Karin Krog

Karin Krog
Background information
Birth name	Karin Krog
Born	May 15, 1937 (1937-05-15)
Origin	Oslo, Norway
Genres	Vocal jazz
Labels	Meantime Records
Website	[1]

Karin Krog (born May 15, 1937 in Oslo) is a Norwegian jazz vocalist.

Life and career

She started to sing at an early age and in 1955 she was hired by the pianist Kjell Karlsen to sing in his sextet.

Her great grandfather is Anders Heyerdahl

In 1962 she started her first group and that same year she become a student of the well-known Norwegian-American singer Anne Brown. Karin studied with Brown until 1969. In the 1960s she also performed with the rhythm and blues band Public Enemies, releasing the hit singles Sunny and Watermelon Man.

During her career, she has worked with such musicians as Arild Andersen, Jan Garbarek, Dexter Gordon, Kenny Drew, Don Ellis, Steve Kuhn, Archie Shepp, John Surman, Red Mitchell, and Bengt Hallberg among others.

Awards

• 1965 - Buddyprisen from Norsk jazzforbund
• 1974 - Norwegian Grammy Årets spellemann
• 1975 - Female Singer of the Year from European Jazz Federation
• 1981 - Oslo Council Artist Award

Selected discography

• Some Other Spring 1970
• George Gershwin + Karin Krog 1974
• Different Days, Different Ways 1976
• Hi-Fly 1976, with Archie Shepp
• Three's a Crowd 1977, with Red Mitchell
• Cloud Line Blue 1978, with John Surman
• I Remember You 1980, with Red Mitchell
• Something Borrow, Something Blue 1989
• Karin Krog Sings Gershwin 1993
• Jubilee 1995
• Bluesand 1999, with John Surman
• Raindrops, Raindrops 2002
• Where Flamingos Fly 2003
• Where You At? 2003
• Sweet Talker - The Best of Karin Krog 2005

With John Surman

• Such Winters of Memory (ECM, 1982)
• Nordic Quartet (ECM, 1994)

External links

• Complete discography