Tine Asmundsen (born 8 April 1963) is a Norwegian jazz bassist, known from her own band, Lonely Woman, playing with David Murray at Kongsberg Jazzfestival 2010.
Asmundsen was born in Kongsberg, Norway. She started playing bass in Kongsberg, with the ëKongsberg Storbandû at ëKongsberg Jazzfestivalû, educated at the ëÃÂstnorsk Musikkonservatoriumû and University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, among others under Richard Davis. In Oslo she was part of ëJazz Policeû (1990). For a period she was in the band ëAlibiû where also Maria Kannegaard played piano. She was within the band ëGirl Talkû with Bodil Niska and Elizabeth Walker, releasing the album Talkin' Jazz (1996). Lately (2007âÂÂ12) she has played within the band of Einar ëPastorônû Iversen.
In 2000 she established her own record label ëHazel Jazzû, and initiated the Quintet ëLonely Womanû in 2002, with four records (2012). Asmundsen was part of a string ensemble from 2006, playing Jon Balke compositions, with the pianist Kenneth Karlsson, Lise Strandli Pedersen (violin), Vladimir Stoyanov (violin), Renata Norcia (viola) and Tanja Orning (cello).