Tine Asmundsen (born 8 April 1963) is a Norwegian jazz bassist, known from her own band, Lonely Woman, playing with David Murray at

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2010.

Career

Asmundsen was born in

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, Norway. She started playing bass in

, with the «Kongsberg Storband» at «Kongsberg Jazzfestival», educated at the «Østnorsk Musikkonservatorium» and

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, among others under Richard Davis. In

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she was part of «Jazz Police» (1990). For a period she was in the band «Alibi» where also

Maria Kannegaard Maria Kannegaard (born 6 October 1970) is a Danish-born Norwegian jazz musician and pianist. She has lived in Norway since age 10. She is known from her own ''Maria Kannegaard trio'' and cooperation with, among others Live Maria Roggen's ''LiveB ...

played piano. She was within the band «Girl Talk» with Bodil Niska and Elizabeth Walker, releasing the album ''Talkin' Jazz'' (1996). Lately (2007–12) she has played within the band of Einar «Pastor´n» Iversen. In 2000 she established her own record label «Hazel Jazz»,Hazel Jazz
/ref> and initiated the Quintet «Lonely Woman» in 2002, with four records (2012). Asmundsen was part of a string ensemble from 2006, playing

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compositions, with the pianist Kenneth Karlsson, Lise Strandli Pedersen (violin), Vladimir Stoyanov (violin), Renata Norcia (viola) and Tanja Orning (cello).

Discography

Solo projects

;Within «Lonely Woman» *2003: ''aLive'' (Hazel Jazz - HJ2), her own compositions, with Svein Christiansen (drums), Rune Klakegg/ Jørn Øien (piano) *2005: ''Demon's Diversions'' (Hazel Jazz - HJ3), music by Vidar Johansen *2008: ''Radegund'' (Hazel Jazz - HJ6) *2012: ''Lovely Luna'' (Hazel Jazz - HJ7)

Collaborative works

*1996: ''Talkin' Jazz'' (Ponca Jazz), «Girl Talk» with Bodil Niska and Elizabeth Walker *2000: ''Seaview'' (Hazel Jazz HJ1), with

Einar Iversen Einar "Pastor'n" Iversen (27 July 1930 – 3 April 2019) was a Norwegian jazz pianist and composer and the son of a "pastor." He went into jazz after World War II ended. Through more than sixty years, he played with everyone in Norwegian jazz. ...

(piano), Svein Christiansen (drums),

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(saxophone) and Roy Nikolaisen (trumpet) *2007: ''About time'' (Hazel Jazz HJ4), with Lill Holen, Einar Iversen and Svein Christiansen *2008: ''Madison'' (Hazel Jazz HJ5), with Richard Davis (double bass),

(tenor saxophone, flute, bass clarinet) and Robert Shy (drums)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Asmundsen, Tine 1963 births Living people Norwegian jazz upright-bassists Jazz double-bassists Norwegian jazz composers Women jazz musicians Musicians from Kongsberg Women double-bassists 21st-century double-bassists 21st-century women musicians