Tine Asmundsen
Tine Asmundsen is a Norwegian jazz bassist, known from her own band, Lonely Woman, playing with David Murray at Kongsberg Jazzfestival 2010.Career
Asmundsen was born in Kongsberg, Norway. She started playing bass in Kongsberg, with the «Kongsberg Storband» at «Kongsberg Jazzfestival», educated at the «Østnorsk Musikkonservatorium» and University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, among others under Richard Davis. In Oslo she was part of «Jazz Police». For a period she was in the band «Alibi» where also Maria Kannegaard played piano. She was within the band «Girl Talk» with Bodil Niska and Elizabeth Walker, releasing the album Talkin' Jazz. Lately she has played within the band of Einar «Pastor´n» Iversen.
In 2000 she established her own record label «Hazel Jazz», and initiated the Quintet «Lonely Woman» in 2002,
with four records.
Asmundsen was part of a string ensamble from 2006, playing Jon Balke compositions, with the pianist Kenneth Karlsson, Lise Strandli Pedersen, Vladimir Stoyanov, Renata Norcia and Tanja Orning.Discography
Solo projects
;Within «Lonely Woman»
- 2003: aLive, her own compositions, with Svein Christiansen, Rune Klakegg/Jørn Øien
- 2005: Demon's Diversions, music by Vidar Johansen
- 2008: Radegund
- 2012: Lovely Luna
Collaborative works
- 1996: Talkin' Jazz, «Girl Talk» with Bodil Niska and Elizabeth Walker
- 2000: Seaview, with Einar Iversen, Svein Christiansen, Vidar Johansen and Roy Nikolaisen
- 2007: About time, with Lill Holen, Einar Iversen and Svein Christiansen
- 2008: Madison, with Richard Davis, Vidar Johansen and Robert Shy