Karin Krog
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| Birth name | Karin Krog | |
| Born | May 15, 1937 | |
| Origin | Oslo, Norway | |
| Genre(s) | Vocal jazz | |
| Label(s) | Meantime Records | |
| Website | [1] | |
Karin Krog (born May 15, 1937 in Oslo) is a celebrated Norwegian Vocal jazzist. She started to sing in early age and in 1955 she was hired by the pianist Kjell Karlsen to sing in his sextet.
In 1962 she started her first own group and from the same year she become a student of the well-known Norwegian-American singer Anne Brown) (the first Bess in Gershwin's Porgy and Bess) Karin studied with Anne Brown until 1969
Karin Krog has during the years work together with a lot of well-known national and international musicians, like Arild Andersen, Jan Garbarek, Dexter Gordon, Kenny Drew, Don Ellis, Archie Shepp, John Surman, Red Mitchell, Bengt Hallberg among others.
Karin has achieved a great international reputation by possessing her own recognizable style and voice. She is constantly driving herself to find new angles and has never been bound by tradition. Karin is equally at home with jazz standards, blues or electronic experimental techniques.
[edit] Some Awards
- 1965 - Buddyprisen from Norsk jazzforbund
- 1974 - Norwegian Grammy Årets spellemann
- 1975 - Female Singer of the Year from European Jazz Federation
- 1981 - Oslo Council Artist Award
[edit] Diskography (selection)
- Some Other Spring 1970
- George Gershwin + Karin Krog 1974
- Different Days, Different Ways 1976
- Hi-Fly 1976, with Archie Shepp
- Three's A Crowd 1977, with Red Mitchell
- Cloud Line Blue 1978, with John Surman
- I Remember You 1980, with Red Mitchell
- Something Borrowed, Something New 1989
- Sings Gershwin 1993
- Jubilee 1995
- Bluesand 1999, with John Surman
- Raindrops, Raindrops 2002
- Where Flamingos Fly 2003
- Where you at? 2003
- Sweet talker - The best of Karin Krog 2005
Complete discography, see |URL = [2]
