Birth name Beate Slettevoll Lech Instruments Vocals Parents Zdzislaw Lech Spouse Marius Reksjo | Genres Jazz Role Singer Origin Norway Name Beate Lech | |
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Born 10 April 1974 (age 49)
Volda, More og Romsdal ( 1974-04-10 ) Labels Kirkelig Kulturverksted
Jazzland Albums Hogtidsrom, Min song og hjarteskatt, Cewbeagappic, Cricklewood Broadway, At Welding Bridge | ||
Occupation(s) Musician and composer | ||
Beate S. Lech - Min song og hjarteskatt
Beate Slettevoll Lech (born 10 April 1974 in Volda, Møre og Romsdal, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz singer, composer and lyricist in modern jazz and related music, raised in Øvre Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane. She grew up in Volda, Møre og Romsdal as daughter of the Polish jazz violinist Zdzislaw Lech, known from bands like "Folk & Røvere", Jon Eberson's band Metropolitan (two albums and appearance at Moldejazz 1999), and Beady Belle with her husband jazz bassist Marius Reksjø, and has attracted attention in concerts internationally.
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Lech is a graduate of the University of Oslo and Norges Musikkhøgskole in Oslo. She has collaborated with musicians like Bugge Wesseltoft. On the solo album Min Song Og Hjarteskatt (2011), she show her close relationship to hymns and folk tunes, and her strong desire to make visible female voices in this male dominated arena. With help from lyricists Marit Kaldhol, Hilde Myklebust and Bente Bratlund, and poems from her late grandmother, she presents this lyrical album together with the musicians Marius Reksjø (bass), Erlend Slettevoll (piano), David Wallumrød (keyboards), Knut Aalefjær (drums) and Georg Riedel (double bass).