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	Background	solo_singer
	Birth Name	Karin Krog
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	Origin	Oslo , Norway
	Genre	Vocal Jazz
	Label	Meantime Records
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Karin Krog (born May 15 , 1937 in Oslo ) is a celebrated 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 .

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.

During her career, she has worked with such musicians as Arild Andersen , Jan Garbarek , Dexter Gordon , Kenny Drew , Don Ellis , 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''

PARTIAL 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

EXTERNAL LINKS

[http://www.karinkrog.no/en/discography.html Complete discography]