Marianne Racine
Marianne Racine (* 4. December 1956 in Haparanda , as Marianne Granvik ) is a Swedish jazz singer and -pianistin who lives in Switzerland.
Live and act
Racine grew up in northern Sweden; at the music academy Piteå she passed a piano and school music diploma. As a singer she is self-taught and has already recorded with Mats Ronander and Svank Theressen in Sweden. She has lived in Zurich since 1984 , where she initially performed in a duo with Dennis Armitage and with Jürg Morgenthaler's JM Rhythm Four . With Daniel Schenker , Roland von Flüe , Hugo Helfenstein , David Ruosch Hämi Hämmerli and Alberto Canonico, she performed Rambazamba , a jazz program for children, in the mid-1990s . She worked in the groups Voice Meets Bass with Christoph Sprenger, 3 voices & a tuba and 3 voices & a bass .
In her own quartet she interprets not only jazz standards but also “idiosyncratic adaptations” of Scandinavian folk songs; She also appears in the Duo Tuliaisia with Vera Kappeler , in a duo with Esther Mottini and in various formations with Michael Bucher. In Sweden she tours with Norrbottensmusiken .
As a pianist, singer and arranger, she was also involved in theater productions; She has also performed with the Danish Radio Big Band , the Esther Bächlin Group, the Zurich Jazz Orchestra , Joel Reif, Bänz Oesters Snow of Tomorrow , UtzingerZwiauerRast, Christoph Gallio and Peter Sigrists Vocal Contact . She was a mentor at the Migros New Jazz Festival (1995).
At the Zurich University of the Arts she teaches singing, ensemble and subject didactics.
Discographic notes
- Marianne Racine Quartet Sångbook ( TCB Records 2003, with Andy Scherrer , Bänz Oester, Norbert Pfammatter )
- 3 voices & a bass Safari (Brambus 2000, with Samira Mall, Bruno Amstad , Bänz Oester)
- 3 voices & a tuba Live at Moods (TCB Records 1997, with Samira Mall, Peggy Chew, Michael Frey )
- Racine-Steffen Group Buried Treasures (Brambus 1993/1994 with Heiner Althaus , Bruno Steffen, Hans Peter Künzle , Alfred Kramer )
- Mariane Racine & Dennis Armitage All My Music (LP DRS 1989)
- Mariane Racine & DRS-Band Swedish Portrait (LP DRS 1987)
Lexical entries
- Bruno Spoerri (Ed.): Biographical Lexicon of Swiss Jazz. CD supplement to: Bruno Spoerri (Ed.): Jazz in Switzerland. History and stories. Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0739-6 .
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Racine, Marianne |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Granvik, Marianne; Racine-Granvik, Marianne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th December 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Haparanda |