Randi Hultin


Randi Winnifred Hultin, nee Linden was an internationally renowned Norwegian jazz critic and impresario.

Biography

Hultin studied art under the guidance of Per Krohg and was an educated visual artist. Through her spouse, jazz pianist Tor Hultin, she arranged jam sessions with visiting jazz musicians such as Count Basie, Stan Kenton, Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge, Stan Getz and Ray Brown. Later she was on her own, hosting Keith Jarrett, Charles Lloyd Quartet, Phil Woods, Sonny Clark, Hampton Hawes, Jaki Byard, Tommy Flanagan, Dexter Gordon, Chet Baker, Louis Armstrong and Eubie Blake.
In addition to her work in Norsk Hydro, Verdensrevyen issued her illustrations and she wrote a number of reviews of Filmjournalen, Dagbladet, Aftenposten, eventually the NRK. She wrote for international journals like Jazz forum, Jazz journal international and the U.S. Down Beat, and in every years for Norwegian «Jazznytt».
She died of cancer in 2000. The following year, «Randi Hultins Stiftelse» was established. It is responsible for, among other things, presentation of the annual Randi Hultin Minnepris. Hallgeir Pedersen received the first award in 2002. the residence in «Gartnerveien» is intended for use as a jazz museum.
A number of composers dedicated works to Hultin, among them
Eubie Blake: Randi's Rag,
Phil Woods: Randi,
Silje Nergaard: Port of Call,
Dave Brubeck: Elegy, and
Jon Eberson: Ballade for Randi.
A series was made in 1989 for TV, named Randi's jazz which was also shown in New York City.
Her biography Born Under The Sign of Jazz was published in 1998.

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