Majken Christiansen


Majken Christiansen is a Danish jazz vocalist, known from several releases and jazz standard performances.

Biography

Christiansen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. She led the band Fjeldtetten, including Per Rick, Ebbe Lundgaard, Peter Reimer and Mogens Kann Fjelsøe, releasing several albums from 1992 onwards.
After moving to Oslo she released Songs For My Father, dedicated to her father, and Re:porter live at Herr Nilsen with Anders Aarum, Georg Michael Reiss, Jens Fossum and her husband Torstein Ellingsen, both on Hot Club Records.
She also led the band Swing Society with Tore Sandnæs, Torstein Ellingsen, and Stig Hvalryg, also touring for Rikskonsertene in a show called «Ella Fitzgerald, the first lady of song». Her current Norwegian quintet comprises Frode Kjekstad, Ove Alexander Billington, Stig Hvalryg, and Torstein Ellingsen.
Besides, she has played with varied bands, like Magnolia Jazzband, Sandvika Storband, Bodil Niska, David Arthur Skinner, Christiania 12, Det Norske Blåseensemble and Ski Storband.

Discography

Solo albums

; Majken
; with Fjeldtetten
; with Ski Storband, feat. Majken Christiansen and Frode Kjekstad