Marit Sandvik
Marit Sandvik | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 July 1956 Harstad, Troms, Norway |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Website | www |
Marit Sandvik (born 19 July 1956 in Harstad, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz singer. Her husband is guitarist Øystein Norvoll and their daughter is the artist Dagny Norvoll Sandvik.
Career[]
Sandvik has participated in numerous vocal and jazz groups in Harstad, Trondheim and Tromsø. In 1993 Sandvik established the sextet "Bossa Nordpå" including , Henning Gravrok, Øystein Norvoll, Oddmund Finnseth and Finn Sletten. In 1997, she established the "Norvoll/Sandvik Duo" together with her husbond guitarist Øystein Norvoll, and was a part of the vocal quartet "Plagiacci", which in 1998 set up the Hasse&Tage]] revue Spader, Madam!. With her own quintet Marit Sandvik Band (etablert 1998), including Henning Gravrok, , Sigurd Ulveseth and Finn Sletten) She has toured internationally.[1]
She contributes on the album Distant Reports (2001) facilitated by "Nordnorsk Jazzforum", Tonen og Kjærligheten (2005) with Jan Arvid Johansen, Evening Songs (2005) and World of Emily (2007) with Roger Johansen, Q (2009) with Henning Gravrok, Krig og kjærlighet (2010) with /Joddskis, Natt, stille (2010) and Nord (2011) with Tore Johansen. She lives in Tromsø and led "Tromsø Jazzklubb" (1990–1996).
Honors[]
- 1993: Stubøprisen
- 2011: Nordlysprisen[1]
Discography[]
Solo albums[]
- 1995: Song, Fall Soft (Taurus), with "Jazz i Nord"
- 2002: Even Then (Mother Song) (Taurus), with Marit Sandvik Band
- 2005: Uma Onda No Mar (Taurus), with Bossa Nordpå
- 2016: Travel (AlfaMusic), with
- 2017: Gå, Sveve (Turn Left), composer and lyricist
Collaborative works[]
- 2001: Distant Reports
- 2005: Tonen og Kjærligheten, with Jan Arvid Johansen
- 2005: Evening Songs, with Roger Johansen
- 2007: World of Emily, with Roger Johansen
- 2007: Q, with Henning Gravrok
- 2010: Krig og kjærlighet, with /Joddskis
- 2010: Natt, stille, with Tore Johansen
- 2011: Nord, with Tore Johansen
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Strandmo, John (29 January 2011). "Nordlysprisen til Marit Sandvik" (in Norwegian). ITromso.no. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
External links[]
- 20th-century Norwegian singers
- 21st-century Norwegian singers
- Norwegian female jazz singers
- Norwegian jazz singers
- Norwegian jazz composers
- Taurus Records artists
- Musicians from Harstad
- 1956 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Norwegian women singers
- 21st-century Norwegian women singers
- 20th-century Norwegian women