Bodil Niska

Bodil Niska
Bodil Niska at Oslo jazzfestival (2015).
Bodil Niska at Oslo jazzfestival (2015).
Background information
Birth nameBodil Aileen Niska
Born (1954-08-21) 21 August 1954 (age 70)
Vadsø, Finnmark
OriginNorway
GenresJazz
OccupationMusician
InstrumentTenor saxophone
Websitewww.niska.no

Bodil Aileen Niska (born 21 August 1954 in Vadsø, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz saxophonist known for her recordings of jazz standards.[1]

Career

Raised in Hammerfest Municipality, she was taught music by her father, the accordion player Aksel Niska, and studied under the guidance of Kjell Bartholdsen, and ran the jazz club "Montenegro" (1979–89). After moving southward in Norway in 1990, Niska collaborated within the trio "Girl Talk" from 1992, the other members being Tine Asmundsen (double bass) and Elizabeth Walker. They recorded the album Talkin' Jazz (1996). She formed the Bodil Niska Quartet, including Per Husby (piano), Stig Hvalryg (bass) and Roger Johansen (drums), at the Oslo Jazz Festival in 2005. She is also known for her collaboration with Pete Brown Trio, including Scott Hamilton and Harry Allen.

Niska has established the "Bare Jazz" store in Oslo, and a record label by the same name. For her work she received "Sildajazzprisen" in 2005 and the Oslo Jazz Festival award "Ella-prisen" in 2009.[2]

Honors

Discography

Solo albums

Collaborative works

  • 1993: Noe Som Har Hendt (Kirkelig Kulturverksted), with "Dronning Mauds Land»
  • 1996: Talkin' Jazz (Hot Club Records), within the trio "Girl Talk»
  • 2006: Sakte Sanger (Park Grammofon), with Anne Lande & Per Husby

References

  1. ^ Hammerø, Tor; Hoprekstad, Odd Egil. "Bodil Niska". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Bodil Niska Biography" (in Norwegian). Nama.no. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
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Awards
Preceded by Recipient of the Sildajazzprisen
2005 		Succeeded by