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

Helge Sveen Helge or Helgi is a Scandinavian, German, and Dutch mostly male name. The name is derived from Proto-Norse ''Hailaga'' with its original meaning being ''dedicated to the gods''. For its Slavic version, see Oleg. Its feminine equivalent is Olga. ...

Henning Gravrok Henning Gravrok (born 19 March 1948 in Tovik, Northern Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone) and music teacher, raised in Harstad and educated as teacher. Since 1975 he has been central to the Tromsø and Bodø jazz scenes. Career I ...

, 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

, Eivind Valnes, Sigurd Ulveseth and Finn Sletten) She has toured internationally. She contributes on the album ''Distant Reports'' (2001) facilitated by "Nordnorsk Jazzforum", ''Tonen og Kjærligheten'' (2005) with

Jan Arvid Johansen Jan Arvid Johansen (18 June 1947, in Havøysund – 7 October 2017) was a Norwegian musician. He was a graduate of the Nordnorsk Musikkonservatorium (1976–79). Johansen recorded with such groups as Erter, Kjøtt og Flesk (1973) and Nordnorsk Vi ...

, ''Evening Songs'' (2005) and ''World of Emily'' (2007) with Roger Johansen, ''Q'' (2009) with

, ''Krig og kjærlighet'' (2010) with

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/Joddskis, ''Natt, stille'' (2010) and ''Nord'' (2011) with

Tore Johansen Tore Johansen (born 23 December 1977) is a Norwegian jazz trumpeter and the younger brother of drummer Roger Johansen. He has worked with Chick Corea, Karin Krog, Kenny Wheeler, Steve Swallow, Lars Jansson, Hal Galper, Siri Gellein, and Jan Gunn ...

. She lives in

Tromsø Tromsø (, , ; se, Romsa ; fkv, Tromssa; sv, Tromsö) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø. Tromsø lies in Northern Norway. The municipality is the 21s ...

and led "Tromsø Jazzklubb" (1990–1996).

Honors

*1993:

Stubøprisen Stubøprisen (an Award initiated in 1989, in memory of the late guitar virtuoso and Northern Norway Enthusiast Thorgeir Stubø) is the highest honor given to a Northern Norwegian jazz musician. The award is given every second year to a person who m ...

*2011: Nordlysprisen

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 Maurizio Giammarco * 2017: ''Gå, Sveve'' (Turn Left), composer and lyricist

Brynjulf Bjørklid Brynjulf is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Brynjulf Bjarme (1828–1906), Norwegian playwright and theater director *Brynjulf Blix (born 1951), Norwegian pianist *Brynjulf Bull (1906–1993), Norwegian lawyer, Supreme Court ad ...

Collaborative works

*2001: ''Distant Reports'' *2005: ''Tonen og Kjærligheten'', with

*2005: ''Evening Songs'', with Roger Johansen *2007: ''World of Emily'', with Roger Johansen *2007: ''Q'', with

*2010: ''Krig og kjærlighet'', with

/Joddskis *2010: ''Natt, stille'', with

*2011: ''Nord'', with Tore Johansen

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sandvik, Marit Norwegian women 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 21st-century Norwegian singers