Jan Martin Gismervik

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Jan Martin Gismervik

| image = Jan Martin Gismervik at Vossajazz 2014.jpg

| caption = Gismervik within Monkey Plot
at Vossajazz 2014.

| image_size = 260px

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1988}}

| birth_place = Avaldsnes, Rogaland

| death_date =

| death_place =

| origin = Norway

| instrument = Drums

| genre = Jazz

| occupation = Musician and composer

| years_active =

| label = Hubro
[https://earthlyhabit.no/ Earthly Habit]
Clean Feed
Jazzland
Va Fongool
Gigafon
SOFA

| associated_acts = Monkey Plot
Torg
Oker
O
PGA
Wolfram Trio

}}

Jan Martin Gismervik (born 1988 in Avaldsnes, Karmøy, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (drums), known from bands like Monkey Plot, Torg, Oker, O, PGA.{{cite web|url=http://karmsundavis.no/2014/08/27/arets-unge-jazzmusikere |title=Årets unge jazzmusiker(e) |language=Norwegian |first=Frank Krogh |last=Kongshavn |publisher=Karmsund Avis |date=27 August 2014 |accessdate=2014-12-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228145410/http://karmsundavis.no/2014/08/27/arets-unge-jazzmusikere/ |archivedate=28 December 2014 }}

Career

Gismervik was raised in Avaldsnes, where he played in local groups. He is educated from the Improvised Music and Jazz Department at the Norwegian Academy of Music with a Bachelor Performance Degree, and in 2014 awarded "Young Jazz Musician of The Year" at Molde International Jazz Festival together with Monkey Plot. He cooperated within the duo "PGA" on the debut album Corrections (2012). On Corrections the "PGA" duo is assisted by Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø (trombone) and Torstein Lavik Larsen (trumpet) on two tracs.{{cite web |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=43352#.UhHWIdL0GSo |title=PGA: Corrections (2012) Review |first=Eyal |last=Hareuveni |date=19 November 2012 |publisher=All About Jazz |accessdate=2013-08-19}} Monkey Plot, including Christian Skår Winther (guitar) and Magnus Skavhaug Nergaard (double bass), made their debut with the album Løv Og Lette Vimpler (2013).{{cite web |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=45144#.UkhMddK-2m4 |title=Monkey Plot: Lov og lette vimpler (2013) Track Review |first=Eyal |last=Hareuveni |publisher=All About Jazz |date=29 August 2013 |accessdate=2013-09-29}}

Honors

2014: Jazzintro award at Moldejazz, with Monkey Plot

Discography

;Within Wolfram

2012: Wolfram (Va Fongool)

;Within PGA duo including Fredrik Luhr Dietrichson

2012: Corrections (Va Fongool)

;Within Karokh

2014: Karokh (Loyal Label)
2016: Needle, Thread and Nailpolish (No Forevers)

;Within Monkey Plot

2013: Løv Og Lette Vimpler (Gigafon)
2015: Angående Omstendigheter Som Ikke Lar Seg Nedtegne (Hubro Music){{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/3309290-Monkey-Plot |title=Monkey Plot | work=Discography |publisher=Discogs.com |accessdate=2015-11-21}}
2016: Here I Sit, Knowin All Of This (Hubro Music)
2016: Monkey Plot og Frode Gjerstad, FML Records (FML Records)