Sidsel Endresen

Sidsel Endresen (born 19 June 1952) is a Norwegian singer, composer, and actress. She was part of the Jon Eberson group. Since 1987, Endresen has pursued a successful solo career, recording for ECM.

Career

Endresen and Dan Berglund with Jazzland Night at Vossajazz 2016. Endresen was one of the most prominent female jazz musicians in Norway in the beginning of the 21st century. She is a versatile artist, who likes to challenge her voice with new experimental forms and combination of jazz and other artistic expressions. Her work has moved from "fusion" and "chamber jazz" in the 1980s and 1990s, to improvisational "new" musical forms in the mid-1990s until today. She has also moved from larger formats to explore solo, duo and trio formats. The last 15 years have her work mainly been concentrated on the genre of free improvisation music, both as a performer and as composer.

Honors 1981: Spellemannprisen in the class Jazz rock, for the album Jive Talking 1985: Spellemannprisen in the class Sector award, as composer/lyricist, for the album City Visions 1991: Gammleng-prisen Open class, for the album So I Write 1993: Radka Toneff Memorial Award 1998: Spellemannprisen Open class, together with Bugge Wesseltoft, for the album Duplex Ride 1998: Kongsberg Jazz Award 2000: Buddyprisen 2002: Spellemannprisen Open class, together with Bugge Wesseltoft, for the album Out here in there 2012: Spellemannprisen in the class Jazz, together with Stian Westerhus, for the album Didymoi Dreams

Discography

Solo albums 1990: So I Write (ECM Records), with Nils Petter Molvær, Django Bates & Jon Christensen 1994: Exile (ECM Records) 2000: Undertow (Jazzland Recordings) 2006: One (Sofa Music) 2008: Punkt Live Remixes vol. 1: Sidsel Endresen 7 Jon Hassel (Punkt)

With Bugge Wesseltoft 1994: Nightsong (ACT) 1998: Duplex Ride (ACT) 2002: Out here in there (Jazzland Recordings)

With Christian Wallumrød & Helge Sten 2004: Merriwinkle (Jazzland Recordings)

With Stian Westerhus 2012: Didymoi Dreams (Rune Grammofon) 2014: Bonita (Rune Grammofon)

Collaborations Within Jon Eberson Group 1981: Jive Talking (CBS Records), awarded Spellemannprisen 1982: Polarities (CBS Records) 1984: City Visions (CBS Records) 1985: Stories (CBS Records), awarded Spellemannprisen 1987: Pigs and Poetry (CBS Records)

With Jon Balke 1998: Saturation (Jazzland Recordings/EmArcy) 2005: Statements (ECM Records), within Batagraf

With Nils Petter Molvaer 2001: Solid Ether (ECM Records) 2005: ER (Universal Records) 2006: an american compilation (Thirsty Ear)

With other projects 1995: Kullboksrytter (Curling Legs), with «Out To Lunch» & «Norwegian String Quartet» 2001: Different Rivers (ECM Records), with Trygve Seim 2002: ...The Rest Is Rumours (Curling Legs), with Pål Thowsen, Jon Eberson and Steinar Sønk Nickelsen feat. Endresen 2005: Sing Me Something (Fante Records), with «Ensemble du Verre» 2007: Crime Scenes (Punkt), at the Punkt Festival 2010: And Poppies from Kandahar (Samadhi Sound), with Jan Bang 2011: Ha! (Rune Grammofon), with Humcrush 2015: Debris in Lower Earth Orbit (Cusp Editions), with Twinkle³ 2017: Hum (Confront Recordings), with Jan Bang (See external links below for in-depth discography)