Birth name Bodil Aileen Niska Website www.niska.no Name Bodil Niska | Occupation(s) Musician Role Musician | |
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Albums Talkin' Jazz, First Song, Blue Similar People Per Husby, Torstein Ellingsen, Einar Iversen, Egil Kapstad, Bjorn Alterhaug | ||
Bodil niska first song
Bodil Aileen Niska (born 21 August 1954 in Vadsø, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone), well known for popular releases of jazz standards.
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- Bodil niska first song
- Young At Heart Music by Bodil Niska
- Career
- Honors
- Solo albums
- Collaborative works
- References
Young At Heart Music by Bodil Niska
Career
Growing up in Hammerfest she was taught music by her father, the accordion player Aksel Niska, studied under 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, including Tine Asmundsen (double bass) and Elizabeth Walker. They released the album Talkin' Jazz (1996) which sold very well. She performed within 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.
Honors
Solo albums
Collaborative works
