Danish jazz vocalist and composer
Sinne Eeg |
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Born | (1977-09-01) 1 September 1977 (age 47) Lemvig, Denmark |
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Genres | Jazz |
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Occupation(s) | Singer, composer, teacher |
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Years active | 2003–present |
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Website | sinnemusic.com |
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Musical artist
Sinne Eeg (born 1 September 1977 in Lemvig, Denmark) is a Danish jazz vocalist and composer.
Eeg has received a number of recognitions and positive reviews both nationally[1] and internationally,[2][3] and is considered among the best female jazz vocalists currently in Scandinavia.[4][5] She has composed many of her own songs, and although she usually sings in English, she has also performed and recorded songs in Danish.
Eeg has won the Danish Music Awards prize in the category Best Danish Vocal Jazz Album of the Year four times: in 2007, 2010, 2014 and 2015, for her albums Waiting for Dawn, Don't Be So Blue, Face the Music, and Eeg - Fonnesbæk.[6][7] She also received the Ben Webster Prize in 2014. The Webster Foundation describes her as "a true jazz singer, who both shows sensitivity, improvisational skills, maturity, broad range and timing in her singing."[8]
Background
Eeg was admitted at the Academy of Music in Esbjerg[9] in 1997; she graduated in 2003.[10] As part of her musical studies she has studied with American singer Janet Lawson in New York City.[11]
Eeg has toured Europe, Japan, China and the United States.[12] On 26 January 2012 she sang in Brussels accompanied by the Danish Radio Big Band at the celebration for the beginning of the Danish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. In Denmark she regularly performs at the jazz venue of La Fontaine in Copenhagen.[11][13]
Discography
Albums
Year
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Album
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Label
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Peak positions
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Notes
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DEN [14]
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2003
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Sinne Eeg
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Cope
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2007
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Waiting for Dawn
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Calibrated (Cope)
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–
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DMA 2007
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2008
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Kun en drøm
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Red Dot/EMI[15]
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Released with English lyrics as "Remembering You"
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2009
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Remembering You
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Red Dot/EMI[16]
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2010
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Don't Be So Blue
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Red Dot/EMI[17]
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DMA 2010
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2012
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The Beauty of Sadness
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Sinne Music/VME
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2014
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Face the Music
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Stunt (Sundance)
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31
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DMA 2014 Prix du Jazz Vocal 2014
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2017
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Dreams
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ArtistShare[18]
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Collaborations
Year
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Album
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Label
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Peak positions
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Notes
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DEN [14]
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2005
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Abrikostræet[19]
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Cope
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With Mads Vinding and Lise Marie Nedergaard (writer, storyteller)
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2009
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Merry Christmas Baby
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Red Dot[20]
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With Bobo Moreno (singer) and DR Big Band
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2015
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Eeg – Fonnesbæk
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Stunt[21]
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With bassist Thomas Fonnesbæk DMA 2015
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2020
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We've Just Begun
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Stunt
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With DR Big Band
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Compilations
Year
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Album
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Label
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Peak positions
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Notes
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DEN [14]
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2015
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The Best Of
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Master Music Ltd[22]
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Awards
Amongst Eegs most notable awards are:
- 2007: Vocal Jazz Album of the Year, Danish Music Awards
- 2010: Vocal Jazz Album of the Year, Danish Music Awards
- 2014: Vocal Jazz Album of the Year, Danish Music Awards
- 2014: Ben Webster Prize
- 2014: Prix du Jazz Vocal, Académie du Jazz, Face the Music[23]
- 2015: Vocal Jazz Album of the Year, Danish Music Awards
- 2016: The Queen Ingrid Honorary Grant
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