Marit Sandvik

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{{short description|Norwegian jazz singer (born 1956)}}

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| birth_place = Harstad, Troms, Norway

| genre = Jazz

| occupation = Singer

| instrument = Vocals

| spouse = Øystein Norvoll

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Marit Sandvik (born 19 July 1956) is a Norwegian jazz singer. She is notable for winning the Stubøprisen award, given to a Norwegian jazz singer, in 1993, and the Nordlysprisen award, given to a contributor to the music of Northern Norway, in 2011. She was born in Harstad.

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, Henning Gravrok, Øystein Norvoll, Oddmund Finnseth and Finn Sletten. In 1997, she established the "Norvoll/Sandvik Duo" together with her husband, 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 (established 1998), including Henning Gravrok, Eivind Valnes, Sigurd Ulveseth and Finn Sletten) She has toured internationally.{{cite web |url=https://www.itromso.no/nyheter/i/JxMR6j/nordlysprisen-til-marit-sandvik |title=Nordlysprisen til Marit Sandvik |first=John |last=Strandmo |language=Norwegian |publisher=ITromso.no |date=29 January 2011}}

Honors

Personal life

Sandvik's husband is guitarist Øystein Norvoll and their daughter is Dagny, a singer. She lives in Tromsø, having moved there in 1986.{{Cite news | url=https://www.til.no/nyheter/marit-sandvik-artist-og-ihuga-til-supporter| title=MARIT SANDVIK- ARTIST OG IHUGA TIL-SUPPORTER | date=16 August 2022}}

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

=Collaborative works=

=Contributions=

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 Jørgen Nordeng/Joddskis, Natt, stille (2010) and Nord (2011) with Tore Johansen. She led "Tromsø Jazzklubb" (1990–1996).

References

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{{s-ttl | title = Recipient of the Stubøprisen | years = 1993}}

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{{s-ttl | title = Recipient of the Nordlysprisen | years = 2011}}

{{s-aft | after = Inga Juuso}}

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Category:Norwegian women jazz singers

Category:Norwegian jazz singers

Category:Norwegian jazz composers

Category:Taurus Records artists

Category:Musicians from Harstad

Category:1956 births

Category:Living people

Category:20th-century Norwegian women singers

Category:20th-century Norwegian singers

Category:21st-century Norwegian women singers

Category:21st-century Norwegian singers