13-536: Norsk Jazzforum or The Norwegian Jazz Forum (originally established in 1953, and later reappeared on June 8, 1997 in Oslo, when The Norwegian Jazz Federation and Association Norwegian Jazz Musicians fused into The Norwegian Jazz Forum) is a member and interest organization that gathers the Norwegian jazz community, and works to promote the Norwegian jazz in terms of cultural policy and the arts. The Norwegian Jazz Forum
26-855: A classical string quintet ( Coruscating ); and with the London Brass and Jack DeJohnette ( Free and Equal , 2001). He has also played in a unique trio with Tunisian oud -player Anouar Brahem and bassist Dave Holland ( Thimar , 1997); has performed the songs of John Dowland with singer John Potter formerly of the Hilliard Ensemble ; and made contributions to the drum and bass album Disappeared by Spring Heel Jack . Other musicians he has worked with include bassist Miroslav Vitouš , bandleader Gil Evans , pianist Paul Bley and Vigleik Storaas , saxophonist (and composer) John Warren , guitarists Terje Rypdal and John Abercrombie and trumpeter Tomasz Stańko . His latest musical endeavour
39-642: A jazz club of the year. Winners were located in Ørsta / Volda (2004), Horten (2005), Stavanger (2006), Sortland (2007), Bergen (2008), Tromsø (2009), Asker (2010), Arendal (2011), Jazz Evidence in Kongsberg (2012), and Barnas Jazzhus in Ski (2013). Karin Krog Karin Krog (born 15 May 1937) is a Norwegian jazz singer . Krog began singing jazz as a teenager and attracted attention while performing in jam sessions in Oslo. In 1955, she
52-526: Is British jazz multi-instrumentalist John Surman . John Surman John Douglas Surman (born 30 August 1944) is an English jazz saxophone, clarinet , and synthesizer player, and composer of free jazz and modal jazz , often using themes from folk music . He has composed and performed music for dance performances and film soundtracks. Surman was born in Tavistock , Devon, England. He initially gained recognition playing baritone saxophone in
65-681: The Mike Westbrook Band in the mid-1960s, and was soon heard regularly playing soprano saxophone and bass clarinet as well. His first playing issued on a record was with the Peter Lemer Quintet in 1966. After further recordings and performances with jazz bandleaders Mike Westbrook and Graham Collier and blues-rock musician Alexis Korner , he made the first record under his own name in 1968. In 1969, he founded The Trio along with two expatriate American musicians, bassist Barre Phillips and drummer Stu Martin . In
78-924: The 50th anniversary was responsible for the Milestones in Jazz , a tour led by Knut Borge with a band. The continuation of Odin Records (established in 1981) that fused into Curling Legs in 1993, as well as the Buddyprisen that since 1956 has been awarded to the jazz musician of the year. Jazz forum also awards the Jazz Club of the Year ( «årets jazzklubb» ) in Norway. Since 1979, they organized "summer courses in jazz improvisation " on Agder Folk High School. With Rikskonsertene and jazz festivals in Norway, it holds
91-408: The first Norwegian musician to have an album released by Verve Records . The album Jubilee was a compilation of songs from her thirty-year career. Krog is the great granddaughter of Anders Heyerdahl (1832–1918), a Norwegian composer, musician, genealogist, folklorist and local historian. She was married (1957–2001) to the jazz journalist Johannes (Johs.) Bergh (1932–2001). Her long-term partner
104-657: The first of several solo projects on which he played all parts himself via overdubbing . He recorded his final album with Mike Westbrook , Citadel/Room 315 in 1975. Many of the musical relationships he established during the 1970s continued for decades. These include a quartet with pianist John Taylor , bassist Chris Laurence , and drummer John Marshall ; duets and other projects with Norwegian singer Karin Krog (Surman's long-term partner); and duets and other projects with American drummer/pianist Jack DeJohnette . His relationship with ECM Records has also been continuous from
117-517: The late 1970s to the present, as Surman has recorded prolifically for the label playing bass clarinet, recorders, soprano and baritone saxophones and using synthesisers, both solo and with a wide range of other musicians. He was featured in a profile on composer Graham Collier in the 1985 Channel 4 documentary 'Hoarded Dreams' Since the 1990s, he has composed several suites of music that feature his playing in unusual contexts, including with church organ and chorus ( Proverbs and Songs , 1996); with
130-499: The mid-1970s, he founded one of the earliest all-saxophone jazz groups, S.O.S., along with alto saxophonist Mike Osborne and tenor saxophonist Alan Skidmore . During this early period, he also recorded with (among others) saxophonist Ronnie Scott , guitarist John McLaughlin , bandleader Michael Gibbs , trombonist Albert Mangelsdorff , and pianist Chris McGregor 's Brotherhood of Breath . By 1972, he had begun experimenting with synthesizers. That year he recorded Westering Home ,
143-583: The «Jazzintro», a competition that selects the newcomer of the year on the Norwegian jazz scene, «This year's young jazz musicians», awarded during the Moldejazz every second year. In addition the Norwegian Jazz Forum distributes funds ad hoc, as Frifond, a band or musician scholarship. The Jazz Magazine Jazznytt is published by the Norwegian Jazz Forum. Managing Director in 2005 and 2011 was Tore Flesjø. Starting in 2004, they started to crown
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#1732797861440156-452: Was established in 1997 by the merger of 'Norsk Jazzforbund' (established 1953) and 'Foreningen Norske Jazzmusikere'. A former Norwegian Jazz Forum existed in the 60's, when Karin Krog took an initiative to give the Norwegian jazz community a voice. Today's Jazz Forum organizes jazz clubs, jazz festivals, amateur big band, professional jazz musicians and jazz five regional centers in Norway. Norwegian Jazz Forum has extensive dissemination. For
169-733: Was hired by the pianist Kjell Karlsen to sing in his sextet. In 1962, she started her first band, and that same year she became a student of the Norwegian-American singer Anne Brown . Krog studied with Brown until 1969. In the 1960s, she performed with the rhythm and blues band Public Enemies , releasing the hit singles "Sunny" and "Watermelon Man". She has worked with Vigleik Storaas , Jacob Young , Terje Rypdal , Arild Andersen , Jan Garbarek , Dexter Gordon , Kenny Drew , Don Ellis , Steve Kuhn , Archie Shepp , Paul Bley , John Surman , Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen , Red Mitchell , and Bengt Hallberg . In 1994, she became
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