Records), with "-phy" * 2013: ''Vi Vil Ut På Byen!'' (Øra Fonogram), with Tullkattesnutene

Other appearances

* 2007: ''Ingen Andre'' (MBN Records), with Ulf Risnes * 2007: ''City of Glass'' (Voices Of Wonder Records), with The Soundbyte/Paul Irgens * 2008: ''Katalysator'' (EMI Records), with

Åge Aleksandersen Åge Aleksandersen (born 21 March 1949 in Namsos, Norway) is a Norwegian singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is one of his country's best known singer/songwriters and musicians. Some of his most well known songs are "''Lys og varme''" (''Light ...

* 2008: ''Sinecure'' (Crispin Glover Records), with Bitch Cassidy * 2009: ''New Violators'' (Fairplay Entertainment), with New Violators * 2009: ''Åge-boks 2'' (Odeon Records), with Åge Aleksandersen * 2009: ''The Roaring Silence'' (Sandforest Records), with V Before U * 2010: ''Doppelgängers'' (Aftermath Music), with Goat The Head * 2010: ''While We Wait'' (The Record), with The Project * 2011: ''Migrations'' (MNJ records), 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 ...

& Øyvind Brække * 2011: ''Scent Of Soil'' (List of Hubro albums, Hubro Music), with Scent Of Soil * 2012: ''Small Town'' (Columbia, Sony Music Norway), with

Hans Bollandsås Hans Bollandsås also known as just Hans (born in Melhus, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway on October 28, 1980) is a Norwegian blues musician who won the Norwegian X Factor in 2010. In a final that was held on 11 December 2010, by beating Atle Pettersen ...

* 2012: ''Hurricane'' (Sonne Disk), with

* 2013: ''Sidewalk Comedy'' (MNJ records), with

Eirik Hegdal Eirik Hegdal (born 3 October 1973 in Gjøvik, Norway) is a Norwegian Jazz musician (saxophone), composer, arranger and music teacher, known from the band Dingobats (1995-2005) and as leader of Trondheim Jazz Orchestra (from 2002). Career After ...

* 2014: ''Yesterday Song'' (MusikkLosen), with

Terje Bjørklund Terje Bjørklund (born 2 January 1945) is a jazz pianist and composer. He was an active jazz pianist until approximately 1980. From then on he has concentrated on composing. Early life and career Bjørklund was born in Narvik. After obtaini ...

* 2014: ''Vokal'' (NorCD), with

Elin Rosseland Elin Rosseland (born 5 April 1959 in Norway) is a singer, bandleader, and composer who studied at the Norwegian Academy of Music and is known from collaborations with Vigleik Storaas, Johannes Eick, Sidsel Endresen, Eldbjørg Raknes, Christian W ...

* 2015: ''Texum'' (2015), with Texum

References

External links

*
-phy Official Website

Kirsti Huke & Stian Carstensen – A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (JazzLAB)
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