Cæcilie Norby (born 9 September 1964) is a Danish jazz and rock singer. She has performed as part of the bands Street Beat, Frontline, and One-Two. Since the mid-1990s, she has worked as a solo artist.
Norby was a founding member of the band Street Beat in 1982. For two years, she was a member of the jazz-rock band Frontline. From 1985 to 1993, she worked with singer Nina Forsberg in the rock band One-Two.[1]
Her third album Queen of Bad Excuses, released in 1999, was a collaboration between her and Lars Danielsson, who already played bass throughout My Corner of the Sky. This time all compositions are originals by Norby, while she and Danielsson arranged, programmed and produced all tracks together. Danielsson played also guitar, cello, electric piano, keyboards and even drums on one track. With Ben Besiakov and long-time companion Lars Jansson on piano, Anders Kjellberg and Per Lindvall from Sweden alternating on drums with Billy Hart, who was also part of her debut recording, the line-up is accentuated by the guitar of John Scofield on more than half of the album, and saxophonist Hans Ulrik and Xavier Desandre Navarre on percussion.
Personal lifeedit
She was born 9 September 1964 in Frederiksberg, Denmark, into a musical family. Her father, Erik Norby, is classical composer and her mother, Solveig Lumholt, is an opera singer.
^Buchman-Moller, Frank (2002). Kernfeld, Barry (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Vol. 3 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc. p. 161. ISBN1-56159-284-6.
^The track "African Fairytale" on My Corner of the Sky is actually Shorter's "Footprints", first recorded in 1966 on his album Adam's Apple and on Miles Davis' Miles Smiles of the same year.
^"Cæcilie Norby discography". danishcharts.dk. Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
External linksedit
Official website
December 28, 2023
cæcilie, norby, born, september, 1964, danish, jazz, rock, singer, performed, part, bands, street, beat, frontline, since, 1990s, worked, solo, artist, performing, warszawa, august, 2011background, informationborn, 1964, september, 1964, frederiksberg, denmark. Caecilie Norby born 9 September 1964 is a Danish jazz and rock singer She has performed as part of the bands Street Beat Frontline and One Two Since the mid 1990s she has worked as a solo artist Caecilie NorbyPerforming in Warszawa August 2011Background informationBorn 1964 09 09 September 9 1964 age 59 Frederiksberg DenmarkGenresJazz pop rockOccupation s SingerYears active1985 presentLabelsBlue Note Enja ACTWebsitewww wbr caecilienorby wbr com Caecilie Norby Contents 1 Career 2 Personal life 3 Awards 4 Discography 4 1 Solo albums 5 References 6 External linksCareer editNorby was a founding member of the band Street Beat in 1982 For two years she was a member of the jazz rock band Frontline From 1985 to 1993 she worked with singer Nina Forsberg in the rock band One Two 1 In 1995 she turned to jazz and released her first solo album for Blue Note titled Caecilie Norby The self titled debut recording was co produced by Niels Lan Doky as was followed by her album My Corner of the Sky in 1996 My Corner of the Sky prominently featured American musicians including David Kikoski Joey Calderazzo Terri Lyne Carrington Scott Robinson Randy Brecker and Michael Brecker The repertoire for both albums included only a few jazz standards like Summertime or Just One of Those Things Instead she and Lan Doky arranged classic popular songs for a jazz line up like Wild Is the Wind By the Time I Get to Phoenix and a track by Curtis Mayfield on the first album The Look of Love Life on Mars Spinning Wheel and Set Them Free by Sting on the second For both albums Norby also wrote lyrics to compositions by Randy Brecker Chick Corea Don Grolnick and Wayne Shorter 2 Both albums gained wide attention and five digit sales especially in Denmark and also in Japan 3 Her third album Queen of Bad Excuses released in 1999 was a collaboration between her and Lars Danielsson who already played bass throughout My Corner of the Sky This time all compositions are originals by Norby while she and Danielsson arranged programmed and produced all tracks together Danielsson played also guitar cello electric piano keyboards and even drums on one track With Ben Besiakov and long time companion Lars Jansson on piano Anders Kjellberg and Per Lindvall from Sweden alternating on drums with Billy Hart who was also part of her debut recording the line up is accentuated by the guitar of John Scofield on more than half of the album and saxophonist Hans Ulrik and Xavier Desandre Navarre on percussion Personal life editShe was born 9 September 1964 in Frederiksberg Denmark into a musical family Her father Erik Norby is classical composer and her mother Solveig Lumholt is an opera singer Awards edit1985 Ben Webster Prize 1996 Best Recording Album in Japan 1997 Simon Spies Soloist Prize 2000 Wilhelm Hansen Music Prize 2010 IFPI s Honorary AwardDiscography editWith Frontline Frontline 1985 Frontlife 1986 With One Two One Two 1986 Hvide Logne 1990 Getting Better 1993 With DR Big Band 2009 Jazz Divas of Scandinavia Red Dot Solo albums edit Year Album Peak positionsDEN 4 1995 Caecilie Norby 1996 My Corner of the Sky 1999 Queen of Bad Excuses 2002 First Conversation 22004 London Paris live album 112005 Slow Fruit 202007 I Had a Ball Greatest amp More compilation album 2010 Arabesque 232013 Silent Ways 272015 Just The Two Of Us with Lars Danielsson 2019 Sisters in Jazz with Marilyn Mazur Hildegunn Oiseth Rita Marcotulli Nicole Johanntgen Lisa Wulff and Dorota Piotrowska 2020 Portraying 2022 Earthenya References edit Buchman Moller Frank 2002 Kernfeld Barry ed The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz Vol 3 2nd ed New York Grove s Dictionaries Inc p 161 ISBN 1 56159 284 6 The track African Fairytale on My Corner of the Sky is actually Shorter s Footprints first recorded in 1966 on his album Adam s Apple and on Miles Davis Miles Smiles of the same year According to her website Caecilie Norby discography danishcharts dk Hung Medien Retrieved 11 May 2013 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Caecilie Norby amp oldid 1178495910, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,