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«The jazz-singer who manage to get the whole jazz-country to stop and listen.»

These words came from one of the most respected jazz journalists in Norway when he wrote his review about Hilde Hefte's new album 'Short Stories' (released 2013) and he is referring to her first solo-recording 'Round Chet's Midnight'. And he continued - and said about her latest recording: «Hilde Hefte's most important decision. The jazz singer Hilde Hefte said she had to do something new, and she has done so with bravour.»

«She's making waves on the Norwegian scene.»

These words are taken from the leading jazz magazine Down Beat when Hilde released her album 'Round Chet's Midnight.

Hilde studied music at the highly respected Barratt-Dues Music Institute with piano as her main instrument. She has also been playing guitar, alto saxophone and Bb clarinet, and she has studied acting at Nordic Institute for Scene and Studio. For one periode she was teacher at Vest-Agder Music Conservatorium. She's been giving parts in different plays; for example the leading part as Edith Piaf to mention one. She has written lyrics, composed music for her own productions as well as for other musicians and singers and she's composed and arranged music for theatre productions. She's also been invited as a guest singer on various CD productions.

She's released 6 solo albums to fantastic reviews. For her work Hilde Hefte has received various grants and prizes.

2003 she established the sheet music company Norsk Jazzforlag and the year after the record company Ponca Jazz Records.

 

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2017: Ponca Jazz Records: Quiet Dreams

2014: Coreport, Japan: Memory Suite

2013: Ponca Jazz Records: Short Stories

2012: Track from "Playsong" licensed to Japan

2011: Putamaya Records, New York: Bossa Nova Around The World

2010: Track from "Playsong" licensed to Celéste - Japan

2009: Fight Apathy

2009: Hot Club Records: A Portrait of Jon Larsen

2008: Vi aner deg

2007: Ponca Jazz Records: An Evening in Prague (with The City of Prague Philharmonic Orch.)

2006: Ponca Jazz Records: On The Corner

2005: Ponca Jazz Records: Jazz Collection 1

2004: Paul Weeden/Grønnes Jazzforsyning: Nice, but Easy

2003: Ponca Jazz Records: Hildes bossaHefte

2003: Hot Club Records: Jon Larsen: The Next Step

2002: Kultur & Spetakkel: spor.sorland

2001: Ponca Jazz Records: Playsong - the music of Bill Evans

2001: Ola Kvernberg: Violin/Ola Kvernberg

1999: Ponca Jazz Records: 'Round Chet's Midnight

1997: Kråka Knas with among others the actress Minken Fossheim. Prod. by Torstein Andersen

2016:

*Mother and Son

*And Even More

*The End TBA

Commission work 2015: Sea Stories: Come Fly With Me, The Sea, Quiet Dreams, Fairytale-land, Radio Short-Wave

*Lisell September

*Titmouse Blues

*A Christmas Lullaby

*On The Corner

*Jeg danser samba/So Danco Samba

*Ensom parade/Falsa Baiana

*Nok Tristesse/Shega de Saudade

*Vakker natt/Corcovado

*In Spring

*Telefonsangen/Telefoné

*Liten fugl/Simens Samba

*Gutten og ballen

*White Night

*Shoegazing

*A Fairytale

*Lost and Found

*Karlov