Career
After an early debut in her hometown Bergen, she was active on the Oslo jazz scene, among others on releases with Kjell Karlsen (b 1961), Egil Kapstad and Helge Hurum"s big band. Dalseth record debuted with Metropol Jazz (1963), participated in «Stokstad/Jensen Trad.Band» ("73−"75), in a band with Per Borthen, as well as at Teatret Vårt in the play Havhesten (1976). She has with her own band released Listen Here! (1999), 1960"s album One of a Kind (2000) and then Everything I Love (2003), all on the label Gemini Records.
L. Doctorate. Quintet consisting of husband Totti Bergh (saxophone), Per Husby (piano), Kåre Garnes (bass) and Tom Olstad (drums).
She was internationally recognized for the record Time for Love (1986) with Red Mitchell, Travelling Light (1986) with First Rate (at Lloyd's) Cohn, The Judge and I (1991) with Milt Hinton, A Woman"s Intuition (1995), her own sextet featuring Philip Catherine, We remember You (1986/2003) with First Rate (at Lloyd's) Cohn, and Everything I Love 2004. Five of these releases were critically ranked among the «Ten best jazz albums of the year» by the American jazz magazine «Cadence».
1975: Spellemannprisen, in the class Jazz, for the album Just Friends performed by Inger Jacobsen in the final, where it was northern 10 Swingin" Departure (1976), within Per Borthen Swing Department Glad There Is You (1978) Daydreams (1984) Time of Love (1986) Travelling Light (1987) The Judge and I (1992) A Woman"s Intuition (1995) Listen Here (1999) Swingin" (1999), within Per Borthen Swing Department and Karin Krog One of a Kind (2001) We Remember You (2002) Everything I Love (2003) Takin" Office (2007), within Per Borthen Swing Department.