Tone Åse (born 24 February 1965 in

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula o ...

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) is a Norwegian singer, known from Norwegian choirs and

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scenes. She is married to, and musically cooperating with jazz keyboardist

Ståle Storløkken Ståle Storløkken (born 22 February 1969 in Dombås, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (keyboards, organ and piano) and composer, known for collaborations with artists like Terje Rypdal, BigBang, Supersilent and Motorpsycho. Store Norske Le ...

Career

After completing teacher education, she studied classical vocals at the Trondheim Musikkonservatorium and Tromsø Musikkonservatorium, and got a master's degree on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (2007), where she is still working as an assistant professor. (Kjell Håve, 2007) Åse joined ''Kvitretten'' (1991) and contributed to two records with

Kristin Asbjørnsen Kristin Asbjørnsen (born 12 May 1971) is a Norwegian jazz singer and composer whose focus is on improvised music. She is known for musical projects like Dadafon including with Carl Haakon Waadeland, Krøyt, Kvitretten, and Nymark Collectiv ...

Solveig Slettahjell Solveig Slettahjell (born 2 April 1971 in Bærum, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz singer, known for her soulful, seductive voice. Career Slettahjell had her record debut with the album ''Slow Motion Orchestra'' (2003), contains jazz standards li ...

, and

Eldbjørg Raknes Eldbjørg Raknes (born 9 February 1970 in Midsund, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz vocalist known for her a cappella vocal performances, innovative improvised vocals and electronic effects. She has collaborated with musicians such as Jon Balke, Ander ...

which she still are cooperating with. She took over the lead of ''Sosialistisk Kor'' in

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(1994), and is also involved with ''Trondheim Voices''. She has performed with

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. She has also contributed in Live Maria Roggens «Liveband» (2006), and with Ingrid Storholmen she performed «Samtalen» at ''Olsokdagene'' (2006) She leads the quartet BOL with her husband Ståle Storløkken (

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), Tor Yttredal (saxophone) and

Tor Haugerud Tor Andreas Haugerud (born 7 January 1962 in Brattvåg) is a Norwegian jazz musician (drums and percussion) known from Transjoik, Blixband, BOL (band), BOL, Kjetil Møster, Möster Trio, and has created his own avant-garde band "MisterYtor" ("No ...

(drums) with the album ''Silver sun'' (2001). They appeared as a trio when Yttredal left the band, and composed the commission work for ''Trondheim Kammerfestival'' (2003). They performed at ''Varangerfestivalen'' (2006). Åse is in the new lineup with

Marilyn Mazur Marilyn Mazur (born January 18, 1955) is an American-born Danish percussionist. Since 1975, she has worked as a percussionist with various groups, among them Six Winds with Alex Riel. Mazur is primarily an autodidact, but she has a degree in ...

's ''Future Song''.

Discography

Solo albums

;Within «Tone Åse &

Thomas Strønen Thomas Strønen (born 7 December 1972) is a Norwegian jazz drummer who has recorded more than 70 albums. He has worked with Iain Ballamy, Arve Henriksen, Mats Eilertsen, Ashley Slater, Eivind Aarset, Christian Fennesz, Nils Petter Molvaer, B ...

Duo» *''Voxpheria'' (Gigafon Records, 2012) ;Within BOL *''BOL'' (Via Music, 2001) *''Silver Sun'' (

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, 2005) *''Skylab'' (Nor CD, 2008) *''Numb, Number'' (Gigafon Records, 2012)

Collaborative works

;Within Kvitretten *''Voices'' (Curling Legs, 1996) *'' Everything Turns'' (Curling Legs, 1999) *''Kloden Er En Snurrebass Som Snurrer Oss'' (Curling Legs, 2002), with Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen (Reciting)

References

External links

* * ww.ntnu.no/ansatte/tone.ase Tone Åseat NTNU
BOL Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ase, Tone Norwegian women jazz singers Norwegian jazz composers Musicians from Bergen 1965 births Living people Women in electronic music 20th-century Norwegian women singers 20th-century Norwegian singers 21st-century Norwegian women singers 21st-century Norwegian singers BOL (band) members Trondheim Voices members