Oslo International Jazz Festival (Oslo Jazzfestival, established 1986 in

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

) is a Norwegian music event, held in August, with a focus on music form the

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a majo ...

genre, performed on stages in

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

History

The pilot project (1984–1985) was initiated by

Aage Teigen Aage Teigen (17 July 1944 – 15 January 2014) was a Norwegian jazz musician (trombone) and economist born and raised in Oslo. He was from a number of orchestras and active on the Oslo jazz scene. He initiated the Oslo Jazzfestival and led the fe ...

. The first festival in 1986, had more than forty volunteers and the event received 350 000 Norwegian kroner in donations from Oslo Municipality. The music was largely traditional jazz, Dixieland, New Orleans jazz, etc. The organization became a Foundation in 1995, led by Truls Helweg, chairman of the board since 1995) and permanently appointed General Manager (Aage Teigen), at a time when the budget was over 5 million Norwegian kroner. Teigen was in 2002 awarded Oslo City Artist Award for his commitment. In 2006, the festival held 70 concerts (of these 15 free) with 450 musicians on 18 stages with around 70,000 spectators. Aage Teigen was then general manager with more than 200 volunteers, and the music includes all genres of

. The new leader from 2007 was Edvard Askeland. At the festival in August 2013, Nora Brockstedt was honored by a grand concert, where

Come Shine Come Shine is a Norwegian jazz band, established 2001 in Trondheim. Biography Their eponymously titled debut album was released in 2001 on Curling Legs, and was followed by a later studio album, ''Do Do That Voodoo'', and a live album, ''Come Sh ...

and saxophonist Hanna Paulsberg presented highlights from Brockstedts repertoire in "brilliant versions".

Ella-prisen

The Oslo Jazz Festival Orchestra 2016 Victoria Oslo Jazzfestival (221311)

A sculpture of

Ella Fitzgerald Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, i ...

is awarded a person who has developed the festival and the Oslo Jazz Scene, created by the artist Mariann Hazeland. ;The prize was first awarded in 1995: *1995:

Randi Hultin Randi Winnifred Hultin, née Linden (9 January 1926 – 17 March 2000), was an internationally renowned Norwegian jazz critic and impresario. Biography Hultin studied art under the guidance of Per Krohg and was an educated visual artist. Throu ...

journalist based in Oslo. ;Later winners are: *1996: Stein Kagge, journalist based in Oslo *1997:

Totti Bergh Theodor Christian Frølich Bergh known as Totti Bergh (5 December 1935 in Oslo – 4 January 2012 in Oslo) was a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone), the younger brother of the jazz journalist Johannes (Johs.) Bergh (1932–2001). He was married ...

, saxophonist based in Oslo *1998:

Kristian Ystehede Kristian is a name in several languages, and is a form of Christian. Meaning in different languages The name is used in several languages, among them Albanian, Slovak, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Bosnian, Macedonian, Bulgarian and Croa ...

, multiinstrumentalist *1999: Laila Dalseth, vocalist resided in Oslo *2000:

Tore Jensen Tore Jensen (born 19 May 1935 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (trumpet, cornet and flugelhorn) and bandleader, known from a series of Dixieland bands and album releases. Career Jensen was first known through the local band « ...

, trumpeter in Oslo (2000), *2001:

Miloud Guiderk Miloud(ميلود in Arabic) is a masculine Given name which refers to the birth of the Prophet of Islam Muhamed El Mawlid Ennabawi (and deriving from the latter). In the Middle-East, the name is Miled, with the same root. This name is mainly u ...

, musician and impresario *2002: Eivind Solberg, trumpeter resided in Oslo *2003: Roald Helgheim, journalist *2004: Gerhard Aspheim, trombonist resided in Oslo *2005: Peter T. Malling, businessman and founder of «Jazzradioen» *2006: Hank O'Neal, record producer, photographer and journalist from USA *2007: Bjørn Petersen, leader of Gemini Records in Oslo *2008: Karin Krog, vocalist from Oslo *2009:

Bodil Niska Bodil Aileen Niska (born 21 August 1954 in Vadsø, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz saxophonist known for her recordings of jazz standards. Career Raised in Hammerfest ,she was taught music by her father, the accordion player Aksel Niska, and stu ...

, saxophonist and jazz entrepreneur *2010: Arild Andersen, bassist from Oslo *2011:

, trombonist and founder of Oslo Jazz Festival (2011) *2012: Bugge Wesseltoft, pianist, composer, producer and owner of

Jazzland Recordings Jazzland Recordings is a Norwegian jazz and improvised music label based in Oslo, Norway, often associated with nu jazz. It was founded in 1996 by pianist Bugge Wesseltoft to release his "New Conception of Jazz" and operate as a standalone l ...

*2013: Erlend Skomsvoll, pianist, composer and orchestra leader *2014:

Odd André Elveland Odd André Elveland (born 16 July 1965) is a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone), composer, arranger and jazz teacher. Career Elveland is educated on the jazz program at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Trondheim Musikkonservatori ...

, as the founder of

Improbasen Improbasen is a nationwide center in Norway, where children learn to play jazz. Biography Improbasens methods for teaching even small children to play complex music, has attracted attention all over Norway and abroad. Since 2008, some of the mo ...

and

Kids in Jazz Kids in Jazz (established 2012 in Norway) is an international jazz festival where children perform. The festival takes place in August, with concerts on numerous stages in Oslo. Biography Kids in Jazz was initiated as a cooperation project, in ...

*2015: Espen Nilsen, manager of the jazz venue "Herr Nilsen" in Oslo *2016: John Trehjørningen, jazz enthusiast and active at the Oslo Jazzfestival *2017: Bjørn Stendahl, jazz historian *2018:

Jon Christensen Jon Christensen may refer to: * Jon Christensen (musician) Jon Ivar Christensen (20 March 1943 – 18 February 2020) was a Norwegian jazz drummer. He was married to actress, minister, and theater director Ellen Horn, Store Norske Leksikon (in ...

, jazz drummer *2019:

Paolo Vinaccia Paolo Vinaccia (Camerino, 27 March 1954 – Oslo, 5 July 2019) was an Italian jazz drummer who lived in Norway. He died on July 5, 2019 after almost ten years of living with pancreatic cancer. Career Vinaccia worked with Terje Rypdal, Bendik ...

, drummer *2020: Hanna Paulsberg, saxophonist *2021: Kristoffer Kompen, trombonist

Usbl Jazztalent award

Prize awarded to a young jazz musician annually at Oslo Jazzfestival since 2019. The prize is funded by Boligbyggelaget Usbl and consists of NOK. 30,000, -, in addition to a concert during the subsequent Oslo Jazz Festival. The prize was awarded for the first time at the Oslo Jazz Festival's opening concert on 11 August 2019 in the Norwegian Opera & Ballet by Usbl director Johan Bruun to musician Daniela Reyes Holmsen. * 2019 Daniela Reyes Holmsen * 2020 Veslemøy Narvesen * 2021 Ola Erlien

Statkraft's Young Star Grant

Scholarship which was awarded to a musician or a band (age 18–25) which has been noticed on local, regional and / or national level. The grant supported by

Statkraft Statkraft AS is a hydropower company, fully owned by the Norwegian state. The Statkraft Group is a generator of renewable energy, as well as Norway’s largest and the Nordic region's third largest energy producer. Statkraft develops and generate ...

provides 50,000 Norwegian kroner and included a gig with an optional project during the subsequent festival., in the period between 2007 and 2013. *2007:

Marianne Halmrast Marianne () has been the national personification of the French Republic since the French Revolution, as a personification of liberty, equality, fraternity and reason, as well as a portrayal of the Goddess of Liberty. Marianne is displayed ...

*2008: Jørgen Mathisen *2009:

Guro Skumsnes Moe Guro Skumsnes Moe (born 1983 in Hedemark, Norway) is a Norwegian Upright bass player, electric bass player, composer and singer. Dance, improvisation, rock, jazz and noise music, are all elements that are important to her expression. Career ...

*2010: Kristoffer Kompen *2011: Anja Lauvdal *2012: Ellen Andrea Wang *2013:

Ingrid Søfteland Neset Ingrid Søfteland Neset (born 9 May 1992) is a Norwegian Classical flautist living in Stavanger (2017). She is the daughter of music teachers guitarist Terje Neset (born 1959) and pianist Anne Leni Søfteland Sæbø (born 1961), and the sister of ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oslo Jazz Festival 1986 establishments in Norway Music festivals established in 1986 Jazz festivals in Norway Music festivals in Oslo Annual events in Norway Summer events in Norway