Anniversary concert: Karin Krog
In 2017, Karin Krog - Norway's supreme vocal veteran - turns 80, which will be marked at the Kongsberg Jazz Festival with the premiere of a brand new collaboration.
For the traditional midnight concert in Kongsberg church, which closes the festival each year, Karin Krog brings the British organist Howard Moody and her longtime collaborator John Surman on saxophones. John Surman and Howard Moody previously released the record "Rain on the window" on ECM in 2008, but this is the first time we get to see Surman, Moody and Krog on the same stage. During the concert, Moody will treat the historic Gloger organ that has stood in Kongsberg church since 1765.
Karin Krog is without a doubt one of the country's most important jazz musicians, and has been since she debuted with her first solo record in 1964. Karin Krog performed at the very first edition of the Kongsberg Jazz Festival in 1964, and through a long career has constantly been able to renew herself . She has experimented with vocal techniques, toured the world with both Norwegian and international fellow musicians and built up a large audience both at home and abroad. As recently as 2013, Karin Krog received the Spellemann prize in the jazz category for the album "Songs About This and That" with John Surman. She has been sampled by the hip hop artist Madlib - and in 2014 the hipster label Natt & Dag proclaimed Karin Krog Norway's biggest cult artist. We couldn't agree more!
Karin Krog (vocals), John Surman (saxophones), Howard Moody (church organ)
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