Sinne Eeg (born 1 September 1977) is a Danish jazz vocalist and composer.
Eeg has received a number of recognitions and positive reviews both nationally (in Danish) and internationally, (in Swedish) (in German) and is considered among the best female jazz vocalists currently in Scandinavia. (in Danish) 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.Danish Music Awards 2015 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."
Background Eeg was admitted at the Academy of Music in EsbjergNow known as Syddansk Musikkonservatorium (SDMK). in 1997; she graduated in 2003. As part of her musical studies she has studied with American singer Janet Lawson in New York City.
Eeg has toured Europe, Japan, China and the United States. (in Danish) 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.La Fontaine Official homepage
Discography Albums YearAlbumLabelPeak positionsNotes DEN2003Sinne Eeg Cope2007Waiting for Dawn Calibrated (Cope)DMA 20072008Kun en drømRed Dot/EMIReleased with English lyrics as "Remembering You"2009Remembering YouRed Dot/EMI2010Don't Be So BlueRed Dot/EMIDMA 20102012The Beauty of SadnessSinne Music/VME2014Face the MusicStunt (Sundance)31DMA 2014Prix du Jazz Vocal 20142017DreamsArtistShare
Collaborations YearAlbumLabelPeak positionsNotes DEN2005Abrikostræet Cope With Mads Vinding and Lise Marie Nedergaard (writer, storyteller)2009Merry Christmas BabyRed DotWith Bobo Moreno (singer) and DR Big Band2015Eeg – FonnesbækStuntWith bassist Thomas FonnesbækDMA 20152020We've Just BegunStuntWith DR Big Band
Compilations YearAlbumLabelPeak positionsNotes DEN2015The Best OfMaster Music Ltd
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 2015: Vocal Jazz Album of the Year, Danish Music Awards 2016: The Queen Ingrid Honorary Grant
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