Bodil Niska
Bodil Aileen Niska is a Norwegian jazz musician, well known for popular releases of jazz standards.Career
Growing up in Hammerfest she was taught music by her father, the accordion player Aksel Niska, studied under guidance of Kjell Bartholdsen, and ran the jazz club "Montenegro". After moving southward in Norway in 1990, Niska collaborated within the trio "Girl Talk" from 1992, including Tine Asmundsen and Elizabeth Walker. They released the album Talkin' Jazz which sold very well. She performed within Bodil Niska Quartet, including Per Husby, Stig Hvalryg and Roger Johansen, at the Oslo Jazz Festival in 2005. She is also known for her collaboration with Pete Brown Trio, including Scott Hamilton and Harry Allen.
Niska has established the "Bare Jazz" store in Oslo, and a record label by the same name. For her work she received "Sildajazzprisen" in 2005 and the Oslo Jazz Festival award "Ella-prisen" in 2009.Honors
Solo albums
