Vossajazz

{{Short description|Annual jazz festival in Voss, Norway}} {{Infobox recurring event | name = Voss International Jazz Festival | native_name = Vossajazz | native_name_lang = no | logo = | logo_caption = | image = Opening ceremony at Vossajazz 2014.jpg | caption = Opening ceremony at Vossajazz 2014. | image_size = 260px | status = Active | genre = [[Jazz Festival]]  | date = March – April | begins = {{Start date|2019|04|12|df=y}} | ends = {{End date|2019|04|14|df=y}} | frequency = Annually  | venue = | location = [[Vossavangen]], [[Voss Municipality]] | coordinates =  | country = [[Norway]] | years_active = 1974 – present | first = Founded 1973  | founder_name = Lars Mossefinn | last =  | prev = | next = | participants = | attendance = | area = | budget = | activity = | patron = | organised =  | filing =  | people = | member = | sponsor = | website = {{URL|vossajazz.no}} | footnotes = }}

'''Vossajazz''' or '''Vossa Jazz''' (established 19 December 1973) is an international jazz festival in [[Vossavangen]] in [[Voss Municipality]], [[Norway]], which takes place annually during the week before [[Easter]], and which also includes concerts throughout the year.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.europejazz.net/vossa-jazz | title=Vossa Jazz |publisher=Europe Jazz Network | access-date=2016-03-31}}</ref> The festival has been led by Trude Storheim since August 2007.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ballade.no/sak/vossa-jazz-trude-storheim-ny-daglig-leder | title=Vossa Jazz: Trude Storheim ny daglig leder | language=no | first=Carl Kristian | last=Johansen | website=JazzINorge.no | date=2007-06-11 | access-date=2018-03-27}}</ref>

== History == [[File:Medeski, Martin & Wood + Nels Cline 2014.jpg|thumb|left|440px|Medeski, Martin and Wood + Nels Cline at Vossajazz 2014.]] [[File:Sigbjørn Apeland and Real Ones Vossajazz 2015.jpg|thumb|260px|[[Sigbjørn Apeland]] and the [[Real Ones]] at Vossajazz 2015.]] [[File:Eubanks-Calvaire-Vossajazz2016.jpg|thumb|260px|[[Kevin Eubanks]] and [[Obed Calvaire]] with [[Dave Holland (bassist)|Dave Holland Trio]] at Vossajazz 2016.]] The first festival in 1974 was held the same weekend as the World Cup in Alpine skiing at Voss. The idea was that ski and jazz fit together. Since 1986 the festival has always taken place during the palm weekend. From 2007, the festival director has been Trude Storheim.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.downbeat.com/default.asp?sect=news&subsect=news_detail&nid=1916 | title=Bold Risk-Taking Elevates Vossa Jazz | first=Josef | last=Woodard | work=[[Down Beat]] | date=2012-05-06 | access-date=2016-03-31}}</ref>

In 1980 Vossajazz brought [[Rune Gustafsson]] and [[Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen]] together for a power session in the old Voss cinema. This cooperation led to the album ''Just The Way You Are'' (1980). Vossajazz includes jazz, folk and ethnic music. There is also ''Badnajazz'' for the children, ''Ekstremjazz'' (not part of [[Ekstremsportveko]], the extreme sports week also held in Voss), ''Eldrejazz'' and ''UNGjaJAZZja!''. In addition, the festival annually commissions a piece of music from Norwegian composers.

The 2016 edition of Vossajazz was a musical event with a blend of different impressions. The [[Down Beat]] report gives the festival splendid reviews and opens with stating: "A warm bath of synchronicity hit the lakeside town of Voss, Norway, in the heart of the 43rd annual Vossa Jazz Festival. The blissful sense of convergence of elements came courtesy of respected and increasingly international [[Hardanger fiddle]] master [[Nils Økland (musician)|Nils Okland]], during his contribution to the long history of the festival’s keynote commissioned work (or “Tingingsverket”)."<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.downbeat.com/default.asp?sect=news&subsect=news_detail&nid=3088 | title=Nordic Sounds Abound at Vossa Jazz Festival | first=Josef | last=Woodard | work=[[Down Beat]] | date=2016-03-25 | access-date=2016-03-31}}</ref>

== Commissioned works == {{refbegin|2}} * [[1978 in jazz|1978]]: [[Dag Arnesen]] * [[1983 in jazz|1983]]: [[Egil Kapstad]] – ''Epilog'' * [[1985 in jazz|1985]]: [[Bjørn Alterhaug]] – ''Fantasier for et miljø'' * [[1987 in jazz|1987]]: [[Dag Arnesen]] – ''Strøtanker og røde roser'' * [[1988 in jazz|1988]]: [[Ole Thomsen]] – ''Usynlige danser'' * [[1989 in jazz|1989]]: [[Tore Brunborg]] – ''Tid'' * [[1990 in jazz|1990]]: [[Arild Andersen]] – ''Sagn'' * [[1991 in jazz|1991]]: [[Bendik Hofseth]] – ''Q'' * [[1992 in jazz|1992]]: [[Magnetic North Orchestra]] – ''Il Cenone'' * [[1993 in jazz|1993]]: [[Bugge Wesseltoft]] – ''A little war story'' * [[1994 in jazz|1994]]: [[Mari Boine]] – ''Leahkastin'' * [[1995 in jazz|1995]]: [[Veslefrekk]] – ''Nils, Per & Veslefrekk'' * [[1996 in jazz|1996]]: [[Nils Petter Molvær]] – ''Labyrinter'' * [[1997 in jazz|1997]]: [[Frode Alnæs]] – ''Til Voss'' * [[1998 in jazz|1998]]: [[Misha Alperin]] – ''Night'' * [[1999 in jazz|1999]]: [[Vigleik Storaas]] – ''Mosaikk'' * [[2000 in jazz|2000]]: [[Ketil Bjørnstad]] – ''[[Grace (Ketil Bjørnstad album)|Grace]]'' * [[2001 in jazz|2001]]: [[Eldbjørg Raknes]] – ''So much depends upon a red wheel barrow'' * [[2002 in jazz|2002]]: [[Erlend Skomsvoll]] – ''Variasjoner'' * [[2003 in jazz|2003]]: [[Terje Rypdal]] – ''[[Vossabrygg]]'' * [[2004 in jazz|2004]]: [[Svein Folkvord]] – ''Across'' * [[2005 in jazz|2005]]: [[Jan Gunnar Hoff]] – ''Free flow songs'' * [[2006 in jazz|2006]]: [[Trygve Seim]] – ''Reiser'' * [[2007 in jazz|2007]]: [[Berit Opheim]] – ''Ein engel går stilt'' * [[2008 in jazz|2008]]: [[Tord Gustavsen]] – ''Restar av kukke – bitar av tru'' * [[2009 in jazz|2009]]: [[Solveig Slettahjell]] – ''Tarpan Seasons'' * [[2010 in jazz|2010]]: [[Karin Krog]] and [[John Surman]] – ''Songs about this and that'' * [[2011 in jazz|2011]]: [[Mathias Eick]] – ''Voss'' * [[2012 in jazz|2012]]: [[Karl Seglem]] – ''Som spor'' * [[2013 in jazz|2013]]: [[Stian Carstensen]] – ''Flipp''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nrk.no/kanal/nrk_jazz/1.10961847 | title=Stian Carstensens FLIPP | language=no | first=Erling | last=Wicklund | author-link=Erling Wicklund | publisher=[[NRK Jazz]] | date=2013-03-24 | access-date=2016-03-31}}</ref> * [[2014 in jazz|2014]]: [[Mats Eilertsen]] – ''Rubicon''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://vossajazz.no/artist/mats-eilertsen-rubicon-tingingsverket-2014 | title=Mats Eilertsen: Rubicon. Tingingsverket 2014 | publisher=Vossajazz | access-date=2014-04-14 | archive-date=2014-04-16 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416094630/http://vossajazz.no/artist/mats-eilertsen-rubicon-tingingsverket-2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[2015 in jazz|2015]]: [[Live Maria Roggen]] – ''Apokaluptein – The Uncovering''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://vossajazz.no/arrangement/live-maria-roggen | title=Live Maria Roggen: Apokaluptein – The Uncovering|publisher=Vossajazz |access-date=2015-03-28}}</ref> * [[2016 in jazz|2016]]: [[Nils Økland (musician)|Nils Økland]] – ''Glødetrådar''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://vossajazz.no/program | title=Program 2016 | publisher=Vossajazz | access-date=2015-12-01}}</ref> * [[2017 in jazz|2017]]: [[Susanna Wallumrød|Susanna]] & the Brotherhood of our Lady. * [[2018 in jazz|2018]]: [[Eirik Hegdal]] – ''Musical Balloon''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://jazzinorge.no/arrangement/tingingsverket-2018-eirik-hegdal-musical-balloon | title=Tingingsverket 2018: Eirik Hegdal – Musical Balloon | language=no | website=JazzINorge.no | access-date=2018-03-27}}</ref> {{refend}}

== Vossajazzprisen == Since 1988 the festival has honoured prominent freelance jazz musicians from [[Hordaland]] with an award,<ref>[http://vossajazz.no/vossa-jazz-prisen Vossajazz-Prisen], Vossajazz {{in lang|no}}</ref> including: {{refbegin|20em}} * 1988: [[Olav Dale]], Voss * 1989: [[Ole Thomsen]], Bergen * 1990: [[Knut Kristiansen]], Bergen * 1991: [[Per Jørgensen]], Bergen * 1992: [[Dag Arnesen]], Bergen * 1993: [[Ole Hamre]], Bergen * 1994: [[Gabriel Fliflet]], Bergen * 1995: [[Harald Dahlstrøm]], Bergen * 1996: [[Terje Isungset]], Bergen * 1997: [[Frank Jakobsen]], Bergen * 1998: [[Sigurd Ulveseth]], Bergen * 1999: [[Helge Lilletvedt]], Bergen * 2000: [[Ivar Kolve]], Voss * 2001: [[Stein Inge Brækhus]], Bergen * 2002: [[Thomas T. Dahl]], Bergen * 2003: [[Kåre Opheim]], Voss * 2004: [[Magne Thormodsæter]], Bergen * 2005: [[Berit Opheim]], Voss * 2006: [[Yngve Moe]], Sotra * 2007: [[Snorre Bjerck]], Florø * 2008: [[Mads Berven]], Bergen * 2009: [[Kjetil Møster]], Bergen * 2010: [[Stein Urheim]], Bergen * 2011: [[Mari Kvien Brunvoll]], Molde * 2012: [[Sigrid Moldestad]], Breim in Gloppen * 2013: [[Tore Brunborg]] * 2014: [[Sigbjørn Apeland]], Sveio * 2015: [[Thea Hjelmeland]], Sunnfjord * 2016: [[Øyvind Skarbø]], Stranda in Sunnmøre * 2017: [[Hans Petter Gundersen]], Bergen * 2018: [[Benedicte Maurseth]], Eidfjord {{refend}} [[File:Gustavsen-Tander-Vespestad-Vossajazz2016.jpg|thumb|260px|[[Tord Gustavsen]], [[Simin Tander]] and <br/>[[Jarle Vespestad]] at Vossajazz 2016.]] [[File:Bushman's Revenge.jpg|thumb|260px|[[Bushman's Revenge]] at Vossajazz 2017.]]

== Vossajazz Records == Several recordings made at the festival have been issued on Vossajazz's own label, Vossa Jazz Records.<ref>[http://vossajazz.no/vossa-jazz-records Vossa Jazz records], Vossajazz {{in lang|no}}</ref> * 1996: [[Fliflet/Hamre]] Energiforsyning: ''Moro post mortem, live'' (VJ 18962) * 1998: [[Berit Opheim]], [[Bjørn Kjellemyr]], [[Einar Mjølsnes]], [[Sigbjørn Apeland]] and [[Per Jørgensen]]: ''Fryd'' (VJ 980042) * 2001: [[Kari Bremnes]] and [[Lars Klevstrand]]: ''Tid Å Hausta Inn'' (VJ 980052) * 2003: [[Tore Brunborg]]: ''Gravity'' (VJ 03006-2) * 2004: [[Electro Ompaniet]]: ''Toskedalen'' (VJ 04007-2) * 2004: [[Svein Folkvord]]: ''Across'' (VJ 04008) * 2005: [[Electro Ompaniet]]: ''Electromecanibalism'' (VJ 04007-3) * 2006: [[Terje Isungset]] and [[Didier Petit]]: ''Live at Vossajazz'' (VJ 060112) * 2006: [[Sonic Stories]] with [[Kari Nergaard Bleivik]] and [[Rune Mandelid]]: ''Feels like night'' (VJ 060102) * 2006: [[Sub Trio]] with [[John Pål Inderberg]], [[Stein Inge Brækhus]] and [[Svein Folkvord]]: ''Subtrio'' (VJ 060122) * 2010: Badnajazz 10 year anniversary album: ''Eg È Liten Eg, Men Eg Vaoga Meg''(VJ100132)

== References == {{reflist}} {{commons category|Vossajazz}} {{portal|Norway|Jazz}}

==External links== * {{Official website|vossajazz.no}} {{in lang|no}} * [http://vossajazz.no/english-summary English summary], Vossajazz * Josef Woodard, [http://jazztimes.com/articles/27559-jazz-nordic-style-at-vossa-jazz-festival "Jazz Nordic Style at Vossa Jazz Festival"], ''JazzTimes'', 24 April 2011 {{Jazz festival}}

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