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Norwegian Jazz Association
Norsk jazzforum
Street address: Kirkegata 20, N-0153, Oslo, Norway
Mailing address: Postboks 440, Sentrum, N-0103,Oslo, Norway
Telephone: 47 2200 5660
Fax: 47 2200 5661
Contact: Tore Flesjoe Administrative Director
untitled (29)Established in 1953, Norsk Jazzforum is Norway’s principal support organisation for professional musicians, big bands, jazz clubs and festivals. It also offers funding for Norway-based artists in this field. The Association publishes the magasine Jazznytt (‘Jazz News’) and has its own record label, Odin. It aims to work for the benefit of Norwegian jazz, culturally, artistically and educationally.
Norsk Jazzforum's current membership consists of 20 jazz festivals, 60 jazz clubs, 80 big bands, 380 professional musicians and 80 jazz students. As well as its administration in Oslo, Norsk Jazzforum has five regional centres, based in Bodø, Trondheim, Bergen, Kristiansand and Oslo.
 
 
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Date updated: 7 October 2007
 
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