Signe Elisabeth Lygre Førre (born 3 May 1994 in
Voss, Norway
Voss () is a municipality and a traditional district in Vestland county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Vossevangen. Other villages include Bolstadøyri, Borstrondi, Evanger, Kvitheim, Mjølfjell, Opphe ...
) is a Norwegian singer, upright bassist, and composer.
Førre studies jazz at Voss Jazzskule. Her debut concert as band leader was at
Vossajazz
Vossajazz or Vossa Jazz (established 19 December 1973) is an international jazz festival in Voss, Norway, which takes place annually during the week before Easter, and which also includes concerts throughout the year. The festival has been led b ...
2014 with Signe Førre Band. The lineup in addition to Førre, was saxophonist
Elisabeth Lid Trøen
Elisabeth Lid Trøen (born 15 March 1992 in Voss, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz saxophonist, and composer.
Biography
Trøen picked up the saxophone at 16 in 2008, and studied jazz at Voss Jazzskule. By the age of 20, she had already played with ...
, pianist
Eivind Austad
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Biography
Austad attended the Jazz program at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim (NTNU), and received a ...
, and drummer
Håkon Mjåset Johansen
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. In 2015 she played with the band Peace, Love and Swing, at Vossajazz, showing herself as composer. At the 2018 Vossajazz Førre appeared with her own trio playing a mixture of standards, her own compositions, and old folk tunes. The trio comprised additional pianist
Erlend Slettevoll
Erlend Slettevoll (born 26 October 1981) is a Norwegian jazz pianist, known from cooperation with musicians like Ola Kvernberg, Petter Wettre, Heidi Skjerve, Kjetil Møster, Steinar Raknes and Espen Aalberg.
Career
Slettevoll was born in Volda ...
and drummer
Håkon Mjåset Johansen
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.
Honors
* 2014: Awarded the UNGjaJAZZja by
Vossajazz
Vossajazz or Vossa Jazz (established 19 December 1973) is an international jazz festival in Voss, Norway, which takes place annually during the week before Easter, and which also includes concerts throughout the year. The festival has been led b ...
, with Signe Førre Band
References
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1994 births
Living people
21st-century Norwegian upright-bassists
Norwegian jazz upright-bassists
Jazz double-bassists
Norwegian women jazz singers
Norwegian jazz singers
Musicians from Voss
21st-century women musicians
21st-century Norwegian singers
21st-century Norwegian women singers