Natalie Sandtorv (born 17 August 1988) is a Norwegian jazz musician (vocals, waterphone, harmonium, electronics) married July 29, 2016, to drummer

Ole Mofjell Ole Mofjell (born 11 July 1990) is a Norwegian drummer known from bands like Brute Force and COKKO, married July 29, 2016, to singer Natalie Sandtorv. Career Mofjell was born in Søgne, and started his drumming career when given a sharp dru ...

, residing in

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Biography

Sandtorv was born in

Ålesund Ålesund () sometimes spelled Aalesund in English, is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal County, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sunnmøre and the centre of the Ålesund Region. The town of Ålesund is the administrative ...

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. She studied jazz, improvisational music and electronics at the

Norwegian Academy of Music The Norwegian Academy of Music (Norwegian: ''Norges musikkhøgskole'', NMH) is a university-level music conservatory located in Oslo, Norway, in the neighbourhood of Majorstuen, Frogner. It is the largest music academy in Norway and offers the co ...

in Oslo and at

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in Bergen. She is known for her exploration of different expressions within improvisational music in solo projects and with various ensembles. Sandtorv started the band Polygon Junx in Bergen 2011, together with noise artist

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. and drummer Thore Warland from the band Staer. They combine their references from jazz, contemporary music, noise, rock and free improvisation, creating an unpredictable and unique sound, and in 2012 they played in Geneva (Switzerland), Landmark and Playdate (Bergen, Norway), Heck (Trondheim, Norway) and Blowout (Oslo, Norway). They also delivered a gig at Det Norske Studentersamfunn in Oslo featuring

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and

Kjetil Møster Kjetil Traavik Møster (born 17 June 1976) is a Norwegian jazz musician ( tenor and soprano saxophones, clarinet and bass clarinet) and composer, known from bands like The Core, Ultralyd, Brat, Zanussi 5, and performance with Chick Corea at Mol ...

the same year. In 2013 she went touring with

Morning Has Occurred Morning Has Occurred (initiated 2010 in Bergen, Norway) is a Norwegian Jazz ensemble. Biography The band members met on the Jazz program at Griegakademiet, and started the band in 2010. The quartet performs self composed material, which are b ...

together with

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, and also performed on tour with her boyfriend

(drummer of Morning Has Occurred), playing three concerts in Kraków and Berlin, in addition to concerts in Norway. She also did a solo project for voice and electronics that was presented at

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, where she also presented a children's concert for the music festival. At the 2013 Julejazz in Ålesund, she collaborated with the brothers Christian Skår Winther and Andreas Skår Winther as a trio. Sandtorv is most known as front singer of the band

including with

, touring in Europe (2014). They also joined the

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and JazzIntro competition,. They had received good reviews for performances at Norwegian jazz festivals like Midtsommejazz,

Nattjazz Bergen International Jazz Festival or Nattjazz, is one of the largest jazz festivals of Norway. The festival has a musical profile with an emphasis on ethnic and jazz, contemporary jazz. It is held annually in late May, coinciding with Festspil ...

, Maijazz, Anjazz, and Balejazz. Sandtorv bring the experimental concept of improvised meetings between innovative vocal artists and guitarists to a new extreme with the duo album ''The Jist'' with the inventive guitarist Torgeir Standal. They are keeping up the tradition of the master vocal artist

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and highly inventive guitarist Stian Westerhus, but also inspired by the more experimental music of

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. In 2015 she released her first solo album ''Pieces Of Solitude''. She performed a duoproject in 2015 together with the British multi instrumentalist

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at the Blow Out! festival in

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. Sandtorv is the initiator of the concert series Playdate in Bergen and Jugendjazz in Ålesund. In November 2015, she released her first solo album ''Pieces Of Solitude'' on the Va Fongool label.

Honors

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: Awarded

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Jazz Talent at the 2016

Moldejazz Molde International Jazz Festival (MIJF) or Moldejazz (established 1961 in Molde) takes place annually in July, and is known as one of the oldest jazz festivals in Europe. It was initiated by the local Storyville Jazz Club. Since 1964 it has rec ...

Discography

Solo albums

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: ''Pieces Of Solitude'' (Va Fongool) *

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: ''Freedom Nation'' (Øra Fonogram), commission for

Collaborations

;With duo The Jist, including guitarist Torgeir Standal *

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: ''The Jist'' (Va Fongool) ;With

*2014: ''Morning Has Occurred'' (Ocean Sound Recordings) ;With Cokko *2016: ''The Dance Upon My Grave'' (Playdate Records) ;With Not On The Guest List *2016: ''Free! Spirit! Chant!'' (Gaffer Records)

References

External links

*
"Old Wind" Morning has Occurred - Vestnorsk jazzsenter
on YouTube
Monitor: Morning Has Occurred og Karl Seglem
on YouTube
Møt arrangøren bak «Jugendjazz»
in

Sunnmørsposten ''Sunnmørsposten'' () is a newspaper published by Polaris Media in Ålesund, Norway. History and profile In its early days, ''Sunnmørsposten'' competed with several other local newspapers, including ''Aalesunds Avis'' (1917–1957), '' Aalesu ...

Se bildene fra Julejazz
in

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