Sidsel Endresen (born 19 June 1952) is a Norwegian singer, composer, and actress. She was part of the

Jon Eberson Jon Arild Eberson (born 6 January 1953) is a Norwegian jazz guitarist and composer, the son of jazz guitarist Leif Eberson (1925–1970), and the father of keyboardist Marte Maaland Eberson. He was a member of the bands Moose Loose (1973–77), ...

group. Since 1987, Endresen has pursued a successful solo career, recording for ECM.

Career

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Endresen was one of the most pronounced female jazz musicians in Norway in the beginning of the 21st century. She is a versatile artist, who likes to challenge her voice with new experimental forms and combination of jazz and other artistic expressions. Her work has moved from "fusion" and "chamber jazz" in the 1980s and 1990s, to improvisational "new" musical forms in the mid 1990s until today. She has also moved from larger formats to explore solo, duo and trio formats. The last 15 years have her work mainly been concentrated on the genre of free improvisation music, both as a performer and as composer. Endresen studied English and Anthropology and stayed in the UK back in 1976, before settling in Oslo, where she started her artistic career. She worked as a singer, composer and songwriter with soul group «Chipahua» (1979- ), with Jon Eberson Group (1980–87). With Eberson, she made a series of musically strong albums at the interface between jazz and rock that was highly popular and acclaimed by a growing audience. The result of this cooperation was five celebrated CDs, awarded two times the

Spellemannprisen Spellemannprisen, often referred to as the Norwegian Grammy Awards in English, is a Norwegian music award presented to Norwegian musicians. The award was established by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), an organizati ...

. Endresen and Westerhus is followed by new experimental Norwegian musicians like

Natalie Sandtorv Natalie Sandtorv (born 17 August 1988) is a Norwegian jazz musician (vocals, waterphone, harmonium, electronics) married July 29, 2016, to drummer Ole Mofjell, residing in Copenhagen, Denmark. Biography Sandtorv was born in Ålesund, Norway. ...

and Torgeir Standal in The Jist duo.

Honors

*1981:

in the class Jazz rock, for the album ''Jive Talking'' *1985: Spellemannprisen in the class Sector award, as composer/lyricist, for the album ''City Visions'' *1991:

Gammleng-prisen The Gammleng Award ( no, Gammleng-prisen) is a Norwegian culture award created by ''The Fund for Performing Artists'' in 1982, 25 years after the fund was established in 1957. The award's official name is the ''Rolf Gammleng award to performing art ...

Open class, for the album ''So I Write'' *1993: Radka Toneff Memorial Award *1998: Spellemannprisen Open class, together with Bugge Wesseltoft, for the album ''Duplex Ride'' *1998:

Kongsberg Jazz Award Kongsberg Jazz Festival or Kongsberg Jazzfestival is an international jazz festival that has been held annually in Kongsberg, Norway, since 1964. Artists Several worldwide great artists have visited Kongsberg during this festival; internation ...

*2000:

Buddyprisen Buddyprisen (established 1956 in Oslo, Norway) is an award, given annually by the Norwegian Jazz Forum to a Norwegian jazz musician that has "been an excellent performer and significantly involved in Norwegian jazz by other means". The award was a ...

*2002: Spellemannprisen Open class, together with Bugge Wesseltoft, for the album ''Out here in there'' *2012: Spellemannprisen in the class Jazz, together with Stian Westerhus, for the album ''Didymoi Dreams''

Discography

Solo albums

*1990: ''So I Write'' (

ECM Records ECM (Edition of Contemporary Music) is an independent record label founded by Karl Egger, Manfred Eicher and Manfred Scheffner in Munich in 1969. While ECM is best known for jazz music, the label has released a variety of recordings, and ECM's a ...

), 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 ...

Django Bates Django Bates (born Leon Bates, 2 October 1960) is a British jazz musician, composer, multi-instrumentalist, band leader and educator. He plays the piano, keyboards and the tenor horn. Bates has been described as "one of the most talented musici ...

& Jon Christensen *1994: ''Exile'' (ECM Records) *2000: ''Undertow'' (

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 label. ...

) *2006: ''One'' (Sofa Music) *2008: ''Punkt Live Remixes vol. 1: Sidsel Endresen 7 Jon Hassel'' (Punkt) ;With

Bugge Wesseltoft Jens Christian Bugge Wesseltoft (born 1 February 1964) is a Norwegian jazz pianist, composer, and producer, son of jazz guitarist Erik Wesseltoft. Career In 1989, Wesseltoft collaborated with the Knut Riisnæs Quartet and was soon after ...

*1994: ''Nightsong'' (ACT) *1998: ''Duplex Ride'' (ACT) *2002: ''Out here in there'' (

) ;With

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 ...

Helge Sten Deathprod is the musical pseudonym used by Norwegian artist Helge Sten for his ambient music project. He is married to Norwegian singer Susanna Wallumrød. Biography Sten began creating music under this name starting in 1991, culminating with a ...

*2004: ''Merriwinkle'' (

) ;With Stian Westerhus *2012: ''Didymoi Dreams'' (

Rune Grammofon Rune Grammofon is a Norwegian record label founded in 1998 by Rune Kristoffersen. Rune Grammofon's reputation for lovingly issued experimental electronic music, jazz, and improvised music by Norwegian artists has grown over the years with its art ...

) ;With Stian Westerhus *2014: ''Bonita'' (

)

Collaborations

;Within Jon Eberson Group *1981: ''Jive Talking'' (

CBS Records CBS Records may refer to: * CBS Records or CBS/Sony, former name of Sony Music, a global record company * CBS Records International, label for Columbia Records recordings released outside North America from 1962 to 1990 * CBS Records (2006), founde ...

), awarded Spellemannprisen *1982: ''Polarities'' (CBS Records) *1984: ''City Visions'' (CBS Records) *1985: ''Stories'' (CBS Records), awarded Spellemannprisen *1987: ''Pigs and Poetry'' (CBS Records) ;With

Jon Balke Jon Georg Balke (born 7 June 1955) is a Norwegian jazz pianist who leads the Magnetic North Orchestra. He is the younger brother of saxophonist Erik Balke. Career Balke started playing classical piano but switched to blues at 12, though he pe ...

*1998: ''Saturation'' (

EmArcy EmArcy Records is a jazz record label founded in 1954 by the American Mercury Records. The name is a phonetic spelling of "MRC", the initials for Mercury Record Company. During the 1950s and 1960s, musicians such as Max Roach, Clifford Brown ...

) *2005: ''Statements'' (

), within

Batagraf Batagraf (established 2005 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian percussion ensemble, created and led by Jon Balke. Formed in 2003, the concept of the group was to research and investigate the relation between rhythm and language, inspired by various A ...

;With

Nils Petter Molvaer Nils is a Scandinavian given name, a chiefly Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and Latvian variant of Niels, cognate to Nicholas. People and animals with the given name * Nils Bergström (born 1985), Swedish ice hockey player *Nils Björk (1898–1989), ...

*2001: '' Solid Ether'' (ECM Records) *2005: ''ER'' (

Universal Records Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as just Universal Music) is a Dutch–American multinational music corporation under Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands and its ...

) *2006: ''an american compilation'' (Thirsty Ear) ;With other projects *1995: ''Kullboksrytter'' (

Curling Legs __NOTOC__ Curling Legs Productions A/S (established 1992 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian record label with a catalogue encompassing all styles of jazz and improvised music. It was started by Knut Værnes and Morten Halle to release their own mus ...

), with «Out To Lunch» & «Norwegian String Quartet» *2001: ''Different Rivers'' (

), with

Trygve Seim Trygve Seim (born 25 April 1971) is a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone) and composer. He started to play the saxophone in 1985 after hearing Jan Garbarek's CD ''Eventyr''. Career Seim was born in Oslo. He studied music at Foss videregåe ...

*2002: ''...The Rest Is Rumours'' (Curling Legs), with

Pål Thowsen Pål Thowsen (born 15 July 1955) is a Norwegian jazz drummer. He has released several solo albums and received two Spellemannprisen awards. Career Thowsen was born in Lillestrøm, and started his career in the early 1970s as a musician in Ari ...

, Jon Eberson and Steinar Sønk Nickelsen feat. Endresen *2005: ''Sing Me Something'' (Fante Records), with «Ensemble du Verre» *2007: ''Crime Scenes'' (Punkt), at the Punkt Festival *2010: ''And Poppies from Kandahar'' (Samadhi Sound), with

Jan Bang Jan Bang (born 21 August 1968) is a Norwegian musician and record producer who has worked with Morten Harket, Sidsel Endresen, David Sylvian, Nils Petter Molvær, Arild Andersen, Bugge Wesseltoft, Arve Henriksen, and Erik Honoré. (in Norwegian) ...

*2011: ''Ha!'' (Rune Grammofon), with Humcrush *2015: ''Debris in Lower Earth Orbit'' (Cusp Editions), with Twinkle³ *2017: ''Hum'' (Confront Recordings), with

(See External Links, below, for in-depth discography)

References

External links

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Sidsel Endresen Biography
by Johs Bergh on

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Sidsel Endresen interview at underyourskin

Sidsel Endresen Discography at discogs.comSidsel Endresen & Bugge Wesseltoft "Nightsong" - Deutsches Jazzfestival 1999
on

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