Oslo Jazz Festival
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The Oslo Jazz Festival has been held annually since 1986 for a week in Oslo in mid-August . In addition to jazz, other styles such as blues or soul are presented.
The main venues are the cathedral , the children's art museum , the Sentralen- Kulturhaus, the opera house , the Grand Hotel and the national jazz stage in the Victoria Teater . In addition, it is played in various clubs (such as the Cosmopolite ).
history
Mainstream jazz dominated at first . In addition, Benny Waters played in 1986 , Cab Calloway in 1987 , Joe Williams and Clark Terry in 1988 , Buddy Guy , Junior Wells and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band in 1989 . In 1992, Jay McShann recorded with Clark Terry, Al Gray , Milt Hinton and Ben Riley .
1993 played Bob Wilber with Scott Hamilton , 1994 Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen with Dick Hyman and Rebecca Parris with Gary Burton , 1996 Illinois Jacquet , 1997 Benny Carter .
In 2002, other movements such as electronica , hip-hop , avant-garde jazz and rhythm & blues were also taken up.
In 2011, Charlie Haden , Kenny Garrett , Tom Harrell and Brian Blade performed from abroad and Nils Petter Molvær with trio from Scandinavia , saxophonist Trygve Seim , singer Sidsel Endresen with Humcrush, Karin Krog with Bengt Hallberg , pianist Jon Balke with his Band Magnetic Book , Fire! by the Swedish pianist Mats Gustafsson , Silje Nergaard , the Come Shine quartet and the singer Anita Skorgan .
Tony Bennett performed in 2012 .
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Ella-praises
Since 1995, a sculpture by Mariann Hazeland depicting Ella Fitzgerald has been presented annually to a person who sponsored the festival and the jazz scene in Oslo.
Prize winners:
- 1995: Randi Hultin, journalist from Oslo
- 1996: Stein Kagge, journalist from Oslo
- 1997: Totti Bergh , saxophonist from Oslo
- 1998: Kristian Ystehede , multi-instrumentalist
- 1999: Laila Dalseth , vocalist who lives in Oslo
- 2000: Tore Jensen , Trumpeter, who lived in Oslo
- 2001: Miloud Guiderk , musician and impresario
- 2002: Eivind Solberg , trumpeter who lives in Oslo
- 2003: Roald Helgheim, journalist
- 2004: Gerhard Aspheim , trombonist living in Oslo
- 2005: Peter T. Malling, businessman, founder of jazz radio
- 2006: Hank O'Neal , jazz producer, photographer and journalist
- 2007: Bjørn Petersen, head of Gemini Records in Oslo
- 2008: Karin Krog , vocalist from Oslo
- 2009: Bodil Niska , saxophonist and jazz entertainer
- 2010: Arild Andersen , bassist from Oslo
- 2011: Aage Teigen , trombonist and founder of the Oslo Jazz Festival
- 2012: Bugge Wesseltoft , musician, producer and founder of Jazzland Recordings
- 2013: Erlend Skomsvoll , pianist and orchestra leader
- 2014: Odd André Elveland, as the founder of the Improbasen and Kids in Jazz initiatives
- 2015: Espen Nilsen, head of the Oslo jazz bar Mr. Nilsen (one of the festival venues)
- 2016: John Trehjørningen, one of the makers of the Oslo Jazz Festival
- 2017: Bjørn Stendahl, jazz historian
- 2018: Jon Christensen , musician
- 2019: Paolo Vinaccia , musician
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