Kirsti Huke

Kirsti Huke (born March 6, 1977 in Melhus ) is a Norwegian jazz and rock singer living in Trondheim .

biography

Kirsti Huke received her basic musical training between 1993 and 1996 at Heimdal videregående skole , a music-oriented grammar school. She then studied jazz singing at the Trondheim Conservatory from 1996 to 2001 . In 1998, while still a student, she founded her own quartet , which initially consisted of Steinar Raknes (bass), Håvard Wiik (piano) and Håkon Mjåset Johansen (drums). After several concerts this formation broke up in 2002.

In the spring of the same year, the album Memoirs was released by the Trondheim formation The 3rd and the Mortal with the help of Huke , with whom they played several concerts in Norway, Mexico, the Netherlands and Germany later in the year. Recordings of the Germany tour of The 3rd and the Mortal, which took place in September / October 2002, were released in 2005 on the album Project Bluebook .

After her first quartet was dissolved, Huke put together a new one, which in addition to Raknes now included the pianist Vigleik Storaas, known from his collaboration with Chet Baker, and the Swedish drummer Erik Nylander. The band quickly made a name for themselves with idiosyncratic interpretations of jazz standards . The first CD of the quartet was a long time coming. It was published under the title Deloo in 2007, but received very good reviews in Norway. In addition to classics like Old Country (by Curtis Lewis and Nat Adderley ) or Caravan (by Duke Ellington ), the album also features individual versions of the Pink Floyd hit Wish You Were Here and the ballad Not Dark Yet by Bob Dylan . Like other Scandinavian vocalists of her generation (e.g. Rebekka Bakken , Hanne Hukkelberg or Stina Nordenstam ), Kirsti Huke starts from a broad concept of jazz or consciously works across genres. The second CD of the quartet, released in spring 2009, mainly contained their own compositions and opened up even more clearly to the rock genre. The song Poor Tom of Led Zeppelin is the only cover version on this album. In 2020, the album Weaving was released with a new line-up - with two drummers now - and with a much more minimalist concept .

She also demonstrated her versatility in numerous side projects. In 2005 she joined the indie rock band Phy , which has existed since 1997 and recorded some songs in the new line-up in Oslo. As a member of Tom's Diner , the trio of the Norwegian samba and bossanova guitarist Tom Steinar Lund, she performed at several festivals. She has also performed several times with the Norwegian jazz pianist Egil Kapstad and the guitarist Åge Aleksandersen . As the lead singer of the Moving Oos ensemble , in which numerous musicians from the Trondheim scene (e.g. Dadafon ) participate, she recorded two CDs in 2007 and 2008. The band's mix of rock, gospel , soul and funk is based on the music of the years 1967 to 1974. They recorded the CD Scent of Soil with saxophonist Tore Brunborg .

Kirsti Huke is a sister of the poet Marte Huke .

Awards

In 2017 Kirsti Huke was awarded the Radka Toneff Minnepris .

Discography

The 3rd and the Mortal

• 2002 - memoirs
• 2005 - Project Bluebook

Kirsti Huke Quartet

• 2007 - Deloo
• 2009 - Kirsti Huke
• 2015 - Rags & Silks (with Ola Kvernberg and Erik Nylander)
• 2020 - Weaving

Moving Oos

• 2007 - Peace & Love
• 2008 - ... and Understanding

Phy

• 2011 - Tree House

Kirsti Huke & Tore Brunborg

• 2012 - Scent of Soil

Web links

• Kirsti Huke Quartet on MySpace
• Official homepage of The 3rd and the Mortal