Bodil Niska

Bodil Niska

Bodil Niska at Oslo jazzfestival (2015).
Background information
Birth name Bodil Aileen Niska
Born (1954-08-21) 21 August 1954
Vadsø, Finnmark
Origin Norway
Genres Jazz
Occupation(s) Musician
Instruments Tenor saxophone
Website www.niska.no

Bodil Aileen Niska (born 21 August 1954 in Vadsø, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone), well known for popular releases of jazz standards.[1]

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.[2]

Honors

Discography

Solo albums

Collaborative works

References

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  1. ↑ Hammerø, Tor; Hoprekstad, Odd Egil. "Bodil Niska". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
  2. ↑ "Bodil Niska Biography" (in Norwegian). Nama.no. Retrieved 2013-08-15.

External links

Awards
Preceded by
Alf Wilhelm Lundberg		 Recipient of the Sildajazzprisen
2005 		Succeeded by
Staffan William-Olsson
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