Tone Åse

Tone Åse (born 24 February 1965 in Bergen, Norway) is a Norwegian singer, known from Norwegian choirs and jazz scenes. She is married to, and musically cooperating with jazz keyboardist Ståle Storløkken.

Career After completing teacher education, she studied classical vocals at the Trondheim Musikkonservatorium and Tromsø Musikkonservatorium, and got a master's degree on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (2007), where she is still working as an assistant professor.

Åse joined Kvitretten (1991) and contributed to two records with Kristin Asbjørnsen, Solveig Slettahjell, and Eldbjørg Raknes which she still are cooperating with. She took over the lead of Sosialistisk Kor in Trondheim (1994), and is also involved with Trondheim Voices. She has performed with Trondheim Jazz Orchestra. She has also contributed in Live Maria Roggens «Liveband» (2006), and with Ingrid Storholmen she performed «Samtalen» at Olsokdagene (2006)

She leads the quartet BOL with her husband

Discography

Solo albums Within «Tone Åse & Thomas Strønen Duo» Voxpheria (Gigafon Records, 2012)

Within BOL BOL (Via Music, 2001) Silver Sun (Curling Legs, 2005) Skylab (Nor CD, 2008) Numb, Number (Gigafon Records, 2012)

Collaborative works Within Kvitretten Voices (Curling Legs, 1996) Everything Turns (Curling Legs, 1999) Kloden Er En Snurrebass Som Snurrer Oss (Curling Legs, 2002), with Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen (Reciting)