Oslo International Jazz Festival (Oslo Jazzfestival, established 1986 in

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) is a

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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 m ...

genre, performed on stages in

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History

The pilot project (1984–1985) was initiated by Aage Teigen. 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

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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

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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 Edvard Askeland (born 10 December 1954) is a Norwegian jazz bassist, known from a series of album releases in various genres and for being regular in Dag Arnesens lineups in 1970-80, and within Cutting Edge. Career Askeland was born in Bergen ...

. At the festival in August 2013,

Nora Brockstedt Nora Brockstedt (20 January 1923 – 5 November 2015) was a Norwegian singer. In her last years, she focused more on the jazz genre, with successful albums like ''As Time Goes By'' (JazzAvdelingen, 2004) and ''Christmas Songs'' (JazzAvdelin ...

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 ...

and saxophonist

Hanna Paulsberg Hanna Paulsberg (born 13 November 1987 in Rygge, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (tenor saxophone) and composer. Career Paulsberg started playing saxophone at the age of fifteen, after listening to a cd with American saxophone player S ...

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, in ...

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 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 marrie ...

, saxophonist based in Oslo *1998: Kristian Ystehede, 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, musician and impresario *2002:

Eivind Solberg Eivind Holt Solberg (22 May 1933 – 19 March 2008)Review
from Norwegian Music Information was a Norwegian jaz ...

, 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 Karin Krog (born 15 May 1937) is a Norwegian jazz singer. Life and career Krog began singing jazz as a teenager and attracted attention while performing in jam sessions in Oslo. In 1955, she was hired by the pianist Kjell Karlsen to sing in ...

, 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 st ...

, saxophonist and jazz entrepreneur *2010:

Arild Andersen Arild Andersen (born 27 October 1945) is a Norwegian jazz musician bassist, known as the most famous Norwegian bass player in the international jazz scene. Career Andersen was born at Strømmen, Norway. He started his musical career as jazz g ...

, bassist from Oslo *2011: Aage Teigen, trombonist and founder of Oslo Jazz Festival (2011) *2012:

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 ...

, pianist, composer, producer and owner of

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*2013: Erlend Skomsvoll, pianist, composer and orchestra leader *2014: Odd André Elveland, as the founder of Improbasen and Kids in Jazz *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, 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 H ...

, drummer *2020:

, saxophonist *2021:

Kristoffer Kompen Kristoffer Kompen (born 14 August 1984 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian Jazz musician (trombone) and composer, known for a series of performances and recordings within bands like "Jazzin' Babies" and with musicians like Eirik Hegdal, Eyolf Dale, ...

, 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 genera ...

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 *2008:

Jørgen Mathisen Jørgen Mathisen (born 27 December 1984 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone and clarinet), the younger brother of Martin Mathisen (b. 1978), and known from different bands, and a series of recordings with musician like Ma ...

*2009: Guro Skumsnes Moe *2010:

*2011: Anja Lauvdal *2012:

Ellen Andrea Wang Ellen Andrea Wang (born 10 October 1986 in Gjøvik, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (double bass and singer) and composer. She is the cousin of singer-songwriter Marthe Wang. Raised in Søndre Land, Oppland, she released her debut album, ' ...

*2013: Ingrid Søfteland Neset

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