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

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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 organizat ...

. 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 Open class, for the album ''So I Write'' *1993:

Radka Toneff Memorial Award Radka Toneff Memorial Award (established in 1993) is a Norwegian award given to individuals who are acting in the spirit of Norwegian jazz singer Radka Toneff. The award amounts to 25,000 Norwegian kroner, and is managed by the Radka Toneff Mem ...

*1998: Spellemannprisen Open class, together with Bugge Wesseltoft, for the album ''Duplex Ride'' *1998: Kongsberg Jazz Award *2000:

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*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 Stian Westerhus (born 2 April 1979) is a Norwegian guitarist known for his experimental style, explored with keyboardist Øystein Moen in the bands Jaga Jazzist and Puma and with Sidsel Endresen, Nils Petter Molvær, Arve Henriksen, Jan Bang, a ...

, for the album ''Didymoi Dreams''

Discography

Solo albums

*1990: ''So I Write'' (

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), with Nils Petter Molvær, Django Bates & 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 lab ...

) *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 fro ...

& Helge Sten *2004: ''Merriwinkle'' (

) ;With

*2012: ''Didymoi Dreams'' ( Rune Grammofon) ;With

*2014: ''Bonita'' ( Rune Grammofon)

Collaborations

;Within Jon Eberson Group *1981: ''Jive Talking'' ( CBS Records), 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 *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 *2001: ''

Solid Ether ''Solid Ether'' is an album by Norwegian trumpeter, composer and producer Nils Petter Molvær, recorded in 1999 and released on ECM May the following year.

'' (ECM Records) *2005: ''ER'' (

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

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

), with Trygve Seim *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 *2011: ''Ha!'' (Rune Grammofon), with

Humcrush Humcrush (established 2004 in Trondheim) is a Norwegian experimental jazz band initiated by Thomas Strønen and Ståle Storløkken. Humcrush present futuristic electro-jazz, mixing hyper electronics, bleats of analogue keyboards and skittering li ...

*2015: ''Debris in Lower Earth Orbit'' (Cusp Editions), with Twinkle³ *2017: ''Hum'' (Confront Recordings), with Jan Bang (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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