Sidsel Endresen - Career

Career

Endresen was one of the most pronounced female jazz musicians in Norway in the beginning of the 21st century. She is a versatile artist, who likes to experiment with her voice in new forms and combination of jazz and other artistic expressions. Endresen studied English and Anthropology and stayed in the UK back in 1976, before settling in Oslo, where she started her artistic career. She worked as a singer, composer and songwriter with soul group «Chipahua» (1979- ), with Jon Eberson Group (1980-87). With Eberson, she made a series of highly popular and acclaimed recordings, at the intersection of jazz and rock, resulting in five CDs and two Spellemannprisen awards.

Read more about this topic:  Sidsel Endresen

Famous quotes containing the word career:

    I restore myself when I’m alone. A career is born in public—talent in privacy.
    Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962)

    John Brown’s career for the last six weeks of his life was meteor-like, flashing through the darkness in which we live. I know of nothing so miraculous in our history.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    Clearly, society has a tremendous stake in insisting on a woman’s natural fitness for the career of mother: the alternatives are all too expensive.
    Ann Oakley (b. 1944)