Sidsel Endresen

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) == References ==