Cæcilie Norby is a Danish jazz and rock singer. She was born in Frederiksberg

Frederiksberg

Frederiksberg Kommune is a municipality on the island of Zealand in Denmark. It surrounded by the city of Copenhagen. The municipality, co-extensive with its seat, covers an area of and has a total population of 98,782 making it the smallest municipality in Denmark area-wise, the fifth most...

 into a musical family. Her father is composer Erik Norby

Erik Norby

Erik Norby was a Danish composer.-References:*This article was initially translated from the Danish Wikipedia....

, and her mother is an opera singer. In 1985 she had her first commercial success as a singer of the jazz / rock band Frontline. In 1995 she released her first jazz album Cæcilie Norby.

Solo

• Cæcilie Norby (1995)
• My Corner of the Sky (1996)
• Queen of Bad Excuses (1999)
• First Conversation (2002)
• London/Paris (2004 - liveplade)
• Slow Fruit (2005)
• I Had a Ball - Greatest & More (2007)
• Arabesque (2010)

Awards

• Ben Webster Prize
  Ben Webster Prize
  The Ben Webster Prize is an annual jazz award set up by the Ben Webster Foundation to honour Danish and American Jazz musicians as well as other professionals active in the promotion of jazz in those countries. The American jazz musician Ben Webster spent his last ten years in Copenhagen, Denmark,...
  
  (1985)

Best Recording Album in Japan (1996)

Simon Spies Soloist Prize (1997)

Wilhelm Hansen Music Prize (2000)

IFPI's Honorary Award (2010)

External links

• Homepage