Sidsel Endresen
Encyclopedia
Sidsel Endresen is a Norwegian
jazz
singer.
She was part of the Jon Eberson Group from 1981 to 1987, resulting in five CDs and two "Spellemannprisen" awards. Since 1987, Endresen has pursued a successful solo career, resulting in 13 records under her own name including several recorded for the ECM
label.
Also contributed to the following recordings:
(See External Links, below, for in-depth discography)
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
singer.
She was part of the Jon Eberson Group from 1981 to 1987, resulting in five CDs and two "Spellemannprisen" awards. Since 1987, Endresen has pursued a successful solo career, resulting in 13 records under her own name including several recorded for the ECM
ECM (record label)
ECM is a record label founded in Munich, Germany, in 1969 by Manfred Eicher. While ECM is best known for jazz music, the label has released a wide variety of recordings, and ECM's artists often refuse to acknowledge boundaries between genres...
label.
Discography
- So I Write (1990, ECM)
- Exile (1994,ECM)
- Nightsong (1994, ACT) with Bugge Wesseltoft
- Duplex ride (1998, ACT) with Bugge Wesseltoft
- Undertow (2000, Jazzland)
- Out here in there (2002, Jazzland) with Bugge Wesseltoft
- Merriwinkle (2004, Jazzland) with Christian Wallumrod and Helge Sten
- One (2006, Sofa Music)
- Punkt Live Remixes vol. 1: Sidsel Endresen 7 Jon Hassel (2008, Punkt)
Also contributed to the following recordings:
- Jon Balke: Saturation (1998)
- Jon Balke & Batagraf: Statements (2005, ECM)
- Trygve Seim: Different Rivers (ECM)
- Ensemble du Verre: Sing Me Something (2005)
- Nils Petter Molvaer: ER (2005, Universal)
- Punkt: Crime Scenes (2007, Punkt)
- Jan Bang: And Poppies from Kandahar (2010, Samadhi Sound)
(See External Links, below, for in-depth discography)