Origin Norway Instruments Vocals Name Marit Sandvik Genres Jazz | Occupation(s) Musician, composer Website Official website Role Singer · maritsandvik.com | |
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Born 19 July 1956 (age 67)
Harstad, Troms ( 1956-07-19 ) Similar People Oystein Norvoll, Henning Gravrok, Roger Johansen, Tore Johansen, Jan Gunnar Hoff | ||
Marit Sandvik/Maurizio Picchiò – Travel
Marit Sandvik (born 19 Juli 1956 in Harstad, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz singer, married to the guitarist Oystein Norvoll and together they gave birth to the artist Dagny Norvoll Sandvik (1990).
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Career
Sandvik has participated in numerous vocal and jazz groups in Harstad, Trondheim and Tromso. In 1993 Sandvik established the sextet "Bossa Nordpa" including Helge Sveen, Henning Gravrok, Oystein Norvoll, Oddmund Finnseth and Finn Sletten. In 1997, she established the "Norvoll/Sandvik Duo" together with her husbond guitarist Oystein 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, 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 Kjaerligheten (2005) with Jan Arvid Johansen, Evening Songs (2005) and World of Emily (2007) with Roger Johansen, Q (2009) with Henning Gravrok, Krig og kjaerlighet (2010) with Jorgen Nordeng/Joddskis, Natt, stille (2010) and Nord (2011) with Tore Johansen. She lives in Tromso and led "Tromso Jazzklubb" (1990–1996).