Birth name Roy Wilhelm Hellvin Genres Jazz Genre Jazz Albums Old Friends, Roy Hellvin | Origin Norway Instruments Piano Record label Curling Legs | |
Born 9 January 1944 (age 73)
Oslo, Norway ( 1944-01-09 ) Occupation(s) Musician, composer, arranger Similar Laila Dalseth, Bernt Brinck‑Johnsen, Ole Jacob Hansen, Erling Wicklund, Frode Thingnæs | ||
Roy Wilhelm Hellvin (born 9 January 1944 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian pianist, composer, and music arranger, known from Oslo's theater and jazz scenes and from a series ofrecordings.
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Biography
Hellvin early (1961) led his own band, and with Lucky Thompson, Carl Magnus Neumann, and Jesper Thilo, he attendesd the 1968 Kongsberg Jazzfestival. He released his debut solo album Roy Hellvin in 1975. Furthermore, he played with Bernt Anker Steen / Harald Bergersen Quintet, and was a part of 'Radiostorbandet' (1968–81) and collaborated on releases by Laila Dalseth (1976–80.
Hellvin has musical education from the Norwegian Academy of Music and the University of Oslo, and has been employee at Oslo Nye Teater (1976) as musical director and arranger for more than 60 productions. In addition he has collaborated on productions for Nationaltheatret, Det norske teatret, Riksteatret, Trøndelag Teater, Rogaland Teater, and Chat Noir. In the 1980s he played with Per Nyhaug Studioband as well as in lineups with Frode Thingnæs.
He leads his own Roy Hellvin Trio including Bjørn Jacobsen (bass) and Leif Osen (drums), releasing the album Old Friends in 2003). More recently, he has led a quartet with the same Osen, and Terje Johansen (trumpet) and Kåre Garnes (bass). Hellvin was awarded the 2001 Gammleng-prisen in the category Studio.
Honors
Solo albums
Collaborations
Songs
With So Little to Be SureOld Friends · 2003
Love - I HearOld Friends · 2003
Too Many MorningsOld Friends · 2003