Kongsberg Jazzfestival

Kongsberg Jazz Festival is a music festival that takes place annually since 1964 in Kongsberg ( Buskerud ) and it has a strong focus on jazz. It is next to the Jazz Festival in Oslo and Molde Jazz Festival is the most important Norwegian. It takes place in early July.

The festival was originally organized by the Jazz Club Jazz Evidence, but has become independent quickly. Today, the festival is organized as a foundation. When Kongsberg Jazz Festival also free jazz and other improvised music directions are represented.

DnB NOR prisen

In cooperation with the banking DnB NOR is a price of 100,000 kronor ( € 12,500 ) ( 2011-300000 crowns) awarded to the most outstanding Norwegian jazz artist of the year.

Previous winners include:

• Maria Kannegaard 2010
• Ole Morten Vågan 2009
• Helge Lien 2008
• Morten Qvenild 2007
• Håvard Wiik 2006
• Solveig Slettahjell 2005
• Haker Flaten Ingebrigt 2004
• Live Maria Rye 2003
• Håkon Kornstad Trio ( Håkon Kornstad, Paal Nilssen -Love and Mats Eilertsen ) 2002
• Christian Wallumrød 2001
• Petter Wettre 2000
• Audun Kleive 1999
• Sidsel Endresen 1998
• Bugge Wesseltoft 1997
• Nils Petter Molvaer 1996

International participants

To non - Scandinavian jazz musicians have performed here, inter alia, John Scofield, Bill Frisell, Don Cherry, Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, Sonny Rollins, Herbie Mann, Diana Krall, Elvin Jones, Bill Evans ( 1970), Betty Carter, Stan Getz, Sonny Stitt, Dianne Reeves, McCoy Tyner, Michel Petrucciani, Carla Bley, Roland Kirk, Yusef Lateef, dollar Brand, Charles Mingus, Brad Mehldau, John Zorn, Bobby McFerrin, right at the beginning of 1965 Krzysztof Komeda on.