Ellen Andrea Wang

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Ellen Andrea Wang (born October 10, 1986 in Gjøvik ) is a Norwegian jazz musician who plays, sings and composes double bass . She first became known both with her band Pixel and in collaboration with pianist Dag Arnesen and can be classified musically between jazz, pop and singing-songwriting .

Live and act

Wang first began to learn the violin and switched to bass at the age of 16. She attended Norges musikkhøgskole , where she studied with Bjørn Kjellemyr . Since 2010 she has been part of Dag Arnesen's trio; she also plays at SynKoke . Since 2013 she has directed her Ellen Andrea Wang Trio and the band Pixel , which includes drummer Jon Audun Baar, trumpeter Jonas Kilmork Vemøy and saxophonist Harald Lassen and with whom she plays indie jazz .

She also worked with the bands of Ivar Kolve , belongs to Amherst and, since 2011, to White Willow and can be heard on albums by Lena Nymark and Kristin Fjellseth . At the jazz festival of Ystad she entered in 2015 with the Sisters in Jazz to Nicole Johänntgen on. In 2017 she performed in Berlin with Giorgi Mikadze and Nils Landgren .

Prizes and awards

Wang received the Talent Award at at DølaJazz in 2011 and was named Statkraft Young Star at the Oslo Jazz Festival in 2012. In 2013 she and Pixel belonged to the Young Nordic Jazz Comets. In 2015 she was honored with the prestigious Kongsberg Jazz Award at the Kongsberg Jazz Festival .

Ellen Andrea Wang, Oslo Jazz Festival 2016

Discographic notes

Ellen Andrea Wang Trio
  • Diving 2014 (Propeller Recordings)
  • Blank Out 2017 (Jazzland)
with pixel
  • Reminder ( Cuneiform Records 2012)
  • We Are All Small Pixels (Cuneiform Records 2013)
  • Golden Years (Cuneiform Records 2015)
with SynKoke
  • Hokjønn (AIMSoundCity, 2009)
  • The Ideologist (Kokeplate, 2011)
with Pastor Wang Quintet
  • Blå Anthem (Wango Productions, 2007)
with Sisters in Jazz

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry on Jazz Profile ( Memento of the original from February 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / jazzprofil.no
  2. ↑ Ellen Andrea Wang Biography ( Norwegian ) Nasjonaljazzscene.no. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  3. ↑ Sound poet on double bass (Deutschlandfunk)
  4. ↑ Pixel (Oslo Jazz Festival)
  5. ^ Young Nordic Jazz Comets . Young Nordic Jazz Comets. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 20, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.youngnordicjazzcomets.com
  6. ↑ Ellen Andrea Wang - Air / Follow Me (Single) publisher = RadioLudo.no . Archived from the original on February 20, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 20, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.radioludo.no
  7. ↑ Bruce Lindsay: Pixel: Reminder (2012) Track Review . All about jazz . June 11, 2012. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Wang, Ellen Andrea
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian jazz musician (double bass, vocals, composition)
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Gjøvik