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Sissel Vera Pettersen
Jazz vocalist and saxophonist

Sissel Vera Pettersen

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Jazz vocalist and saxophonist
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Oslo, Norway
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47 years
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Sissel Vera Pettersen at Aarhus Jazz Festival 2015

Sissel Vera Pettersen (born January 28, 1977 in Oslo, Norway is a Norwegian jazz vocalist, saxophonist and composer, based in Copenhagen, Denmark. She is known for her extended and experimental vocal techniques, often mixed with the use of live electronic processing, and for her collaborations with artists such as Jon Balke, Theo Bleckmann, John Hollenbeck, Lionel Loueke, Chick Corea, Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, Trondheim Voices, Christian Wallumrød, Marc Ducret, Mats Gustafsson, Bo Stief, Marilyn Mazur, Terje Isungset, Nikolaj Hess, Mikkel Ploug and John Tchicai.

Pettersen's work also incorporates performance, theatre and visual art. She has collaborated with choreographers such as Kjersti Alveberg and Stuart Lynch and in a series of projects with Cirka Teater. She has exhibited paintings and graphic prints in Norway (Rana Kunstmuseum, Galleri Fenka) and Denmark (Galleri Arleth), and has made cover art for the German record label Winter & Winter.

Discography

As leader/co-leader

  • 2014: Equilibrium, Liquid Light, Songlines
  • 2011: Equilibrium, Walking Voices, Songlines
  • 2011: Lift & Thomas Agergaard, Convocation, Gateway
  • 2009: Equilibrium, Songlines
  • 2009: A Word, duo with Nikolaj Hess, Calibrated
  • 2007: Lift vs Sydow, Gateway
  • 2006: By This River, duo with Nikolaj Hess Music For Dreams
  • 2004: Disappearhear, duo with David Thor Johnsson, Park Grammofon
  • 2002: Mandala, Acoustic Records

Other projects

  • Marilyn Mazur & TRITONUS, Eksistens, 2014
  • Tree House, Trondheim Jazzorkester+Albatrosh, 2014
  • Blood Sings, The Music Of Suzanne Vega, Animal Music, 2012
  • Kinetic Music, Trondheim Jazzorkester/Magic Pocket, 2011
  • Dolls & Guns, Kevin Brow, 2011
  • The Open Road, John Sund 2011
  • Improvoicing, Trondheim Voices 2010
  • City Stories, Daniel Herskedal 2010
  • What If? Trondheim Jazzorkester/Erlend Skomsvoll 2009
  • Kobert Trondheim Jazzorkester 2009
  • Lyckokatt, Anna Kruse 2009
  • Dancing Trees, Joakim Milder/ Olav Kallhovd 2007
  • Themes Of Hope, Ayi Solomon 2008
  • Hymns In Time, Mads Granum Kvartet 2006
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