Øystein Norvoll


Øystein Norvoll is a Norwegian jazz musician, who early was interested in and a winner of the "Gjett på Jazz". He is married to the vocalist Marit Sandvik and they gave birth to the artist Dagny Norvoll Sandvik.

Career

Norvoll was early inspired by the West Coast jazz guitarists Barney Kessel and Jim Hall. He was chairman of the Nordnorsk Jazzforum, og sentral i dennes utgivelse av Distant Reports med nordnorsk jazz. Øystein Norvoll Quintet appeared at the Kongsberg Jazzfestival in 1988. He has also played with Hallgeir Pedersen in their collaborative project "Bebop Guitars", duo at Moldejazz 2003, with his wife Marit Sandvik, with Jan Arvid Johansen on the album Tonen og Kjærligheten, as well as in the band "Stett", together with Jørn Øien, Asbjørn Johannessen, Konrad Kaspersen and Trond Sverre Hansen and Kjell Svendsen Quintet. He is also a teacher in the music school in Tromsø.
Norvoll has frequently performed with his wife Marit Sandvik, first time at Moldejazz 2003. Within the band "Bossa Nordpå" he released the album Uma Onda No Mar, including Marit Sandvik, Henning Gravrok, Finn Sletten, Oddmund Finnseth and Helge Sveen. Internationally, he has collaborated with colleagues guitar Randy Johnston, Louis Stewart and the alto saxophonist Jon Gordon. In 2012 they played at Harstad within 'Ervik Storband'.

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