Katrine Madsen
Encyclopedia
Katrine Madsen is a Danish jazz
singer.
She studied at the Royal Academy of Music and has worked in Copenhagen on albums with transplanted American
jazz artists Ed Thigpen
and Richard Boone
.
In 2002 she founded the "Katrine Madsen Sextet" and gave their first concert at the Copenhagen Jazz Festival
.
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
singer.
She studied at the Royal Academy of Music and has worked in Copenhagen on albums with transplanted American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
jazz artists Ed Thigpen
Ed Thigpen
Edmund Leonard "Ed" Thigpen was an American jazz drummer, best-known for his work with the Oscar Peterson trio from 1959 to 1965...
and Richard Boone
Richard B. Boone
Richard Bently Boone was an American jazz musician and scat singer.Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, Richard Boone sang in his Baptist church choir as a boy, then began playing the trombone at the age of twelve. He served with the U.S. Army from 1948 to 1953 where he played trombone in a military band...
.
In 2002 she founded the "Katrine Madsen Sextet" and gave their first concert at the Copenhagen Jazz Festival
Copenhagen Jazz Festival
Copenhagen Jazz Festival is an annual Jazz event, taking place in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, each July. The first Copenhagen Jazz Festival was held in 1979. According to reports, around 240,000 people attended the festival in 2004...
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