Role Singer | Name Laila Dalseth Record label Gemini Records | |
Born 6 November 1940 (age 83) ( 1940-11-06 ) Albums Swingin', A Woman`s Intuition, Glad there is you Similar People Karin Krog, Al Cohn, Jan Erik Kongshaug | ||
Laila Dalseth & Al Cohn - Travelling Light (1986).
I Got the Right to Sing the Blues
Laila Dalseth (born 6 November 1940 in Bergen, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz singer, married (1963-2012) to the jazz saxophonist Theodor "Totti" Bergh (1935-2012), known for numerous recordings and international cooperation and regarded as one of the leading Norwegian Jazz singers.
Contents
- Laila Dalseth Al Cohn Travelling Light 1986
- I Got the Right to Sing the Blues
- Career
- Honors
- Laila Dalseth as Melodi Grand Prix contestant
- Diskografi
- References
Career
After an early debut in her hometown Bergen, she was active on the Oslo jazz scene, among others on releases with Kjell Karlsen (b. 1961), Egil Kapstad and Helge Hurum's big band. Dalseth record debuted with Metropol Jazz (1963), participated in «Stokstad/Jensen Trad.Band» ('73−'75), in a band with Per Borthen, as well as at Teatret Vårt in the play Havhesten (1976). She has with her own band released Listen Here! (1999), 1960's album One of a Kind (2000) and then Everything I Love (2003), all on the label Gemini Records. L. D. Quintet consisting of husband Totti Bergh (saxophone), Per Husby (piano), Kåre Garnes (bass) and Tom Olstad (drums).
Dalseth was awarded Buddyprisen 1976, in addition to three times awarded Spellemannprisen i klassen jazz, for Just Friends 1975, Glad There is You 1978 and Daydreams 1984. She was internationally recognized for the record Time for Love (1986) with Red Mitchell, Travelling Light (1986) with Al Cohn, The Judge and I (1991) with Milt Hinton, A Woman's Intuition (1995), her own sextet featuring Philip Catherine, We remember You (1986/2003) with Al Cohn, and Everything I Love 2004. Five of these releases were critically ranked among the «Ten best jazz albums of the year» by the American jazz magazine «Cadence».
Honors
Laila Dalseth as Melodi Grand Prix contestant
Diskografi
