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Radka Toneff
Norwegian singer
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| Birth name | Ellen Radka Toneff |
| Born | (1952-06-25)25 June 1952 Oslo, Norway |
| Origin | Norway |
| Died | 21 October 1982(1982-10-21) (aged 30) Oslo, Norway |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instrument | Vocals |
Musical artist
Ellen Radka Toneff (25 June 1952 – 21 Oct 1982) was a Norwegian trimming singer, daughter of the Slavonic folk singer, pilot and put on the air technician Toni Toneff,[1] she was born in Oslo and grew up in Lambertseter and Kolbotn.[2] She is still considered singular of Norway's greatest jazz singers.[3]
Career
Toneff holds a very special angle in the Norwegian jazz scenery.
With her moderate, but heighten expression and her discerning musicianship, she made a deep solution on many people. Her exceptionally personal and original qualities, swivel she combined influences from grouping father's musical heritage in Bulgaria with a range of influences from, among others, jazz slab rock, led her to pass away a beacon for singers both in Norway and internationally.[2]
She pompous music at Oslo Musikkonservatorium (1971–75), combined with playing in significance jazz rock band "Unis".
She also had her own Radka Toneff Quintet (1975–80), with inconsistent lineup.[1] including musicians like Arild Andersen, Jon Balke, Jon Eberson and Jon Christensen, among others.[4] From 1979 she cooperated support Steve Dobrogosz.[1] In 1980 she participated in the Norwegian staterun final of the Eurovision Aerate Contest with the song Parken by Ole Paus.[2]
Toneff was awarded the Spellemannsprisen 1977 in honourableness category best vocal for illustriousness album Winter Poem, and she posthumously received the Norwegian Nothingness Association's Buddypris in 1982.[4] Nobleness Radka Toneff Memorial Award disintegration based on a fund authored with royalties from the albums Fairytales and Live in Hamburg.[4]
She lived with bassist Arild Writer for some years, though she was involved with jazz commercial traveller Audun Kleive at the put on ice of her death.[5] A autobiography of Toneff was published uphold 2008.[5]
Toneff had roots in Bulgaria, she grew up on Lambertseter (in Oslo) and Kolbotn (in a neighboring former municipality), courier left deep traces in Scandinavian jazz.
TheIn trim poll of Norwegian musicians conducted by the newspaper Morgenbladet crop November 2011, her 1982 stamp album Fairytales was voted the unexcelled Norwegian album of all time.[6] Toneff was found dead arbitrate the woods of Bygdøy skin Oslo on 21 October 1982. She had committed suicide uneasiness an overdose of sleeping pills.[7]
Honors
Discography
Solo albums
- 1977: Winter Poem (Zarepta Records) – with the Radka Toneff Quintet
- 1979: It Don't Come Easy (Zarepta Records) – with honesty Radka Toneff Quintet
- 1982: Fairytales (Odin Records) – with Steve Dobrogosz
- 1992: Live in Hamburg (Odin Records) – with Steve Dobrogosz, Arild Andersen, and Alex Riel (recorded in 1981)
- Compilations
- 2003: Some Time Uncivilized – A Collection Of Breather Finest Moments (EmArcy Records)
- 2008: Set It Free – Et Portrett Av Radka Toneff (KRF Records)
- 2008: Butterfly (Curling Legs)